~ ! ~ Art Night - Huge Success ~ ! ~

Art Night Out was another HUGE success. And without all of the support from our community it wouldn't be possible. For that I want to THANK YOU all for helping us make Art Night Out a great Success.

We had great weather, lots of music, food and of course shopping. I finally made it home at 11:30. I keep getting asked if we're going to this type of thing often. YES, we are. We as a business community are glad that the community is enjoying the evenings out.

Our next Art Night out is July 31st from 6 pm - 10 pm. I will post more info as it becomes available, but make sure that you put July 31 st on your calendar.

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Video of JJ - Sutton, OK Eaglet

Oh my, I am so glad that camfan captured a couple of videos of JJ. She has been like a mother watching her first born. I finally got to see her fly up to the bar and I had tears in my eyes. Then Monday morning I found the links to these videos that were put together. I am so excited and say Thank You enough to camfan for caputuring and putting on youtube for the rest of us to watch.

There are a couple of different videos to watch. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.



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Art Night Out - Friday June 19th from 6 pm - 10 pm

~!~ ART NIGHT OUT ~!~

Celebrate an evening along Lafayette's Public Road

Friday, June 19th, 6pm-10pm

Art Receptions, Live Music, Refreshments, Dining & Shopping

For more information on Art Night Out visit: www.cityoflafayette.com/culturalarts


Please note that this is not an all inclusive list of participating businesses. The Speckled Goose will be open until 10 pm, but is not listed in the promotional material.

Hope to see all of you Friday night on June 19th.


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What's New This Week

I drove by this barbecue for 2 weeks and kept telling myself that I could do something with it, but what? Well it finally hit me and I finally stopped and picked it up.

It had to have my name on it as it sat there for a full 2 weeks or more. Well I figured out what to do with it and picked it up. I had 4 guys standing on the porch watching and laughing at me as I put it into the backseat of my car.

The barbecue is in great shape that I almost felt bad about putting flowers in, but it looks sooooo cute. I planted the flowers on Wednesday and I have gotten so many comments on it already. I am so excited and it looks so cute at the store. The barbecue is available for purchase, but with a local pickup only.

I also got the second half of the west side of the building planted in shrubs. I just have to pick up a few more and it wll be done. It looks so good. I have been wanting to do this for the last 3 years and I finally got it done. I'll have to get more pictures taken to show all of you. It s really coming together.

Can you believe that ~ The Speckled Goose is almost 3 years old. Boy does time fly when you're having fun.

Below is a picture of John on his new old horse "Spirit". She is close to 30 years old and he is having a grand time riding, grooming, and feeding her.

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Red Tail Hawk - Portland, OR

As you may know from some of my earliers posts that Jay and Kay in Tulsa, OK lost their eggs this year to the weather (snow storm), so I started to watch the RTH in Portland.

They were so much fun to watch them hatch, their first feeding, and growing up. Well, it is time for them to fledge, and they were doing really well until one of them hit a car, and then the other hit a window (I think it was), well anyway they have both been rescued from their mishaps, and hopefully will be released back to their parents this weekend.

A gentleman by the name of Bob has been blogging about their process and you can see all of it along with pictures. Boy is he beautiful.

www.beloblog.com/kgw_blogs/rapotorcam/2009/06/2nd-hawk-down.html

Hawk and Eagle babies are growing up

The hawk and eagle babies are growing up so fast and will be getting ready to leave their nests soon. I sure am going to miss watching them grow. They have been so much fun to watch hatch, eat, grow up and trying to fly.

I don't know what I am going to do with myself all summer and winter while I wait till next spring to start the process all over. I will keep all of you updated on all of the info I find and am watching.

I wonder if they go through this process more than once a year? I'll have to pull out the falcon & hawks book I bought John for Christmas and see what I can find out. It sure would be fun if they nest more than once a year.

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What's New This Week

This past weekend was beautiful with all the warm weather and flowers blooming. The boys got to go practice calf riding, and steer wrestling. John rode a steer on Saturday, and then rode twice on Sunday. He is loving it. I'll have to get pictures, and maybe a video and try to figure out how to upload a video so that everyone can see him ride steers. Boy do they grow up fast. It was just yesterday that he was a baby and now he is already 9 years and pushing 95 pounds. Where does the time go?

I've got the store all spring cleaned, lots of new items in the store, flowers and shrubs planted, and now I have to figure out what I want to work on next. Any ideas???? More dolls?? paint some signs? I am undecided, but I am leaning toward doing some painting. I know, I need to get pictures taken of new items, the flowers and a new picture of the front of the store. Guess that is what I should work on this week.

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What's New This Week

Where to start? So much has been going on the last couple of weeks. There are a lot of new items in the store, and I still haven't gotten pictures taken. That is my chore for today. Yesterday I dug up weeds, turned dirt, and planted shrubs on the west side of the building. I only got half of the area done so far, but it is looking good. I am sooooo excited. So take a look and let me know what you think of my choice of colors.

I have all of my spring flowers planted, and the bulbs that Mark and John gave me for Mother's Day. They are sitting right next to the front door of the store and look sooooo pretty. I love this time of year.

Oh I know what else, I took pictures of our babies last night. I'll get them uploaded and posted today. They are so cute to watch play and run around. One of them even thinks that his mom is a jungle jim. He jumps up and down on her back when she is laying down, and she just lays there. What a great mom.

Ok I have to get back to picture taking. I have sooo much new stuff in the store to show all of you. Have a great weekend, and I hope you enjoy the pictures of our babies. I do love to watch them play.

Nancie and Haley

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

I would like to wish each and everyone of you a very Happy Mother's Day. I hope the weather is beautiful for all of you and you get to enjoy the warm weather and most of all your families.

Make sure all of you ladies take some time for yourself. Enjoy a soothing bubble bath, plant new flowers in your garden, enjoy a cup of coffee outside listening to the birds sing. Whatever you do enjoy your day. You've earned it.

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Where does the time go????

Where does the time go?? Can you belive it is already May, and John is out of school within 3 weeks time. Three weeks??? Why can't they go to school year round?

The Eagle and Hawk babies are growing like weeds. I just love watching them. The one camera at Sooner Lake in OK has been off-line for a few days. Don't know what happened there, but I am guessing it has something to do with the storms they have been having.

The baby hawks in Portland are getting big and so cute to watch, as all of the other babies I have been watching. After all of the bird watching, I got myself a present yesterday while I was out shopping. I got a HUGE eagle in flight print. I am so excited I can hardly wait to hang it in the house.

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