Grapes Finally! – Finalmente Uvas!

finally grapes

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Today is a gorgeous sunny day and we have a good weather. Reason why I felt like getting my camera out to get the latest photos of my grapevine and share them with you. Hoy es un hermoso y soleado … Continue reading

Good Bye to a Great Guy

Good Bye Fluffy

Great Fluffy Guy

 

Yesterday was a hard day. It was time to take difficult decisions. We had a family meeting and we all agreed we did not wanted Fluffy to suffer anymore.

Ayer fué un dia muy penoso. Era hora de tomar una decisión muy difícil. Tuvimos una reunión familiar y todos acordamos en que no queríamos que Fluffy sufriera más.

Fluffy our cat was with us for over nine years, we had the fortune to become his family after a visit to SPCA. It was love at first sight and it was love ever since. His blue eyes, soft fluffy hair and great big paws were there to embrace a family and we were the lucky ones.

Fluffy, nuestro gato estuvo con nosotros por más de nueve años, fuimos afortunados en convertirnos en su familia después de hacer una visita al SPCA (Refujio para animalitos). Fué amor a primera vista y continuó así desde ese momento. Sus ojos azules, suave pelo y enormes patas estaban listos para adoptar una familia y nosotros corrimos con suerte de haber sido elegidos.

His little gentleman behavior, did not get in the way when it was the time to play as a mom for other kittens we sheltered for a while. He was the best male-mom ever!

Su comportamiento de pequeño caballero, no se interpuso en el camino cuando era el momento de jugar el papel de una madre para los gatitos  protegidos por nosotros por un tiempo. Era el mejor hombre-madre !

As I write these words, I feel a special warmth in my heart, I think it must be all the good memories of him.

Al escribir estas palabras, siento un calor especial en mi corazón, creo que debe ser todos los buenos recuerdos de él.

He was patience, love, affection and great good looking. There was nothing else we could ever wished for.

Fue paciencia, amor, afecto y de muy buen parecido. No había nada más que podríamos desear.

A few days ago he started to suffer from seizures, they were not often but lately they got bad and affected his brain. He had no peace.

Hace unos días empezó a sufrir convulsiones, no eran a menudo, pero últimamente se empeoraron y se afectó su cerebro. No tenía paz.

I think the same illness made him feel wanting to move away from it and he kept under a continuous walking.

Creo que la misma enfermedad le hizo sentir deseo de alejarse de ella y se mantuvo bajo un caminar continuo.

The night before last was very sad seeing how difficult for him was staying in the same place, he could not understand what was wrong. The vet explained to us that he has seen this behavior with many dogs and cats and there is not much to do about it. -“There are pills you could force him to take but he won’t be the same”- he said. Our hearts were broken but my daughter, husband and I wanted the best for Fluffy and having a better place to go without any suffer is what we decided.

Antenoche fue muy triste ver lo difícil que para él era mantenerse en el mismo lugar, no podía el entender lo que estaba pasando. El veterinario nos explicó que ha visto este comportamiento con perros y gatos y no hay mucho que hacer al respecto. – “Hay píldoras que podrían obligarlo y forzarlo a tragar, pero él no será el mismo y sufrirá” – dijo. Nuestros corazones se rompieron, pero mi hija, esposo y yo quisimos lo mejor para Fluffy  y tener un mejor lugar a donde ir sin ningún tipo de sufrimiento es lo que decidimos.

I’m sure that if there is a special heaven for these great beings, he will be there waiting for us at the edge of a swimming pool as he used to, placing the tip of his big paw inside of it and then he will crawl under our bed sheets with us with his laud purring welcoming us back.

Estoy segura de que si hay un cielo especial para estos grandes seres, nos va a esperar en el borde de una piscina como solía, colocando la punta de una de sus patas grandes dentro de la misma y se colará por debajo de las sábanas de nuestras camas con nosotros ronroneando fuertemente a darnos la bienvenida.

Fluffy now lies beneath the beautiful shade of a huge tree on our property as when he used to taking long naps.

Fluffy ahora yace bajo la hermosa sombra de un enorme árbol en nuestra porpiedad como cuando solia tomar sus siestas prolongadas.

Fluffy, you will always live in our hearts!

Fluffy, siempre vivirás en nuestros corazones!

Welcome to the family dear Sophie – Bienvenida a la Familia pequeña Sophie

I’ve been away for quite a while, however I have been working on a very nice project.

He estado retirada por algún tiempo, sin embargo, he estado trabajando en un hermoso proyecto.

I made a very special present for my dear new-born niece Sophie. I’m sure she will enjoy the colors and of course I made it thinking about a very precious little baby part of our family.

Hice éste colgante para la cuna de mi nueva sobrinita Sophie. Estoy segura que le encantarán los colores y por supuesto lo hice pensando en esta preciosa pequeña bebe ahora parte de nuestra familia.

 

This is the complete crib mobile that I finished:

Este es el colgante completo una vez terminado:

The Cradle Mobile

Amigurumi Hand-made crib mobile

I do not have a crib so, I hanged it in the backyard to take a full length photo.

No tengo una cuna, asi que lo colgue en el patio de la casa para la toma completa.

These are the details:

Estos son los detalles:

 

Yellow Bird – Pajarita Amarilla

Bird Alicia

Bird Alicia

This little bird reminds me of an aunt, so I called it like her. She is cute!

Este pequeño pajarito me recuerda a una tia, asi que lo llamé como ella. Esta bello!

Bird Alicia Side

Bird Alicia Side

Notice the fabric used in the little bird’s tail. Isn’t it nice?

Notar la tela que utilicé en la parte de la cola del pajarito. No es bello?

 

This is the white girl bunny – Esta es la conejita blanca.

White Bunny

White girl bunny

 

White girl bunny side

Amigurumi white girl bunny

I love the little pom pom tail. I combined both colors white and pink to make it colorful.

Me encanta el pom pom de colita. Combiné ambos colores blanco y rosa para hacerla mas colorida.

 

Pink sweet elephant – Elefante rosa tierno

Amigurumi pink elephant

Amigurumi pink elephant

This pink yarn was just the perfect color  for the fabric that I used on the mobile.

Este estambre rosa es esactamente el color de la tela utilizada en el colgante.

Elephant Tail

Amigurumi pink elephant tail

Elephant special Tail

I had to come up with a very special tail for the pretty elephant.

TenÍa que hacerle una colita muy especial a la elefantita.

 

White lamb – Borreguito blanco

Little Lamb

Amigurumi white lamb

I love the curly hair on this little lamb.

Me gustó cómo se ve el pelo rizado del lindo borreguito.

Lamb tail

Lamb tail

I think the tail in the little lamb is really special too.

Creo que la colita en el borreguito es muy especial también.

This is a very funny little fellow:

Este es un amiguito muy gracioso:

Introducing the Lion

Presentando al León

Amigurumi yellow Lion

Amigurumi yellow Lion

 

Lion's Back

Lion’s Back

Lion's Tail

Lion’s Tail

The little lion was the most difficult to create since has lots of fluffy hair. But I think it looks cute as well.

El pequeño león fué el de mayor dificultad para realizar puesto que tiene mucho cabello esponjado. Pero quedé muy satisfecha con el resultado.

 

Mobile’s Top

Parte superior del colgante

Fabric

Mobile’s Top

This is 100 % cotton fabric and I used the same palette for my little stuffed animals. I had it also embellished with little crocheted stars to inspire sweet dreams.

El colgante está confeccionado con tela 100% algodon. Aprobeché la misma paleta de la tela para tejer los animalitos. También,  por último adorné con estrellitas tejidas a crochet para inspirar hermosos sueños.

Stars

Dreamy stars

Ribbons and stars are topping this cute little mobile.

Listones y estrellas forman parte superior de este bonito colgante.

Thinking about a new family member gave me the inspiration to create something very special for her.

Pensando en una nueva integrante familiar me inspirá para crear algo tan especial para ella.

Welcome to the family dear Sophie . . .

Bienvenida a la familia querida Sophie . . .

 

Recomendando un lugar donde las recetas incluyen tarjetas para coleccion!

Cocina con Betty

Hola queridas amigas, sobrinas, primas, tías y hermanas, pues hemos llegado ya a la mitad del año, ha sido muy emocionante todo lo que he vivido y compartido con mi familia, motivo por el cual estoy más que nunca emocionada por ver qué mas me tiene preparado el futuro.

Como todas sabemos, en este mes, celebramos a los papás y por lo tanto quiero compartir con todas Ustedes ésta información acerca del PESCADO, pues de eso se trata la receta de este mes. Así que sin más rodeos aquí les dejo la información a lo mismo que la ficha #2 del recetario “Recetas Naturales de Mamá”, no duden en ir bajando los archivos y hacer la colección.

Que la disfruten, tengan éxito en la cocina y sobretodo corazones contentos en su familia por realizar platillos tan exquisitos.

Con cariño y respeto su querida amiga Betty 😉

Valor nutricional del Pescado

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Mother’s Month / Mes de las Madres

Tengo una fotografía que es muy especial para mí, pues se trata de mi abue. Esta señora emprendedora, que nos impulsó, nos influenció y nos apoyó en la mayoría de nuestros cambios.

Recuerdo uno de mis primos diciendo: “Mi abuela fué una mujer revolucionaria e innovadora pues ha cambiado muchas cosas a su alrededor”

He aqui pues su imagen tierna y encantadora.

Para mi abue con amor . . .

Abue Grandma

Abue Grandma

Hello,

I want to share this photo with you, it is very special to me. She is my grandma, a lady who influence our family, guide us, and support us when we needed it. It is a great inspiration for us.

With love to my grandma . . . .

Wedding Day

Finally, the photography- wedding day was last Sunday and everything went very good. I was very different to shot this event because I did not know that I had to compete with other 2 photographers and 2 video camera guys that showed -up last minute since apparently that’s what they do as freelance photographers. Later these photographers tried to sell their photos at the wedding reception. It was very annoying because I tried to take photos and one guy was always on my way. 😦

However, I did my best and I’m pretty sure that the Bride and Groom notice the crowded day we all had.

This is one of the photos at the mass ceremony

Blessing Earnest

Blessing Earnest

The lady that gave us the photography job was very pleased with the photos and she will recommend us.

Yesterday we had a big music-group photo session and it was very exciting. There were 18 guys who were very playful and fun to work with. This was a good experience for controlling big group photos. Will post a photo soon.

Earth Day April 22 Dia de la Tierra 22 de Abril

As we all know, this April 22 is Earth Day. My family and I will celebrate riding our bikes to our favorite place in the mountains having a pic nick meanwhile we appreciate a gorgeous scenery. We will also give some love to our grape vine tree.  I hope to post later about this special day.

How would you celebrate?

 

Como todos sabemos, este dia 22 de Abril es el dia de Nuestra madre Tierra. Mi familia y yo celebraremos yendo a nuestro lugar favorito en las montañas en nuestras bicicletas tomando un agradable pic nick en la hermosa vista que tenemos afortunadamente cerca, también le daremos cuidados especiales a nuestra parra de uvas en el patio de nuestra casa.Espero tomar fotografías en ese dia tan especial. 😉

Como celebrarás tu?

April’s Goals

You can see the results on my goals from last month here.

My goals for this month:

1.- Keep all my appointments organized on my Google calendar (this tool has become very helpful to me.

2.- Follow-up the results of my appointments.

4.- Finish 4 more web designs.

3.- Finish my website design.

4.- Work on the text for my website (About me, my services, etc). That way I can get closer to publish it. Maybe in May?

5.- Make a new website-customer for this month

6.- keep-up with the sales to reach my goal for this year (10 new customers)

7.- Finish the digital Facebook Timeline headers and post them on my blog and website for sale.

 

 

 

I’m booked for a wedding photography . . . Yayyyyy!

Yes!

Last night, I received a phone call . . . my friend and student on the other side of the line asking me if I would like to take some photos of a wedding ceremony in the local main Cathedral. My first feeling? . . .  fear!  …but then the joy kicked in, and I accepted. The event will take place in 15 days approx (I will get more details from her today Wednesday).

For now, I’ll have to get acquainted with the church, where is the best place to take the photos from?, test my camera, so on and so forth.

This is exciting but, also scary, because I will have to be inside of the church trying to take pictures of things that won’t ever be repeated! I hope that the priest will be cool with everything because from what I’ve heard some of the local-priests can be very uptight about the photography service and my only concern is to catch the great moments that the couple in love will (hopefully) always cherish.

I’ve taken weddings before, but  they were either after church or before the ceremony, so this is a big step for me, mind you, but I’m willing to do my best.

Any experiences or tips are very welcome . . .

The Miracle of Life El Milagro de la Vida

My Fig Plant

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Hello everyone! Thanks for stopping by.  My topic for today is about the miracle of live. Yes! Something that for me has been and will probably continue to be amazing. Every season in winter in this area, everything seems so … Continue reading