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This new design I am working on was inspired by some wonderful scruffy, sparse, short mohair which demanded a vintage looking bear. I wanted them to have a classic well loved look, but still have that "Tami bear" look. I quite like them, and I hope my collectors at The Hunt Valley Show will too!
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Missy was watching me out of the screen porch window, crying to be let out.
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I decided to let her out, and thought I might get some nice photos. As Missy is an indoor cat, she was far too interested in exploring the great outdoors to bother to pose for me!
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I mostly got shots of her looking this way...
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and that (she was very gifted at turning away just as I snapped the shot),
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and many of her tail end!
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I did get one shot I really liked of Missy in my sons' clubhouse.
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We have had such a dry summmer that many people are predicting a rather colorless fall. There are already a lot of trees which have dropped brown leaves, but one maple tree in our yard was dressed for the season!
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Yes, I did actually get some work done. What a lovely day!