tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65481250904906075352024-02-07T08:27:00.506-08:00terryographyTerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.comBlogger2344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-88068138428046365572021-12-09T10:58:00.001-08:002021-12-09T10:58:14.378-08:00Alternate Sources of Information<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Our modern culture is
informed by mass media and as a result we have been conditioned to accept a
certain standard. We take our cues from award shows and are taught what is good,
bad, or ugly by the ratings and what is renewed or cancelled at the end of each
season. I was never a big TV watcher but I was always one who would enjoy
watching the news at least once a day. When you get used to the bright lights of
a fancy studio, well groomed anchors, slickly edited video, and high quality
audio, you begin to take it for granted and when a piece comes on with less than
stellar quality you grimace and almost wonder if it is trust worthy.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;">And that is the
problem with alternative sources of information. In order to hear something
about COVID that did not follow the standard narrative, one had to resort to
podcasts, smart phone videos, and interviews taking place in someone's home or
in a doctor's office between patients. Upstart news services did not have the
big dollars and big sponsors to compete with the mainstream so they often looked
hokey, home made, and slapped together. But did that make any of the information
untrue? And so, one had to sort through the various sources and try to make a
determination as to who was trustworthy and who was not. Of course, anyone
addicted to the mainstream immediately would say, "that is an unreliable source.
If it was true I would have seen it on CNN or CBC or ....." (fill in the
blank). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;">It would eventually
get to the point where a piece from some obscure journalist would quote
statistics and data from a very reliable source and because the reporting was
not from mainstream media, the piece would be debunked. Had the very same
information been presented on the mainstream, people everywhere would have sat
up and taken notice. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;">And then, to protect
the masses from false information, the censorship and fact checking started in
earnest. The first time I was aware of censorship on the internet was when
Prager U put out a series of videos on the 10 commandments. Prager U is a
conservative organization that is dedicated to espousing traditional,
conservative views in an age of socialism and deteriorating social mores. What
was censored? The video on the commandment "Thou shalt not kill". Apparently it
incited violence. Yes, that is how silly censorship and fact checking became,
and that was in the early days. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I recall another
example where a blogger claimed that the NIH got more than 50% of its funding
from big pharma. He was fact checked and then taken off his internet platform.
I mean, this is pretty big news and would explain why the vaccine was given a
green light before proper testing. The fact checker stated unequivocally that
only 40% of the funding of NIH came from big pharma. Still a problem, no? So the
blogger struck back and fact checked the fact checker and it was true that the
arm of the NIH which gives approval to drugs, whether final approval or
emergency use approval, did indeed get most of its funding from big pharma. Was
there a retraction from the fact checkers? Not to my knowledge. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.5pt;">All this to say that
an information war was beginning to take shape and blatant lies, misinformation,
and withholding information was taking place on both sides, and it was becoming
confusing. Those who watched only mainstream were getting only one side of the
story while those who were digging for truth were getting the missing pieces
that would fill in the story. And what we were discovering was shocking to say
the least.</span></p>Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-61363352172768808962021-12-08T16:16:00.007-08:002021-12-09T10:58:50.492-08:00Made in China<p> <span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;">I will not review the events of late 2019 to
early 2020 except to say that it was the beginning of a most unprecedented time
in the history of our world. From the first video of body bags, and health care
workers in PPE's (one of the first of many new medical terms we learned) in
Wuhan China, to the daily pronouncements by the WHO on the state and progression
of the virus, we were bracing ourselves for some bad news, hoping it was all a
big exaggeration. Looking back on it, there was a lot of exaggeration going on,
and also the beginning of many lies, like arrows shooting fear into the global
population.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;">The USA was in a transition of leadership
with Trump still president but on his way out. Despite the Democrats winning
the election, they still could not leave Trump alone and tried at every
opportunity to discredit him, even impeach him for a second time. When he
labeled the newly minted COVID 19 virus "The Wuhan Flu" he was called a racist,
even though the virus did originate in China and was even later proven to come
from one of their labs where 'gain of function' research was being carried out.
Even today, Dr. Tony Fauci is lying about it even though it has been proven that
he knew about America's involvement and funding by his own NIH of such
research. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;">And then something interesting happened.
Suddenly, out of the blue, along comes a vaccine created under the auspices
of 'Operation Warp Speed'. An untried and untested vaccine was about to arrive
on the scene but needed approval. A new drug or vaccine cannot get FDA approval
without proper testing, which includes long term time trials to determine long
term safety. In fact, the current vaccine trials are not over until 2023.
However, if there is a dire need, an emergency, and THERE IS NO TREATMENT FOR
THE DISEASE, temporary approval can be given. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;">There was one little glitch however. There
WERE treatments. Trump contracted COVID and was treated with Ivermectin and
Hydroxychloroquine, and amazingly, recovered in a few days when his age and
physical condition were not in his favor. The press and the US health
authorities dismissed the treatments as unproven and even unsafe. At first I
thought this was just another attempt to embarrass or make Trump look bad. But
now I realize that as long as there was no treatment the vaccines could go to
market. It was not about Trump, but about the fantastic opportunity for the drug
companies to make literally billions of dollars. The strategy was so successful
that even today, in Dec. of 2021, those proven treatments are still being put
down so the vaccines do not lose their emergency approval permission. And the
money rolls in.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 90pt;">To make matters worse, the new Pfizer drug to
treat COVID disease has received emergency approval just recently and again,
only because there is 'no known effective treatment available'. This is blatant
corruption at the highest level. As each day went by I saw the scene unfolding
and I became more suspicious of the media who seemed to be the mouthpiece for
the Pfizers and Modernas of the world. I asked myself, 'If they are lying about
the treatments, are they lying about the vaccines too. And so I started finding
alternate sources of information so I could make an informed decision when the
vaccines arrived in Canada, in BC, and in my hometown. Something told me that
accepting or not accepting the vaccine was going to be a rather important
decision. </span></p>Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-80817686393501282072021-12-04T22:56:00.008-08:002021-12-07T20:22:32.387-08:00Media Bias<p> American politics never really interested me until I began to see the polarization that began to take place when Donald Trump got the nod from the Republicans to run for President. It fascinated me to see how the two parties, who were similar in so many ways, would suddenly take on different personas and lay out two entirely different visions for the country. </p><p>I realized from the beginning that Trump was not a career politician and that could work either for or against him in the presidential race. It became apparent that he was going to upset the apple cart and I soon realized that there was a systemic problem in the Washington DC world and Trump was not coming to play by the rules. Feathers would be ruffled and it would not be business as usual. </p><p>Of course, this made him a lot of enemies and the way the press would cover his campaign as compared to Hillary Clinton's was going to make a difference. There has always been immense power in the press. Who would they side with? The media's hand was played early and if there was ever any doubt as to who they were backing, it was made so very evident on election night when beyond all odds and against the pollster's predictions, Trump won and the talking heads were on the verge of nervous breakdowns realizing that Hillary had actually lost the election. </p><p>The world of politics in the USA was upset forever and the efforts to take the presidency away from the outsider was unprecedented. Obama and Clinton cooked up a scheme to discredit Trump with the big Russian collusion accusations, which lasted for three years, and ended up in an impeachment, but in the end was proven to be a hoax. The media played a huge roll in the deception, and the coverup when the deception was being discredited. Trump was being bashed on the nightly news, relentlessly, all the while, doing some good things for the country and gaining a solid following. </p><p>Then, for me, what was the ultimate dirty trick by the mainstream media, began to play out. A laptop belonging to Joe Biden's son, Hunter, was discovered, and contained some pretty damning evidence that Joe and son were up to no good. After the FBI sat on this evidence for almost a year, Rudy Giuliani, Trump's lawyer, finally went public with it but there was not a word of it in the mainstream media. Basically, millions of Americans went to the polls in 2020 not knowing. A few weeks later, polls were taken and fully 30% of those who had voted for Biden would not have done so had they known about the laptop. Meaning that whether by election fraud, or withholding information, the election had more or less been stolen. </p><p>By now, I was disgusted by the media and knew they could not be trusted. The bias was not limited to the USA media. Here in Canada, the Liberals set up a fund of more than $500 million for "trusted media". It is called buying the media. Who would bite the hand that feeds them? According to some sources, more than 95% of journalist in Canada and the US are 'left leaning' so it only stands to reason that they would support Liberals in Canada and Democrats in the USA. The media has always been biased but being so blatantly obvious about it is unprecedented. </p><p>All of this forced my hand to begin searching for alternative news and viewpoints because I certainly was not getting them from any of my TV channels, newspapers, or radio stations. </p><p>And then came the "pandemic". </p>Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-50797482791122735592021-12-02T22:01:00.004-08:002021-12-04T22:57:28.928-08:00Attacked by My Own Government<p> If I was ever under the illusion that the government of my country was for me and had my best interests at heart, I would get a rude awakening in the mid 80's. </p><p>Our Amway business was going really well, and I was envisioning going full time and not having to worry about money for the foreseeable future. We had won trips and awards and our organization was growing, as was our business volume and our profits. A local aspiring Conservative politician approached me about being on his election committee for his attempt to gain the Conservative nomination for our Fraser Valley riding in the upcoming federal election. </p><p>I was flattered and certainly my interest and love of politics was a factor in me accepting the position. One of the reasons I was chosen was because the candidate thought I could deliver the 'Amway vote'. We would stack the meeting with our free enterprise loving business partners and vote as a block. We did get a block together but our opponent had a huge 'church block' and won the nomination handily. In the process I learned a lot. I began to understand how the Amway vote in the USA was electing people at all levels of government. There were literally millions of Amway distributors across the USA and they were certainly conservative (Republican) in their political leanings. </p><p>Our Prime Minister at the time, PET, was not blind to this fact and he eventually got wind that the same thing could happen in Canada. So, he developed a plan and was able to put it into place rather quickly. We had a prominent Conservative MP attending our weekly meetings in Surrey and he and I had a discussion about what was going on in Ottawa. </p><p>Apparently the CRA (Canadian Revenue Agency) does audit projects, which is actually a very efficient and effective way to catch misdemeanors in the area of income taxes. The teams of auditors will educate themselves in all things to do with fishing, for example, learning all the ins and outs and the little tricks that fishermen will employ in order to avoid taxes. Then they will go out and audit only fishermen for the next month or so. </p><p>PET called an Amway Project. We were taught in our Saturday morning seminars, how to run a small business, keep accurate paperwork, and file taxes for self-employed business. We were 'above board'. So the devious Prime Minister had to make this audit work. How he did it was by creating retroactive rules. For example, instead of saying that all expenses relating to sales convention outside of our sales territories were no longer tax deductible, he said that those conventions were not eligible for tax writ-offs as of three years ago. You, reader, may find this hard to believe, but this is what he did. Then, every distributor making more than $500.00 a month was audited. Those are the same ones who would go on the conventions to Hawaii, LA, and Phoenix. They were expensive but were made more affordable because of the write-offs. Previously, there were specific instruction from CRA as to how to make sure the conventions would qualify as a business write-off, which we followed to the 'T'. It suddenly made no difference. </p><p>So all the expenses of all those audited partners of ours were disallowed, making their income greater, and taxes payable higher. The taxes payable for the expenses from the previous years were in arrears so there was penalty and interest to pay. Interest rates at that time were in high teens. The audit happened over the next few months and our business literally fell apart due to discouragement and financial hardship. We went from close to $1 million in gross revenue the prior three years to mere thousands. We too quit after all our hard work went up in flames and discouragement. The Amway business in Canada was never a force ever again. The prime ministerial objective was achieved. </p><p>I would be suspicious of all government from that day forward, realizing that they do what they have to do for the sake of power and keeping their position, for status and a big pension payoff at the end of their tenure. </p><p>If I have been long winded, it is so you can understand the mindset of someone who, especially today, with mounting evidence, will never trust the government. </p><p>In the next post, I will fast forward to the 2016 - 2020 term of the US president. Things will start to warm up. </p>Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-45448452118020617362021-12-02T17:26:00.000-08:002021-12-02T17:28:10.012-08:00Manipulation by Media<p> My mistrust of media grew into a mistrust of government and its institutions. Under the guise of saving jobs and helping people, Ocean Falls was purchased by the NDP in 1972 (It had been privately owned and operated by Crown Zellerbach since its inception in the early1900's) but they soon discovered that it was a lost cause. While spinning the production numbers, they were losing money by the truckloads, until, finally, even they knew it was a lost cause. The town was abandoned and instead of exploiting the existing town and its infrastructure for some other purpose (tourism for example), it was demolished. </p><p>We moved on in our lives and when I returned to civilization, I was having difficulty finding work. I had paid into what was known at that time as UI, unemployment insurance. After 6 months of jumping through hoops and filing job seeking reports etc., I was still stonewalled and never did receive a dime. At that point I decided that I would strike out on my own with anything that I thought I was capable of doing. I was done with unions and unemployment insurance. </p><p>The paint contracting business I started was slow getting off the ground so we started another business, as a supplement to our income, that involved sales of a product line and recruitment of other sales associates. It was known as multi-level marketing and the company was Amway. There was a lot of inflation and unemployment at that time and people were looking for additional streams of income, and although it was not easy, the business grew into a modest success. </p><p>I began to notice that multi-level marketing, and Amway in particular, was getting some bad press. I was puzzled by this as it was a positive thing and those who joined the ranks were, as a rule, quite thrilled with the opportunity. The meetings and rallies were happy, positive, and energetic affairs, a bright light in the midst of hard economic times. This type of business was being labeled as a pyramid scheme. A pyramid scheme had a legal definition and Amway in no way fit the description. In fact, MLM, as it was known as, was being taught in business schools and universities as a legitimate business model and indeed, since that time there have been many very successful national and international companies that worked that business model. </p><p>My political interests were being awakened and I began to realize what was happening. I was gradually getting a sense of what was meant by left wing and right wing politics. I was learning that the left is no friend of free enterprise, but rather leans to socialism, which puts people under the care and control of government instead of personal responsibility. So I gathered that the media was 'left' as they supported the left leaning socialist NDP government and as such, would help to discourage people starting their own business. Thus, the bad press for Amway. </p><p>This proclivity to left leaning by the press was particularly evident when the NDP were replaced by the ultimate free enterpriser, Bill VanderZalm as premier of the province, under the Social Credit banner. (Not to be mistaken with the present day social credit system used to control and manipulate people in Communist China). He was pursued relentlessly with trumped up wrongdoings, and although he was great for our province and the economy performed well under him, the pressure got to him. He was good, honest, and a hard working man, and it was not until I read his autobiography that I realized the animosity of the press towards him and how they continuously colluded against him, to discredit him and sully his name. </p><p>In the next post, I show how this left leaning philosophy of government destroyed our business. Literally and deliberately. </p>Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-43033609022660678442021-12-02T16:08:00.001-08:002021-12-02T17:27:23.092-08:00Journey Through a Pandemic<p> Everyone has their own journey, and I use the present tense deliberately. And, everyone has their own lens though which to observe, assess, and analyze what has happened and what is happening during this very unique time in History. </p><p>How do we come to the point where we simply submit, cautiously question, or outright buck the system and the narrative? Our journeys have similarities and yet each one is in some way unique. My perspective on COVID actually starts in 1972. </p><p>It began after working in a paper mill in Ocean Falls for three years. To get the full story on the incident that began my journey, refer to my blog post under the tag 'Ocean Falls' with a post titled 'A Bold Move'.</p><p>To summarize, I witnessed a government outright lie with the help of the Vancouver Sun and the Vancouver Province, the two major newspapers in our province. It was not hearsay, for I was on the ground and I witnessed the deception. What does this incident out of my formative years have to do with COVID you may ask? </p><p>It began a realization for me that 1. Government is not beyond lying to control the narrative and to hold onto power. 2. When the media is on the side of the ruling party, they hold immense power for that party. 3. Newspaper stories are written with a predetermined focus and never mind that in the process some contrary information might arise. Why make it complicated by telling both sides. It is lazy and unethical on the part of the newspaper editor and his reporters to conduct themselves thusly and call themselves objective. Of course, if it is deliberate because the newspaper has an agenda to aid and abet the ruling party, then it is indeed not lazy, but clever and devious, and of course, still unethical. </p><p>Mind you, this was in a time when there were still real reporters and the objective of news outlets was to report the news and not opinions. That, of course, would mean that all the information is presented and the viewer or listener could then make his or her own conclusions. Fast forward to today, and it is painfully obvious that reporting is biased and almost always seems to come from a main feed somewhere because no matter the talking head, no matter the channel, no matter the network or outlet, the same words come out. If one listens to the reporting carefully, it is easy to detect the editorializing in the script, swaying the listener to one viewpoint or another. </p><p>The incident to which I am referring was not isolated as I will point out. Had it been, I would have forgotten it and moved on, thinking it was a one off, perhaps some enthusiastic reporters just looking for a great story. In the next post, I will point out how in later years this observation was confirmed, for me, many times, fostering in me, what I consider a justified skeptical attitude toward the media.</p>Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-6475459481139845392017-05-17T22:15:00.000-07:002017-05-17T22:15:08.579-07:00From Crows to Meadowlarks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> With a final grunting thrust, the pole pushed up through the bottom. The debris rained down as we jumped back, not wanting our hair and shirts to be filled with twigs, leaves, dust, and debris, but mostly, not with the ugly little bodies of the newly hatched crows. This was not easy work, but was great entertainment for a Saturday afternoon. The low bush of the Saskatchewan prairie made sure the nests of the hated birds were not so high that we could not reach them with a downed sapling. There was a bounty on crows and that was all the justification we needed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> We sifted through the underbrush and the remains of the nest to find the young while the frantic parents were screeching at us from the tree tops. Not hatched more than a day or two before, they were ugly pink/blue creatures, with bulging eyes, not yet open, and only hair where there should have been a covering of black feathers. Grabbed by their tiny feet, we collected them and wondered how we would kill them. Killing nature was natural in those days. Killing for killing’s sake. The bounty on a set of crow’s feet was secondary. It hardened us, made us man/boys, tough, and a force to be reckoned with. They call it macho.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> We were near an abandoned farm house, a skeleton from days of old, the chimney having fallen in a heap near the back door. The bricks would do just fine, as we placed each hatchling on a brick and smashed another brick onto it. “Crow Sandwich” we chortled.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> Hayward’s pasture was perfect. The cattle had cropped the grass short enough and there was a ready source of water in the middle of it. But the best thing was the proliferation of gophers. There were holes everywhere and movement around them was abundant. Armed with pails, clubs, and .22’s, we marched onto the killing field. Where a hapless creature would dart down his hole, a full pail of water followed and the back entrance, a few feet away, would soon produce a slick, wet gopher, looking for dry safety. We would be ready, and soon, another tail was in the collection sack. I remember being relieved that although they were cute dry, they were ugly wet, like small rats, and that was justification enough. The bounty was secondary.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> There was a slough behind my friend Vern’s house. With spring run-off waters to sustain them, it was home to toads, frogs, lizards, salamanders, newts, and other horrible amphibians that were loathed by all and most likely transmitted warts. It seemed incumbent upon us, as young boys, to rid the slough of these creatures. Vern was particularly adept when it came to capturing these crawling creatures.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> It was a hot early summer evening when I was wandering down the alley behind Vern’s house when the flames caught my attention. The fire was built in the middle of the lane between two rows of poplars, where his dirty deeds would be hidden from the eyes of civilized folks. It was a small fire, maybe a foot across at the base. “Watch this” he called out when he saw me coming. Vern had an evil streak in him, regardless of, or maybe because of, his strict upbringing. He had cooked up a successful scheme to steal chocolate chips from my dad’s grocery store, and did it right under my eyes. I had witnessed him doing several unmentionable things in the few years I had known him, and so the “Watch this” should have been a clear warning for me to walk away. I didn’t. As I approached his back, which was turned to me and hunched over, I thought he was having a wiener roast in the lane, but it did not look like a wiener, that thing on the stick. As I got nearer, I saw with great clarity that the ‘thing’ was a live salamander writhing and twisting in agony as it was being roasted alive. The silent scream of that creature has haunted me since. I pushed Vern away from the fire and yelled at him that what he was doing was cruel and God was going “get him”. </span><br />
<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> Moments from having uttered those words, one of those freak prairie storms roiled in from the west. The lightening flashed and thunder rolled across the slough. Without warning, the flames, sparks, and burning brands of the sacrificial fire were swirling in the air and down the lane as wind that came out of nowhere, gusted and eddied. It was too late for the dead salamander, but as for me, I ran home as fast as my legs would carry me. Looking back over my shoulder, I saw the silhouette of Vern against the dying light of the day, shoulders shaking, whether from crying or laughing I do not know.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> Lying prone in the bush, only a few feet away from an established rabbit trail, sprinkled with fresh droppings, I wait. Had I not read books about snipers and deer hunters, I would not have realised that patience was the key to success. My Cooey .22 was loaded with a single shot ‘long’, the bolt pulled back, and my finger was tickling the trigger. There it was, that slight movement in the grass, and then the rabbit was in plain view. Had I been farther away I would just shot for a ‘hit’, but I was close enough to target the heart. I did, and I was surprised at the way the animal leapt straight up in the air and fell back down, lifeless. I was at once exhilarated and sorrowful. I cut the feet off and left the carcass. It would have been nice to have my buddies there to cheer me on with a slap on the back or a called out “Good shot”. Clutching the rifle and my rabbit’s feet on the way home, I felt a change coming over me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> On a weathered and split fencepost nearby, there sat a Meadowlark. His melody had always been my favourite, and I could not help but stop and listen. A low wind was pushing the grass to the earth in waves, making a hissing sound. The notes of the bird came in waves as the heat and the wind distorted a clear hearing of it. My friends were ahead of me, and I was glad for it, as a sudden flutter in the grass drew my attention and there was the mate of the singing bird, floundering in the high grass, making distressing calls, and convincing me that her wing was broken. Naturally, I began to follow, hoping I could capture one of these beautiful birds. She led me away. Away from where? It suddenly dawned on me that I was being suckered and at that point I tried to recollect where I had first seen her fluttering deceit. It was near the cluster of Brown eyed Susans, I was sure of it. I walked, carefully, in that direction, and by the hysterics of both Meadow Larks now, I knew I was on the right path. And then I found it. The ingenious structure of the nest, the way the grass was pulled over in a teepee like manner, the camouflage of it, the deception of the mother, the clutch of tiny speckled eggs, the blue sky, the soft wind, the cotton clouds, everything, hit me hard.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> Having failed in the search for the Wood Ducks, my friends wandered to my place of reverence and soon discovered what I was marvelling at. I defended that nest despite protestations. I loved Meadowlarks from that moment on and if I defended the nest, there would be more Meadow Larks, and that would be an excellent thing, an enduring goodness.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> I have since thought often of how that incident changed the mindset of a prairie boy raised in a culture of exploitation and destruction of so many beautiful things. It changed my perspective, in a lasting way. The appreciation of beauty in nature requires only a moment of sincere and maybe intense observation, and a thinking and enquiring mind.</span>Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-88305189871740548112017-05-02T19:00:00.001-07:002017-05-02T19:01:03.448-07:00Sensory Overload<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The annual spring Tulip Festivals are well under way in the Fraser Valley. There are two of them this year. The Tulips were very late in coming and they are reluctant to leave. They love the cooler temperatures and that is what we are having. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The owner of the land on which this field of Tulips was grown is a good friend of mine and I was thrilled to get his permission to enter the field 'after hours'. The hours of operation are right when the light is at its harshest, and because the view is to the south, the camera more or less points into the sun, with the Tulips in the foreground. At sunset, the light is coming from the side and it makes all the difference when composing a good photo. I was thrilled to have a dramatic sky as a backdrop to the vast flood of red. There really is nothing like standing in a large field of brightly coloured Tulips in their peak. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">Back to a dramatic black wallcovering. This pattern made a very bold statement in this master bedroom. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The curve was consistent all the way down, a rarity, so I never lost pattern or a tight seam the whole way. I never got to see the finished product. I wonder how she painted this texture down along the carpet where we tucked it deep below the nap. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">There was the briefest of breaks in the cold spring weather on Sunday afternoon and we walked to the park which is nearest to our home. The Cherry Blossoms were just starting and a new variety of Tulips was just coming into its own. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">During the winter months I am totally uninspired to even think about photography, but the minute I see a blossom, I am charging up the camera battery and heading out to capture some colour after many months of nothing but grey. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">Standing under a Cherry Tree in full bloom is a delight like few other things in nature. This year there is not as much pink in the blossoms, but they are heavy and prolific on the branches. I guess we have a year of quantity over quality. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">I have turned the painting end of my business over to my partner and son and realised that this is the probably the last paint job I did. There is only one more coming up, but that is to paint a set of kitchen cabinets. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">This was a two bedroom condo in Pitt Meadows. The young couple worked very hard, on their days off, to move as much as they could out of the little cramped rooms. Their colour choices were unique, but then I did not mind going out with a bit of a bang. </span></div>
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<br />Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-90425928843243100512017-04-09T05:30:00.000-07:002017-04-09T05:30:12.400-07:00An Artful Floral<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">I really appreciate the variety in my work, not only the areas that I work in and the people I work for, but the beautiful patterns and materials that are coming out of the industry today. This paper is most beautiful to look at and to touch. The background is a crinkle paint look and the flowers are very artistic. The pattern match was a staggered drop match making the pattern so random on the wall that it was difficult to see any repetition at all, and that is rare. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The vanity was an old salvaged dresser that was painted and plumbed. It was gorgeous, but not easy to get around as it was permanently fastened to the wall. The old fashioned vintage look was definitely achieved in this powder room make-over. </span></div>
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<br />Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-12884197967669733152017-04-08T05:30:00.000-07:002017-04-08T05:30:35.418-07:00Reptilian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">This snake skin, or alligator skin, comes in rolls and some people like it put on the walls of their bedroom. It is realistic but I do not care for the repetitious pattern which is evident as you step back to take a look. A longer repeat, or more random pattern would have been better, but I do it give it a thumbs up for the look and feel of animal skin. (If you like that sort of thing) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">An interior designer from Abbotsford asked me if I would drive to South Surrey to do a small job because she could not find an installer for her client's very expensive black grass cloth. I did not care much for the design of the house but the wallpaper was very nice. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">I started in the center of the wall so that the panels and seams would be equidistant from the corners. Grass cloth is a very panelled look so the placement of the seams is critical. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">Not many people are brave enough to tackle grass cloth. It is tricky and very expensive. I learned to hang it in the 80's when west coast design houses with vaulted ceilings, cedar, and exposed beams were popular, all surrounded by various shades of grass cloth. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">It is difficult to cut and is very hard on knife blades. It is also not fun to strip. I hope they liked it and were prepared to keep it for a long time. If we could have come back the next day to take a photo when it was dry, the distinct panel look would be quite a bit less. </span></div>
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<br />Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-35681240229862504222017-04-05T05:30:00.000-07:002017-04-05T05:30:05.611-07:00Something Unusual<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">We have done a few jobs at Harrison Hot Springs in the last few months. It is too far to drive out to check the job before taking it on so I am often surprised. This was an unusual paper but nice to work with. The problem was, there was not enough, and because the client bought the paper many months previously, the right dye lot was no longer available. I ended up splicing a lot of small pieces into the last corner, not something I like to do. But, the client could not see the splices so it was OK. It just took a lot more time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">I was looking forward to hanging this mural and it did not disappoint. I have hung this style and brand before so knew what I was up against before even starting. The trick here was to centre the Brooklyn Bridge from top to bottom without taking off anything that was important to the balance of the photo. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The client was 'over the moon' about the whole thing and that always makes my day. This was also an interesting project because it is in phase 2 of the Condominium project which we are moving into in 15 months. I could live with one of these in my unit. </span></div>
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<br />Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-60237140572673819582017-03-16T13:24:00.000-07:002017-03-16T13:24:23.750-07:00Something Different<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">Like paint colours, there are trends, and most people gravitate toward certain colours and patterns because they saw them in a decorating book or on a TV home renovation show. What I enjoy most, is hanging something that is unusual. This pattern qualified. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">There was no pattern match on the seam so hanging it randomly made for quickness, ease, and efficiency. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">A job like this completed in under 2 hours and is a lot of fun. </span></div>
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<br />Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-29967042462149251342017-03-11T15:12:00.002-08:002017-03-11T15:12:30.172-08:00Unusually Retro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">With the growing trend toward more wallpaper being used in homes today, one thing has become apparent. The old days of papering the whole house or a whole room are gone. Blocking, using paper on one wall as a feature, is the norm, or, if a whole room is done, it is usually the powder room. So I was surprised when this customer wanted her whole bedroom done. But not only was the whole room done, but the old fashioned 5/3 split and a retro paper was also requested. I felt like I was back in the 80's. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">But, she loved it and that is what matters. Decorating should be what you want and what you like. It is a very individual thing, unless you are doing it for re-sale, in which case, the latest trend would be in your favour. </span></div>
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<br />Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-76319132481298994092017-03-06T21:20:00.000-08:002017-03-06T21:20:11.879-08:00Black Grass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">Grass cloth is a very specialised and expensive wallcovering and I learned to hang it in the 80's when the west coast designed homes were popular, the ones with vaulted ceilings, natural cedar walls and lots of grass cloth. There was a learning curve and it took me many tries and mistakes to eventually develop my own technique and today I do not feel intimidated by it. It is a rough and tough product, hard on the tools and very difficult to trim and cut, particularly around electrical outlets. The small feature wall in this cosmetology clinic had around 20 such outlets. Besides that challenge, the Dr. wanted us to cover the post in the middle of the wall, and grass cloth does not 'go around the corners' due to its horizontal natural fibers and its great stiffness. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">But, with a great amount of patience and perseverance, we were able to complete the job on budget. I must say that it is quite striking as you walk in the front door. Considering we hung the grass cloth over existing vinyl wallpaper, which we had to prime first, it turned out quite well. In retrospect, I should have bartered for some plastic surgery. </span></div>
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<br />Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274338442670511057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548125090490607535.post-71756990678699584812017-03-04T05:30:00.000-08:002017-03-04T05:30:46.663-08:00Custon Home in Mission<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">This particular pattern has been very popular, and here we are doing a wall in a custom built home in Mission. This is a beautiful product to work with and a job like this takes less than two hours from set up to clean up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The one challenge here is that there is a window to go around, which in itself is not at all difficult, but to get the pattern to match at the other end of the window is always a hit and miss situation. The slightest variance will result in an open or overlapped seam and or a mismatched pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">We did good on this one. I have done at least 5 of these feature walls for this builder. The downside is that he takes forever to pay. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">It is always a solid vote of confidence when a reputable builder hires you for one of the homes he is constructing, and then later gets you to come and work in his own home. I was not going to do any more stairwells, but this one was not that difficult to access, especially after he dismantled the end rail on the upper landing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">It is a bit tense working on a suspended plank, at my age, but I do not do anything that I do not feel safe doing. This was a nice textured paintable wallpaper, and though I did not see the finished product, it looked good even without the designer colour on it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">With that comment from the caller, I was a bit intimidated but decided to at least take a look at what was "not good enough" and determine if I could do better. He had stripped most of the wallpaper by the time I had driven out to Chilliwack, but left a few areas for me to see, and discover for myself how bad the job was. Besides the evidence on the wall, he had a collection of 20 or more close up photographs of the offending seams and cuts. I walked in the front door and was impressed by the ornateness and quality of the home, and the youth of the owner. He had developed a very successful IT company and had then sold it for an astronomical amount of money. It showed in the expensive taste of the new home. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">As you can see by the photos, there were many ornate trims and crowns to cut around and this is where the previous paper hanger failed miserably. I knew I could do better, but after accepting the job and starting, I discovered on my very first piece why the previous guy had so much trouble. The paper would not cut but just bunch up under the knife and tear, more than anything. The sharpest blade will not cut the wet pulpy paper with so very little wear layer on the surface. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">I called him over after the first piece, which involved a cut around one of those doors, and he was so impressed he let me continue. My problem now was the cost to me. I had estimated for a certain amount of time at a certain rate but ended up spending more than twice as much time. It was nerve wracking and tense work, but he reassured me his goal was a good job and not a cheap price. That helped me to relax and the next day we completed the task and were paid well for our efforts. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">It is not unusual for the more expensive wall coverings to be the poorest in quality. Often, a designer puts his name to a product and the price shoots up, when the consumer assumes the high price will give him some quality. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">But, if "the look" is achieved and the area does not have high or rough traffic, it works. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The client has an older home that he is re-decorating in an industrial/commercial look. A few years ago, we papered all these walls in red mortared brick, very realistic and looking like an old warehouse. Now the idea was to make it look like a concrete tilt-up building. This upstairs bedroom wall required two 16' wall murals, side by side. The first panel goes in the middle of the wall, very carefully levelled and plumbed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The reason he is having the walls re-papered is because he had a flood and when the restoration crew pulled the baseboards to put down new floors, they used a crow bar and ruined the brick wallpaper. Unforgiveable! With three panels up, I now begin working to the right until I reach the corner. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">Now, working to the left. I join the second mural to the first. The pattern does not line up exactly, but the concrete seams in the graphic are not supposed to be perfect anyway. The panels are 3' x 3' and come un-pasted. They can stretch easily and the challenge here was to wrap the window and deal with the beam and the sloped ceiling. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">I have been plagued with a lot of pain recently and my ability to work has been diminished. I should not find this troubling at my age, but it is. I walked 7 Km. and as I walked, I counted and recalled the homes, along the route that I took, that I had worked in over the years. There were seven, on this little route (mostly through a park) and I began to wonder if what I did, really made a difference in the grand scheme of things. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">I eventually needed to sit a while and do some stretches so I could make it back to my home. I was sitting on a high curb, trying to shut out the drone of the heavy traffic while thinking about my life and what I had accomplished and what I could do with the rest of it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">My mind was a muddle as a sudden small gust of wind whipped a leaf from the tree above me, right to my feet. It was unremarkable and then another small gust turned it right side up, and I was struck by the incredible beauty of the gold tinged with brilliant red, the veins and stem, blood red yet outlined in yellow, and the perfect Maple leaf shape. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">Ah, yes. The autumn of life. And as I stared at the leaf, I realised that it had a purpose from the day it sprouted as a bud in the warm spring breezes. It worked hard photosynthesizing sunlight so the tree could be nourished, so it could thrive and grow. Without the leaf, the tree would eventually shrivel, dry up, and die. It hung on tenaciously as it was tossed by storms, pummeled by rain, clawed at by squirrels and birds, and yet it did its job to the end. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">And now, it was no longer needed, its value was gone....but wait, it had one more purpose. Its creator, almighty God, in one of his strokes of creative genius, decided that a dying leaf should be brilliant and beautiful, a delight to the eye, singly or by the millions. It was a last chance to show God's glory before returning to the soil to nourish the next living plant. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">But I am not brilliant like that leaf! There are those who are, who let their light and beauty shine and everyone can see it and appreciate it. It was uplifting and discouraging at the same time. I felt right then and there that I had no brilliance, nothing left. And as I mulled this thought about in my mind, what did I see but another leaf that was right in front of me the whole time. It was an Oak leaf, with no beauty, no brilliance, only a drab shade of brown, lying on the sidewalk, wet and crushed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">But did that leaf not also have the same purpose and value in its lifetime? Did it not also feed and nourish its own tree, the Oak? Had I not persevered and worked hard to provide for my family? Had I not done some good for those around me and for mankind on a broader scale. I realised that I had and that my work was just as valuable, if finish with brilliance, or with a bit of pain and dysfunction. I was mistaken to think that only the brilliantly coloured leaves give glory to God in their dying moments. Every shape, size and colour are a testament to a life of purpose and endurance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">The fresh air invigorated me, the brisk walk eased the pain somewhat, but it was the leaves, fluttering down from the almost bare branches, that inspired me. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">We were just packing up to leave when the builder discovered that there was more for us to do. The owner was on vacation and had not told anyone about the mural in his daughter's room and it was discovered quite by accident. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">It too was a wonderful product and took very little time even though we were told very late in the day that it was to be done. I love doing this kind of work! </span></div>
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