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Hello everyone!! I hope your April is going fantastic!!!! It’s been busy as usual here at the homestead . I just finished my months’ long project of getting the trophies done for the Chow Club National Specialty in Orlando Florida and got them shipped off!!! Photos to come soon. They are top secret until the National starts the end of April

Above you will see the banner for a BRAND NEW SOCIAL NETWORK I started which is already showing incredible promise of fun times ahead!!! Everyone is encouraged to join in the fun. Please invite your friends and family !!!!

I hope you find the Bamboo Teahouse to be a wonderful place to share your passions and get to meet new friends. So many of you have crossed paths on my various blog and forums
GRAFFITI GOSSIP
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And I felt it was HIGH TIME we all converge in one central “watering hole” so to speak learn a little bit about one another and our passions, our pets, gardens, hobbies, travel experiences etc at our own SOCIAL NETWORK…created JUST FOR YOU!!!

This is just an extension of the blogs where there will be much more interaction since YOU can post your own interesting items as well as run your own SUPER SIMPLE to use blog…just click and write, add pix etc and publish…right at your own MY BLISS PAGE

Sign up is very easy and takes seconds.

Add your profile photo, search the members and invite them as friends and play with all the “toys” available in the APPLICATIONS located in the upper left column

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YES…I’M “MOONLIGHTING” AS AN AUTHOR AND YOU CAN “MOONLIGHT” TOO!!

Help me write a book to benefit the moonbears in Chengdu China at THE BAMBOO TEAHOUSE!

CLICK HERE TO READ MUCH MORE!!

And on the jewelry front…..I’m back in the studio creating the jools I so love to make. The trophy projects were a ball but I miss the pendants and beads!!! Above is an example of a BLOG SPECIAL pendant I just listed yesterday and it was snapped up fast!! For a while I will be listing my pendants on the blog instead of the website.

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And one final announcement just so I won’t have to bother you all with a second email later in the week. I am coordinating another panda cub adoption through PANDAS INTERNATIONAL this spring.

If anyone is interested in participating there are only 8 spots available of 10 total (50.00 from each participant) .    Each sponsor in this cub’s family will be able to participate in the cub naming and will receive an adoption certificate and frequent updates of their adoptive cub’s progress.

CONTACT ME ASAP IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS UNIQUE AND FUN EVENT. [email protected]

This is a 500.00 adoption and the funds go toward the pandas upkeep and followup expenses following the Sichuan Earthquake in 2008. Can you believe it’s been almost a year already????

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE PAST ADOPTIONS I COORDINATED VIA PANDARAZZI.COM

I guess I had better sign off on that pandariffic note!!!! If you have any questions , please don’t hesitate to contact me and remember

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Big hugs!!!!

Sandra Miller

THE HEALING JOURNEY IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT IMAGEKIND FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY THROUGH APRIL 30, 2009. AFTER THAT TIME I WILL ONLY OFFER THIS PRINT OCCASIONALLY THROUGH PRIVATE SALES.

Dedicated to my friend Karen Tracy and all the chows she lost in the recent fire as well as to the heros..human and canine alike who were all affected by this terrible disaster

ALSO THERE WILL BE TSHIRTS AVAILABLE THROUGH AMY YOUNG AT THE NATIONAL.  I HAVE GIVEN HER PERMISSION TO USE THIS DESIGN TO CREATED 50 SHIRTS TO SELL WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO KAREN’S FUND..THEY WILL LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS

Through the tragedy at Karen Tracy’s kennel, I recently met a wonderful man and his wife via a comment they left here at Graffiti Gossip in the first days after the fire. Pictured is “Duncan”…the sweet Cairn terrier who “owned” the McGeehans…heart and soul and was one of the boarded dogs that did not survive.

Below is Daves very heart touching story about their dear Duncan, and in another blog post this week I will update you on the continuation of their search for a rescue Cairn terrier.

A lot of national publicity has been generated regarding the Pazzazz Kennel fire due to the fact that one of the Chow pups was owned by Martha Stewart. All of the articles speak of the terrible loss of her dog, the other Chows, and the five borders of various breeds. I just wanted to put a face on one of the “five borders.”

He was our eight year old Cairn Terrier, Duncan. We normally take him with us on all our vacations but since we were to only be away for one night in downtown Philadelphia, we boarded him for that night. Shortly after dropping him off, the explosion occurred.

Duncan was the most typical of the Cairn personality: tirelessly curious, boundless of energy, and a lover of people. He was as at home on a 15 mile hike on the roughest part of the Appalachian Trail as he was lying next to me at a summer concert in the park. He was famously known as “Duncan, The Spinning Dog” for his habit of spinning around in circles in tribute to each car that passed us on our daily morning walk along the country roads near my home. He was a tireless chaser of squirrels who never came close to ever catching one. But he never gave up for he knew what many of us eventually learn, “It’s the journey, not the destination that counts.” But his specialty was converting people who were indifferent towards dogs into dog lovers.

The are no words I know of to express the grief I feel for the loss of Duncan, the other dogs, and the injuries to the propane deliveryman. The last act of the injured deliveryman before collapsing was to grab the kennel owners own dog and throw her over the fence to safety. Her named was Chillie and she was Duncan’s mom.

The deliveryman, Tim Kleinhagen, has been upgraded to stable condition. Please keep him in your prayers for a full and as quick a recovery as possible.

The kennel owners treated all their dogs, both theirs and any borders, like their own children. Karen and her mom Jean have lost most everything and have the added burden of the mounting vet bills for their badly injured dogs. I ask anyone who is touched by this tragedy to please send a donation in Karen Tracy’s name.

NOTE FROM SANDRA…THE ADDRESS BELOW IS THE CURRENT PLACE TO SEND CHECKS

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Mark Powell
Powell Law
527 Linden Street
Scranton PA 18503

Make checks payable to: Powell Law, Escrow
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So many good people in this world!!!! Our hearts are with you both Dave in this healing process. Nothing will ever take Duncans’ place but there are a big pair of pawprints waiting for another special Cairn to fill. There is so much love just waiting to be shared and I’m certain Duncan would not want you to go on without a friend to share your walks with.

Love and heartfelt saddness for your terrible loss

Sandra

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Hello my friends.. For those who do not frequent my blogs I thought I would update with a newsletter as well. Pardon any duplicate posts as I am trying to reach as many people as I can on my various lists.

Since FACEBOOK is about the faces , acquaintances and friends in our lives, I thought this update an appropriate time to post this photo of 3 beautiful faces that we have all come to care so much about..it’s good to put a “face” with the cause.

To the left is the ONLY photo I have of Karen Tracy…our dear friend who lost so many of her chows last Friday. Of course you all recognize Martha Stewart and Kahn who is the puppy Karen gave to Martha and was lost in the fire as well.

These are only a FEW of the many faces who were tragically affected by the fire including the fuel truck driver (who is currently upgraded to stable condition), Karen and her family, the police, fire fighters, the hard working and stoic veterinary teams, the boarding clients and their dogs…omg the list goes on and on. So many “faces” are affected including every single person who has viewed the news reels of the fire or read the story of the fire

Well to get to the main point of this post before I drift too far please read below

As of this writing we are approaching $7000.00 in the fund for Karen and have the opportunity of adding another 1000.00 without hardly doing a thing!!

ACCESS OUR PROJECT HERE ANY TIME

THE RALLY SPONSORED BY AMAZEE/FACEBOOK REQUIRES THAT ALL YOU DO IS FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE AND ADD KARENS PROJECT TO YOUR PROFILE PAGES.

THE RALLY DETAILS HERE AS WELL

AMAZEE is passing on a thousand bucks for the Amazee project that is added to the highest number of Facebook profiles using the cool new Amazee app!

So that is our mission for the day…spread the work..far and wide to all your Facebook friends!!! We can win this money my friends if we all pass the info on.

Thank you so much for your help and please share this blog post and cross post to as many of your lists and contacts as you can!!!!