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Not quite sure how to handle this – Contest

So this is what I'll do: of my very nearly 6000 comments, 162 are five years worth of spam, and I didn't think it fair to count that in the total. So what I'll do, is when I get to #6000 I'll put all of the contest comments into a hat and draw it randomly. If you've entered by commenting on several posts, hoping to hit #6000, you will be entered more than once. If you haven't, feel free to comment again and increase your chances. I want to have this done for next weekend so I can mail it when I'm in the US.

It'll be over soon. It's getting close. Really close.

Realized this weekend that I've spent the past three Halloweens on a ship. Two cruise ships and a BC ferry. Not quite the same, especially for Gracee who was relegated to the ship's doggie brig:

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It's not so bad, just two cars away was this view:

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Ahhh, Beautiful BC. It was this view, on this ferry route, about 30 years ago that Chuck looked into the distance and said, I'm going to live there someday. And here we are. 

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22 responses to “Not quite sure how to handle this – Contest”

  1. Jane Toumpas Avatar
    Jane Toumpas

    Love the photo of Ms. Gracie ! By the way your Pampered Chef prize is in your Christmas package and being mailed by the end of November 🙂 PICK ME !!!

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  2. Kristen Avatar
    Kristen

    Aaaaw, Gracee looks so lonely. It’s a reflex reaction- whenever I see a picture of Gracee I say “Aaaaw.”

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  3. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    Wonderful when dreams come true! Beautiful photograph.

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  4. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    I know that feeling (from the view). How did I end up on the East coast in Dela-WHERE?

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  5. Susanne Avatar
    Susanne

    Aww Gracee looks so sweet sitting there. What a precious doggy. Hope you hit 6000 soon! Congrats.

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  6. toni in florida Avatar
    toni in florida

    What a great idea, to exclude the spam from the final count. Sure hope you can still reach the lucky commenter, as some of them surely have changed contact info since you started blogging. Wouldn’t it be a hoot to have delurked one time a couple of years ago and now to suddenly hear you’ve won a great prize?! Fun stuff!

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  7. Dorothy Avatar
    Dorothy

    Gracee looks likes she’s ready to spring for it. Poor baby. Yesterday I saw a man walking two Scotties – one white and one black. Wish I’d had my camera with me.

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  8. Andrea (@shutterbitch) Avatar
    Andrea (@shutterbitch)

    Oh! That view is so beautiful! Let’s put that in a colorway!

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  9. Bobbie Avatar
    Bobbie

    Congrats on 5 years of blogging! It is a notable achievement, speaking as one who has let her blogging languish. As a Midwestern flatlander, I envy you your Westcoast mountain views. I really enjoy knitting lace shawls because for me it seems so much more pratical (of my time) than socks. That being said, I enjoy fingering/sock weight better than ultra thin lace weight. BTW, the post graphics are really attractive.

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  10. Nancy Yandell Avatar
    Nancy Yandell

    Poor Gracee. It looks beautiful there. I can see why he wanted to move there.

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  11. Rebekah (Knit Knack) Avatar
    Rebekah (Knit Knack)

    Wow, I realizd this October 31 I’ve always worked late that day at work.
    Poor Gracie, doggie imprisonment is so unfair!

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  12. Gladys Avatar
    Gladys

    I’m in need of some ferry therapy — there are always such lovely views on that trip!

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  13. Charlotte Avatar
    Charlotte

    Glad you’re throwing out the spam comments so my chances are better.

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  14. chris Avatar
    chris

    I was trying to figure out just what the pet area was for. So, do all dogs have to be in the area? Or is just for one dog only? Never been on a ferry, never want to be on one. And why do you spend Halloween on ships? Is it a tradition or something?

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  15. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    Hello! Could I get a copy of your Herringbone Rib Scarf pattern? Thank you!

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  16. Lynn Avatar
    Lynn

    What a great view!!!! This is why I wished I traveled more before having kids. It’s so cool to see how others live and what they get to look at while living it! and while Gracee is in the doggie brig, she doesn’t look that bad!

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  17. Jane Toumpas Avatar
    Jane Toumpas

    Good morning 🙂

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  18. Valeria Avatar
    Valeria

    Poor Gracee – just so not fair to impound the pooches – My Charlie Rufus would probably go insane watching the water and the sky and the birds go by. And there’s no dog who can guilt you as thoroughly as a terrier!

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  19. Uli Avatar
    Uli

    Congrats on 6000 comments. That’s fabulous!!!

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  20. Yarnhog (Suzanne) Avatar
    Yarnhog (Suzanne)

    Poor Gracie!
    My dogs are better behaved than my kids. I wonder why the kids are allowed everywhere, and the dogs almost nowhere?

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  21. Kate Avatar
    Kate

    Hope you have an extra bedroom… that picture is making me want to move! I keep telling PC that he HAS to see Vancouver. I’m thisclose to having him convinced…

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  22. Sara Keeler Avatar
    Sara Keeler

    I just got married in BC – it is gorgeous! I’m writing to get the herringbone scarf pattern – but after reading your top post, I realize you may have other things on your mind! Hope everything goes well.

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