tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998640740983024812024-03-13T07:50:55.582-07:00Long Dog SamplersLong Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.comBlogger550125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-22065276046918790052019-01-25T01:23:00.000-08:002019-01-25T01:23:20.265-08:00GAME OF SWANNES<div style="text-align: center;">
The collective noun for swans is "game",</div>
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a term whose usage dates back to at least 1554</div>
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when William Romsey of Bieton left his game to:</div>
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"<i>my wyffe Elizabeth during her lyffe and at her decease</i></div>
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<i>and Kunegunde Dix and the heirs of their bodies</i></div>
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Swans were, and still are, the property of the monarch and</div>
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scrupules and is more than happy to sell you a pdf copy </div>
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of their "game" the very second you visit the website and</div>
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GAME OF SWANNES</div>
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www.longdogsampler.com</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There, I've done it, I've mentioned the "C" word and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I make no apologies about it either. In fact I shall go</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as far as to mention two - Christmas crosstitch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">although there's nothing remotely seasonal about</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the two new Long Dog's which are released today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly let's take a look at KROZWYRD although it's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pretty much self explanatory. It took me longer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nicely than I would have believed and I ended up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deerhound as they just wouldn't work no matter how I tried.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were a couple of others too which I toyed with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but in the end decency prevailed and I abandoned </span></div>
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The second proud beauty rejoices in the name of</div>
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DESCENDING ORDER because the bottom band give</div>
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the initials and year of birth of the women in my family</div>
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from whom I descend and who descend from me.</div>
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Neat title don't you think? Grandmother Ada Satterthwaite</div>
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born 1884, mother Leonie Hendriks born 1913,</div>
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me Jools Line born 1947, daughter Lisa Denmar born</div>
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1973 and grand daughter Jasmine Webb born 1997.</div>
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The size of the sampler is 159 x 346 stitches and</div>
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the price is £12.50 available as a pdf from the website now.</div>
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There we all are descending away although this can be adapted</div>
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to suit just about anything from siblings to family pets and</div>
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much else in between.</div>
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A thought has just entered my brain - I know I don't post anything</div>
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here very often now but does anyone actually read it</div>
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when I do? Who knows ......</div>
Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-90474929180793513412018-09-07T02:04:00.000-07:002018-09-07T02:04:42.408-07:00Something old, something new ......<div style="text-align: center;">
..... something borrowed all stitched in blue.</div>
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Nothing to do with weddings and more of that later.</div>
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First of all I'd like to introduce you to a new design for</div>
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the autumn. It answers to the name of SPANGLED,</div>
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measures 205 x 277 stitches and is priced at £17.10.</div>
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www.longdogsampler.com and there's a copy ready and waiting</div>
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with your name on it.</div>
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So here's where the something old comes into the equation because</div>
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A GOOD TIKE is now also available on the Long Dog website.</div>
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It's a design that's been around for many years (something old) which </div>
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was marketed exclusively by a greyhound rescue charity. </div>
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As they no longer do so it's been "borrowed" back</div>
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and is certainly blue!</div>
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So whether you fancy it as a sampler or a cushion it's called</div>
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A GOOD TIKE, measures 222 x 222 stitches and costs £8.50.</div>
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Just click on www.longdogsampler.com and you'll</div>
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fall straight into my waiting arms.</div>
Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-45314438442732608872018-06-29T01:35:00.000-07:002018-06-29T01:35:03.034-07:00THE PILGRIM<div style="text-align: center;">
If you would valiant be then please do come hither because you've come</div>
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to the right place . We're going on a journey of the mind</div>
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in search of "the Truth".</div>
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This unique stitching pilgrimage will lead you along a path of</div>
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There's even a PPP (Pilgrim's Progress Plan) included with the</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-64154690852026283282018-04-06T01:59:00.000-07:002018-04-06T01:59:12.950-07:00QUILTZ<div style="text-align: center;">
Something bright and breezy for the spring </div>
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No Alice, I didn't even think about calling it The Cats</div>
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16# white Aida in Gentle Art Sampler Threads.</div>
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- £14.40 available as a pdf download on the site now.</div>
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You're probably thinking that you've had enough excitement recently</div>
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what with the Kollection, Christmas, New Year, cold winter/</div>
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hot summer weather (depending where you happen to live on </div>
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Planet Long Dog) and then the Sneek stitch along organised by Sew and So</div>
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but you are soooo wrong because .......</div>
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Take no notice of the date in the picture, I designed this yonks ago.</div>
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wishing sampler, weave your wants into it's very fibres as you</div>
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patiently stitch away and little by little your dreams will come true.</div>
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Join our exclusive Stitchalong and create this amazing cross stitch sampler designed by Julia Line from Long Dog Samplers. This incredible piece perfectly exemplifies Julia’s remarkable design style and its up to you to choose whether to stitch it all in black or another single colour, or go wild with your own colourful thread choices. This Stitchalong is not for the faint-hearted but this year-long project will make you immensely proud when completed and – if you <u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/158297754729679/?source_id=104614992941965" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">join our Facebook group</a></u> – you'll make some new stitching friends too. Julia has named the piece Sneek after a city in the Netherlands which makes it a perfect play on words with the mystery design reveal.<br />
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-65055215402164961672017-11-16T02:10:00.000-08:002017-11-16T02:10:32.802-08:00Vote of Thanks<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have a confession to make - MEA MAXIMA CULPA!</div>
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Whilst preparing all the files and pictures for the First Uncensored</div>
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Crosstitch Kollection 2017 somewhere along the line I omitted to</div>
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include the vital symbols for Vote of Thanks.</div>
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I have absolutely no excuse for this error and would ask you to</div>
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forgive me. To rectify matters as speedily as possible I have</div>
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added a downloadable copy of the new symbols page for this</div>
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design which can be found on the website in the Kollection section.</div>
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Once again my sincere apologies.</div>
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A very contrite Jools</div>
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Why is it that nothing, it seems, can be done to remove</div>
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all the bad guys from the internet - the preachers of hate,</div>
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the purveyors of pornography, the warmongers and the</div>
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con artists - but when a 70 years old cross stitch designer</div>
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uses her email account rather more than the customary</div>
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five or six times a day her account is instantly</div>
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locked down and her business immediately suffers.</div>
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It has taken me twenty years to build up a reputation for</div>
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too and in one fell swoop Google decided to shut down my</div>
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ability to either receive or send emails because they had</div>
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detected heavier than usual usage. Of course they bloody did</div>
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- I'd just launched the First Uncensored Crosstitch Kollection 2017.</div>
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But what really peeves me is that no one from Google thought to actually</div>
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attempt to contact me to ask why? Neither can I get in touch</div>
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with them, try as I might, to explain matters.</div>
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So dear friends, stitchers and anyone who has strayed onto this</div>
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blog in search of titillation - there you have it. I have orders to</div>
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process which have already been paid for, which worries me</div>
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enormously. I have no idea when I will be allowed back into</div>
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my account again or for how long and I can do absolutely nothing</div>
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about any of it right now. I have entered the hyper-stress</div>
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zone and it's not very nice.</div>
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Please be patient, please bear with me and I'll get things</div>
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moving again just as soon as I am able.</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-12494815427680432852017-11-14T09:28:00.000-08:002017-11-14T09:28:28.938-08:00THE WINDS OF CHANGE<div style="text-align: center;">
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Change is constant and all around.</div>
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It's a part of our every day lives and nothing stays the same for long.</div>
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Spring drifts into summer, people move home making</div>
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neighbourhoods evolve; children grow up while others grow old. For the</div>
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past twenty years Long Dog has just gone with the flow - but not any longer.</div>
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Today the winds of change are blowing through our kennels</div>
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and it's our moment to embrace something new.</div>
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Today sees the launch of our wondrous new website lovingly built by<br />
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Go and have a look, poke around a bit and maybe decide to adopt the</div>
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odd chart or three - they're always looking for good homes.</div>
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But please don't go trying to ride on the new shopping cart, we don't</div>
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want any crashes on the first day.</div>
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And that's not the only change taking place today.</div>
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Always at the forefront of cross stitch design Long Dog Samplers<br />
are proud to announce their first ever "KOLLECTION".</div>
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So it's goodbye books - hello bundles.</div>
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The FIRST UNCENSORED CROSSTITCH KOLLECTION 2017<br />
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(no abbreviations for this one please or we'll all be in trouble)</div>
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comprises nine hitherto unseen new samplers all in</div>
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one exciting pdf bundle for the unbeatable price of £26.50.</div>
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That's less than £3.00 per design and 88 pages long.</div>
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This unique concept can be stitched direct from your tablets</div>
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or printed out chart by paper chart - which ever you prefer.</div>
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Each design comes with details of the lengths of DMC or </div>
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Gentle Art Sampler Threads and fabric required for both</div>
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16# Aida/32# linen or 18# Aida/36# linen together with an</div>
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alphabet and numerals to personalise each project.</div>
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The Kollection, by it's very nature, will never be available</div>
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in the shops so if you want to get a copy for yourself and become</div>
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one of the elite new band of Long Dog stitchers simply email:</div>
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jools@longdogsampler.com</div>
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cindy@europeanxs.com to place your order.</div>
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And now allow me to introduce you to the stars of the</div>
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<span id="goog_1068633707"></span><span id="goog_1068633708"></span>Don't you just love it when something turns up unexpectedly<br />
in the post and it's not even your birthday?<br />
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Just recently I received a small, soft package from the Netherlands<br />
which to my delight contained samples of beautiful silk<br />
threads for me to experiment with.<br />
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My unknown benefactress is a lady called Joke Trebbe who is the</div>
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power behind the throne of Borduurparadijs. They dye all the threads</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-85791767372065206392017-09-08T09:23:00.000-07:002017-09-08T09:23:17.122-07:00The Black House<div style="text-align: center;">
If you go down to the woods today then you really are in for a big surprise</div>
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That one's Do Bears and we're here to talk about The Black House!</div>
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<i>Jools, I love this new design which measures 111 stitches x 145 stitches</i></div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-44579045718605197972017-06-24T00:00:00.000-07:002017-06-24T00:00:55.202-07:00LIFE AFTER "DEATH"<div style="text-align: center;">
Life After "Death" is the latest challenge to come hot off the</div>
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once again and you simply can't go on any longer without</div>
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your very own copy of this magnificent chart simply</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-67505187355721065832017-05-20T00:55:00.000-07:002017-05-20T00:55:28.585-07:00You couldn't make this up<div style="text-align: center;">
Something truly amazing happened yesterday which I would like to share</div>
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before my internet connection finally gets cut off and this moment, which is</div>
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only just short of miraculous, gets swept away in the hustle and bustle </div>
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of my impending house move.</div>
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Families come in all shapes and sizes, some close and supportive, some</div>
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extremely extended and others bruised, battered and barely in touch. </div>
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I suppose it would be true to say that mine contains elements of all of the above.</div>
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It is with sadness that I say that my middle daughter and I are estranged</div>
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and have been for some considerable time. Consequently I know little</div>
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about her adult years or her two children or her 5 month old grandson.</div>
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But let's get back to yesterday.</div>
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I thought I'd move home in style this time around after a lifetime of</div>
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doing things on the cheap with the aid of a few mates, a bit of</div>
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muscle and an old transit van.so I decided to go with a local removal company</div>
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on the recommendation of a friend and opted for their packing service to </div>
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Yesterday morning two smart young men arrived and set about</div>
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bubble wrapping my nick nacks (not a euphamism I might hastily add)</div>
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and stowing them away in assorted cardboard boxes. One of the lads in</div>
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particular caught my attention and I felt instinctively that I knew him</div>
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although this was quite impossible, but I kept having sneaky looks at him</div>
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and searching my brain for an answer.</div>
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Several hours later the job was done and just as the lads were about to go</div>
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Lad One called my enigma by the nickname CoCo and explained that he</div>
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called him this because his last job was as a circus clown. It was then that</div>
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the goosebumps arrived in batallions and the pieces fell into place.</div>
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My granddaughter was a circus performer before motherhood </div>
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intervened and although I don't actually know her I'd seen pictures</div>
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her partner (CoCo) looked like too. I took a blind leap and asked</div>
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him if he was THE CoCo not caring whether I made a complete fool of</div>
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myself and I think you can guess the rest. We were both completely stunned.</div>
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Fate had sent the father of my great grandson to my home and in so</div>
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doing had put me in touch with my granddaughter who I thought I</div>
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would never have any contact with. Later that evening I received a friend</div>
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request on Facebook and after a long exchange via Messenger we've</div>
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agreed to meet up once I've settled in to my new home. And it goes</div>
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without saying that CoCo will be there on Monday morning </div>
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with Lad One to move me in. Hopefully not dressed as a clown as</div>
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I don't want to shock my new neighbours quite so soon after</div>
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my arrival. There will be time aplenty to do that later on.</div>
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If I hadn't decided to move, if I hadn't chosen that particular firm of</div>
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removers, if they hadn't scheduled CoCo to do my job, if Lad One hadn't</div>
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used his nickname, if I hadn't dared to ask the questions I'd have been</div>
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none the wiser and much the poorer. The chances of winning the lottery</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-16139192893101670502017-05-19T01:24:00.000-07:002017-05-19T01:24:08.556-07:00For your information<div style="text-align: center;">
All my worldly goods, and a few slightly dodgey items too,</div>
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transportation next Monday morning (22nd May) to a new address.</div>
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I've moved several times in the last few years and I think</div>
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that if I whistled loudly enough everything would jump into boxes</div>
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without any help from me at all now. So it will be goodbye</div>
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Lock-Up and hello Castle Long Dog. I don't ever want to move again.</div>
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The reason for telling you all this is that I'm about to lose my internet</div>
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connection at the Lock-Up any time now and the new one won't</div>
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be installed at the Castle until 30th May for some reason better</div>
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known to the engineers who will be running the miles of cable</div>
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across the moat. </div>
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All this means that if you're trying to email me for any reason</div>
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I won't be able to reply or even pick them up in the interim</div>
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so please bear with me, try to be patient and I will get back to</div>
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you eventually - I promise.</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-4214073121846867002017-04-14T01:52:00.000-07:002017-04-14T01:52:18.717-07:00INtUITion<div style="text-align: center;">
For this latest design from the fabulously wondrous Long Dog Samplers</div>
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you will need to hitch up your dog sleds and hold on tight because we're</div>
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Greenland and Alaska.</div>
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seal skins or £16.20 and is available as a pdf download</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-33700997970801667572017-01-28T01:05:00.000-08:002017-01-28T01:05:23.990-08:00Hoity Toity<div style="text-align: center;">
I can finally put you all out of my misery with this colourful new design.<br />
Never before in the whole history of Long Dog have I experienced<br />
such anticipation of a sampler.<br />
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"When is it coming out?" you politely asked while some of you took<br />
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So here it is - HOITY TOITY (or the Two Posh Peacocks as I've</div>
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been calling it). Breathe in it's beauty to your very soul and then</div>
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exquisite finished piece. It measures 197 x 282 stitches,</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-11396135847909018542016-11-19T00:35:00.001-08:002016-11-19T00:35:28.170-08:00Castles in the Air<div style="text-align: center;">
Come closer - I want to whisper.<br />
There's a new Long Dog out today and if I say it any<br />
louder tens of thousands of people might get injured<br />
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It's called Castles in the Air.</div>
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But it's not exclusively about castles. There's flowers,<br />
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Now we're starting to get the bigger picture even if it is a bit</div>
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The stag was a bit camera shy but I managed to capture</div>
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And here's little Bill again. Some of you may remember</div>
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aphids, fighting off giant squirrels who are after his nuts and</div>
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But I've kept you waiting quite long enough and this is what the</div>
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This major work of art, which is much praised in woodworking</div>
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circles, is 209 x 285 stitches in circumference and is priced at</div>
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Paper copies are available at all good LNS's globally and far across</div>
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the galaxy too and if you're an impatient little imp downloadable</div>
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I shall be hanging about waiting for you to drop by</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-82463198005304380272016-09-02T09:22:00.000-07:002016-09-02T09:22:05.547-07:00Liquorice Allsorts<div style="text-align: center;">
It's been a while since I've written anything on the blog</div>
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for which I am characteristically impenitent but today I do have</div>
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details of a brand new design which should particularly please all you</div>
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This is a "pop up" post. Well if restaurants and hairdressers can do it</div>
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all over the place willy nilly - then so can Long Dog.</div>
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The style is Celt meets the Flying Dutchman and their resulting offspring</div>
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This must have new addition to the Long Dog stable measures a</div>
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modest 251 x 251 stitches and is priced at £12.75. To obtain a</div>
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shout through the letter box "I want a bag of liquorice allsorts please."</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-69387884395114020412016-06-17T23:39:00.000-07:002016-06-17T23:39:23.003-07:00This is the moment you've all been waiting for .......<div style="text-align: center;">
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"Happy twentieth anniversary to you,</div>
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Happy twentieth anniversary to you,</div>
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Happy twentieth anniversary dear Long Dog</div>
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Please get on with it do!"</div>
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And so with no further delay that moment has finally come</div>
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for you to meet your nemesis - DEATH BY CROSS STITCH!</div>
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This is the first design in the whole history of Long Dog</div>
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Samplers which runs to 16 pages of chart.</div>
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It's vital statistics are 363 x 447 stitches and it can be</div>
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I would advise you to take a seat before I reveal the</div>
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price - £22.50 and worth every penny. It's available direct</div>
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My life will never be complete without it!"</div>
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So, you've all seen this eighth wonder of the world,</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-53240485433330258142016-06-12T05:58:00.000-07:002016-06-12T05:58:21.535-07:00One week to go!<div style="text-align: center;">
The countdown starts now to the biggest ever</div>
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Long Dog Sampler due to be released</div>
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in seven days time on Saturday 18th June 2016</div>
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to mark my twenty glorious years of cross stitch design.</div>
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So make a note in your diary, finish off what you're working</div>
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on and be prepared to be captivated. This one's got everything</div>
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you'd look for in a Long Dog - bright eyes, a bushy tail,</div>
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will take you a lifetime and, what's more, it doesn't shed.</div>
Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-46000018446570281962016-05-30T00:27:00.000-07:002016-05-30T00:27:05.165-07:00The Poorly Finger<div style="text-align: center;">
It's not until you lose the use of something, albeit temporarily,</div>
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that you realise just how much you need it. In this instance it's only</div>
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the index finger of my right hand but it's day two without his help and </div>
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It all happened in seconds. One minute I was simply trying to open a</div>
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out of my finger and a slicing cut right down to the bone of my</div>
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knuckle and I still can't fathom exactly how I managed to do it.</div>
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So, what to do about all the runner bean plants that need to go in this</div>
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weekend; how am I meant to prepare carrots without</div>
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causing myself a further mischief; why is it so difficult to wipe your</div>
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bum with the left hand; squeeze and twist bottle caps you can forget;</div>
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picking coins out of my purse requires patience and even texting is</div>
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I CAN'T HOLD A NEEDLE.</div>
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I C A N N O T SEW!</div>
Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-8422661807064645982016-05-27T04:56:00.000-07:002016-05-27T04:56:08.242-07:00Painted knitting?<div style="text-align: center;">
Some people embroider, others quilt; some knit, others paint</div>
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but Pamela Swainson likes to mix her artistic metaphors</div>
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- Pamela paints knitting (but not exclusively)!</div>
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Like so many creative people her heart lies in the countryside</div>
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as does her source of inspiration. Her mantra for life is</div>
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"local livng and sustainability" all built upon a bedrock of the</div>
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quiet growing of the trees, sunrise, sunset and a menagerie of</div>
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furred and feathered creatures.</div>
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Pamela lives with her partner on a small farm in the Cobequid Mountains</div>
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of Nova Scotia, Canada although originally from Manitoba where she</div>
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was born to second generation Icelandic immigrant parents.</div>
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Her work has been exhibited in a number of local shows in the region</div>
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artists. Her portfolio is certainly eclectic and she has in her time</div>
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painted everything from figurative work to landscapes, streetscapes</div>
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Long Dog Samplershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074594186731105112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099864074098302481.post-4215502389915302722016-05-24T00:57:00.000-07:002016-05-24T00:57:05.050-07:00This and that ......<div style="text-align: center;">
Where to begin, what to tell you - today I really have no idea.</div>
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I've been writing this blog since 2012 during which time I have<br />
written 527 separate offerings ranging in subject from my flight<br />
from France, life with my much missed long dogs Geordie and<br />
Mouche, strange French customs and new designs to<br />
English churches, talented craftsmen and women and life's<br />
general buggerations which visit themselves upon me with<br />
boring regularity.<br />
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This is the "lock-up" and the place which I currently call home.</div>
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Admittedly not so grand as Chateau Long Dog but sometimes small</div>
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can be good - less housework, less room to lose things and a good</div>
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reason to only keep those things that you truly treasure.</div>
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The countryside around here is beautiful and very varied.<br />
Within fifteen minutes you can go from walking beside the sea<br />
on a pebble beach, to wandering the marshes in all their<br />
windswept desolation, to dappled bluebell woods full of<br />
heady perfume and the hum of insects. Not to mention the<br />
odd midge bite or two as well.<br />
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My allotment is my pride and joy and as you can see</div>
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I even tucked them in and have promised to read them the tale</div>
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of the Princess and the Pea when they get a little older.</div>
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Fairhaven Water Gardens are just ten minutes down the</div>
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road from the Lock-Up and are where I take myself off to</div>
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when I want to daydream and forget about the world.</div>
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They're Norfolk's answer to the Everglades without the crocs.</div>
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This is Astrid my friends black lab and just one of the many</div>
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local dogs I have come to rely upon when in desperate need</div>
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of a big wet kiss and a bit of a cuddle.</div>
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Mr & Mrs Mallard who trashed my pond last year popped back</div>
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I shall try to come up with something rather more cerebral for</div>
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my next offering and - don't forget - there's an enormous</div>
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new 20th anniversary Long Dog getting itself ready for rehoming next month.</div>
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I don't think you'll be disappointed.</div>
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I will personally disown the first Long Dog stitcher I catch</div>
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attempting to ice a giant tray bake with motifs from Mouline Rouge</div>
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because things are moving on apace in the sticky, edible world</div>
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that is cake craft.</div>
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Just when you thought that the genteel art of cake decoration couldn't</div>
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possibly take a new turn along comes a bend in the road and a whole</div>
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new horizon opens up to greet you.</div>
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No further need for piping bags and a box full of nozzles to create impossible</div>
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swirls, drooping swags or thin precise lines. Forget the edible glitter,</div>
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ditch the sprinkles and give those Disney cake toppers the elbow. No more</div>
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sugar work flowers or squiggly chocolate writing; simply get yourself a brush,</div>
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some food paints and a plain iced cake and what you have the potential to</div>
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create will be limited only by your imagination. How exciting is that?</div>
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No need to start big, take your time until you get your eye in. This one looks remarkably like a Van Gogh.</div>
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Perhaps the artist was having a bad paint day.</div>
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A stained glass effect looks very stunning but I'd hate to have been</div>
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Now this is a cake that looks like a stack of beautiful cake tins bought</div>
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sitting patiently in a stack trying to fool everyone.</div>
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I think this one takes the biscuit so to speak. It's my favourite</div>
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