A couple of Cold Monkees

Yes, everything you were told is lie! Monkees don't all hail from tropical regions at all! They are alive and well in the Great White North! Descendants of a tribe that trudged across an ice bridge from Madagascar in the Pleistocene Age over a million years ago (you didn't know about THAT either did you!)
In order to survive with their less than woolly hair they learned to adapt by weaving moss and lichen into very spiffy parka's to keep themselves warm.

However, despite Global Warming there are still days when the mercury dips to levels that leave them feeling like very Cold Monkees.





These two are currently visiting David Paterson at his Glass Blowing Studio in Merrickville, Ontario. Not too far from Ottawa, the Nation's Capital.

Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary - October Donation

I am excited and happy to be able to show this bracelet and brooch set.  Meghann Gervais and I have collaborated on these pieces for a donation to the November fundraiser in aid of the Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.

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This local sanctuary helps sick and orphaned wildlife and is the perfect place for my very first donation as an artist.  Meghann has used my beads to create this bracelet and brooch along with beautiful crystals and filled gold.

I recently became a member of Etsy For Animals, it's an Etsy team that encourages members to help raise funds for all kinds of animal charities.  If you are shopping on Etsy, be sure to do a search for 'team efa' - you'll be sure to find quality arts and crafts and at the same time you'll be supporting a wonderful cause.