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Happy Sunday !

I am not sure who did this piece but I love it.
If you are out there, thanks for sharing.

Just wanted to say Happy Sunday! It is beautiful here in Coos Bay today.

My new years resolution to change my daily routine and go to bed early has been accomplished and has made my life much happier.

I found that the computer and all the networks are not as important as living life outside the online scene. Oh I still comment on Facebook and Twitter and of course keep up with my Etsy Shop and my blog but I have learned to do it without staying up until all hours of the night. When I made this New Years Resolution I really didn't think I could do it but I have and I am loving life.

Never take life for granted. It is too short and the time you lose you can never get back.
Happy Sunday and God Bless You

Works for Me !

I don't know if any of you have this problem I have but since I have gotten older I bruise with just the slightest touch! I can reach inside a box and have a bruise within the next few moments. My doctor says it is thin skin and there is nothing I can do.

So needless to say with my two big dogs and just plain everyday live I have bruises on my forearms constantly! I hate it. I can wear long sleeves but sometimes the bruises are just above my wrist on my hand.


My friend Jan at Jantastic Creations
Jan and Jan's "Jantastic Creations

They are pretty enough to wear everyday but also out to dinner with a nice outfit.

Look at the buttons on the sides, so pretty and the lacy cuff they button onto.

I loved them so much I bought two pair. One black and one Ivory. They are perfect and beautiful and I love them! Now I can cover up my ugly bruises.

Thanks Jan !!

ANOTHER WASTE OF LIFE

Well again I am saddened by another one of my favorite singers sudden death.
Whitney Houston was so beautiful and had a voice like velvet. She was so alive when she started her journey to stardom. I feel that her husband Bobby Brown brought her down. (my own personal opinion) She should have left him the minute she knew he did drugs .

My heart goes out to her Mother and all of her family. What a waste of life!

Why do they have to turn to drugs. Fame seems to do that.

Elvis
Billie Holiday
Michael Jackson

I am sure I have left out many more but these stand out in my mind because they were some of my favorites.

The doctors and pharmacists need to monitor the stars more closely.

God Bless Whitney and may she rest in peace. The world will miss her.

A useless hunter

This is the cutest video I have ever seen.
I wanted to share it with all of you.

If only the world were more like these two. We would be at peace.


http://www.dogwork.com/ddsff4/

Steam Punk Valentine

Need an unusual gift for Valentines Day
This is my Steam Punk Valentine tin
You can add candy or a piece of jewelry or a love note.
This can be used as a gift for her or for him.
One of a Kind.
Check it out in my shop , Altered State of Tin, click the link to the right here.

A NEW SECTION IN MY ETSY SHOP

I have been working on putting a new section in my Etsy Shop to design custom banners, avatars and business cards. It is open now.

Custom Banners, Avatars, Business Cards

I will be adding pre made banners, avatars and business cards this week.

We have survived the storm last week with 4 days of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 60 MPI.
The temperatures differ so much here. When it is rainy it is pretty warm 48 to 50 degrees but when the skies are clear it is cold 28 to 25 degrees. Today it is beautiful !



I watched the movie A Dolphin Tale this weekend and it was fantastic. Based on a true story.
If you want a good heartwarming story, this one is amazing!

(Photo: Alcon Entertainment)The movie "Dolphin Tale" is based on a true story about a dolphin that survives a horrific accident thanks to the help of a small band of dedicated scientists. Though the poster for the film includes the likes of Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, and Morgan Freeman, the true star of the flick is Winter the dolphin, who is playing herself in the movie.

Back in the winter of 2005 when Winter was a mere three months old, she became entangled in a crab trap. A rope from the trap became wrapped around her tail and all of her efforts to escape just made the injuries worse. Normally, this would have been the end of Winter -- thousands of dolphins die every year in the same way — but she was lucky. Winter was discovered by a fisherman and eventually transported to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. There marine biologists were forced to remove the mangled tail. They also named her Winter for the season when she was discovered.

The odds of survival for a dolphin with a missing tail are very low. The rear fins are like legs for a human; they get the marine mammals from point A to point B. If Winter were to survive, even in an aquarium, she needed a prosthetic. Many of the challenges of making an artificial leg and making an artificial tail are similar: The design and geometry of the prosthetic has to work for the amputee and it need to attach comfortably and snugly. The only difference is that no one had ever tried to make an artificial limb for a dolphin.

Winter the Dolphin (Photo: Alcon Entertainment)After months of redesigns and rehabilitation, the staff at Clearwater Marine Aquarium managed to make a tail that worked. In the process they invented a soft, rubbery material -- which they dubbed "Winter's Gel" -- to be worn with the artificial limb, which greatly reduces the chafing and pain associated with a prosthetic. It's an invention that had significant applications outside of the aquarium, helping thousands of veterans and amputees.

Fortunately, in spite of the pain and physical therapy, Winter took to the tail and soon began thriving. It was the sort of inspiring story that the media can't resist. News articles and local segments were soon followed by interest from Hollywood.

Though Winter soon became used to the occasional news camera, shooting a feature film is whole different beast. As producer Richard Ingber stated in the press notes, "One thing we knew going in was that Winter is not an actor. She is not a captive animal that is trained to perform. She's been through so much in her life already, so we had to be respectful of that and of her."

In the weeks leading up to the production of "Dolphin Tale," the staff of CMA set up lights, boom mics, and a fake camera around Winter's aquarium to get her used to life on-set. Like the tail, Winter soon took to being in front of the camera. With the exception of a couple of shots that used an animatronic dolphin, the dolphin you're seeing in the movie is Winter.

Over the course of making the movie, many of the crew and cast members found themselves inspired by Winter's very strong personality. Director Charles Martin Smith, who met Winter multiple times prior to production, developed a particularly strong connection to her.

"The one thing that you do see about her is that she has absolutely no quit in her," he said in an interview with Collider. "She is an optimistic, very intelligent, very mischievous, wonderful, bright, juvenile animal who has a lot of lessons to teach about perseverance. The fact that she can barely swim is something that you'd never get the feeling has gotten her down or that she's ever been depressed about it. To see how inspiring she is for people around her meant a lot to me. I just thought, "This is one of the wonderful things about film. When on Earth would I ever form such a close bond with a dolphin?"

"Dolphin Tale" is now playing in 2D and 3D.