Changing Form by Doris Chase, Kerry Park, Seattle, Washington, Cascadia. Share this post:
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BuildASign.com made making my durable, plastic signs simple and fun. They have an almost overwhelming amount of templates to choose from. There is an easy option to start from scratch and make a fully custom sign, including uploading and layering photos or logos. I chose a simple BuildASign.com template and worked to make my desired Scoop That Poop words fit. Once the words flowed, it took just minutes to line everything up on the sign, preview and order. My signs came surprisingly fast, ready to be put up with my community poop bag share station. First, though, the outdoor poop bag holder and utility pole needed a little clean up. Ten months had been surprisingly kind to my community poop bag share station but it was being held up only by the top zip tie. The bottom zip tie had come loose and most of the staples were gone. After tidying up the utility pole and reinforcing the poop bag holder, I stapled and nailed up my new BuildASign.com sign.
My next mission was to put up another community poop bag share station at a nearby park. The park itself is usually poop pile free but the blocks surrounding the park can be pretty gross. I think that an obvious and centrally located dog poop bag dispenser could be a big help. Both the do-it-yourself water bottle poop bag holder and the sign from BuildASign.com had to be attached to a pole at the park with zip ties. This is definitely a dog poop bag share that I hope will last and gain active community participation.
Cascadian Nomads received complimentary product from BuildASign.com in exchange for our honest review. We were not otherwise compensated for this post. Cascadian Nomads only shares information that is relevant to our readers and all opinions are always our own. *Cascadian Nomads is hosting this $25 BuildASign.com giveaway, will choose (at Random.org on July 28th) and notify the winner (via e-mail) but BuildASign.com is responsible for prize fulfillment. BuildASign.com offers more than just signs and the winner can use the $25 towards any product. Cascadian Nomads Scoop That Poop sign and any comment ideas are simply meant to inspirational. If you missed our post on how to make your own versatile community poop bag share station by re-purposing a plastic water bottle, check it out here. Did you make one? Please let us know how it has worked out! Share this post: Five Good Things About Being Active With Pets Inspired By #NutriencePets No Bad Anything Promise7/22/2014 This post is sponsored by Nutrience and the Pet Blogger Network. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about the Nutrience, but Cascadian Nomads only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. Nutrience is not responsible for the content of this article.
2) Happy people: Do your pets make you smile? Do your pets make other people smile? I thought so. 3) Making memories: I hate to bring this up but even the most healthy and fit of us, humans and animals, won't live forever. Curling up on the couch for a movie is indeed memorable but I like to look back on time spent with my pets with more adventure than what was on the screen. To this day, it is the places I went, the adventures I had, with pets who are no longer with me and haven't been for decades, that bring me the most unforgettable joy. 4) Healthy dogs: All living beings benefit from fresh air and sunshine (even the cloud filtered sunshine we usually have in Cascadia.) We also all need to stimulate our moving parts, inside and out, to keep them functioning properly. 5) Healthy people: Myriads of studies have proven that exercise and being outdoors reduces stress and increases longevity. Whether you are now inspired to reap the active lifestyle with pets rewards above or you and your healthy pets are already adding to the benefits list, Nutrience Pet Food has quality options to fuel your adventures. They make sourcing ingredients from world class Canadian and U.S growers a top priority in all their foods. Since I am a fan of grain-free pet foods, it makes me very happy that Nutrience Grain Free has received a five star rating from Dog Food Advisor. What always matters most to me in what I feed my pets is that they have the energy to keep on moving because they inspire me so much more than just five ways, each and every second of every day. What's your favorite part of being active with your pets? Share this post: Typist: Leo This weekend I discovered something new about cockatoo life with humans: I love a parade! Parades and parrots go perfectly together. We're both loud, colorful and amusing. While I admit to being a little disappointed that I did not get to be in West Seattle's Hi-Yu Parade on Saturday, (though many parading people said I should have been) I truly enjoyed all of the sights and sounds of my neighborhood Seafair parade. Once Bethany and Jason got settled into their chairs, I got to watch the parade a little more up close, outside of my Popemobile. It was fantastic, albeit odd. There were ladies who waved their large skirts like wings and others who rode strange floating landscapes... I saw sea pirates on trucks and land boats with no driver... Many of the parading people had feathers on their heads like mine. A large group of feather capped people marched by playing a song I know [editor's note: The Colonel Bogey March.] I danced as they played and cheered as they passed by. I so love music. Especially loud music. Some things that passed were wonderful and shiny but indescribable... At one point during the parade Bethany got very excited and jumped from her seat. She said her very favorite part of the parade was coming. I think she said it was the "Seafair Clowns." I didn't hear any loud music, so I wasn't sure what there was to be so excited about. Then I met a few of these "clowns"... I guess cockatoos don't often go to parades because I didn't see any other psittacines and a lot of the parade participants were pleasantly surprised to see me. One car waving lady in a fancy dress told me I was the most beautiful bird she had seen all day. She was wearing a crown so I was truly honored to have someone so obviously important compliment me. Besides being a gorgeous addition to the parade crowd, I was very polite and didn't cause any mischief. But somehow I caught the attention of a strange looking policeman... Fortunately that Keystone cop, as Jason called him, paraded on. There probably was room for me in his wheeled cage... but there were no hanging toys or kale so it didn't look like a cage I wanted to be in. Instead, I went home for a rest in my very own cage. After all the thrills of this cockatoos first parade, it was definitely time for a nap. Share this post: |
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