Tell It Like It Is…..
Hello students of geography – and welcome to another Wednesday when we learn who has been studying like a good student and who needs to hit the books before NEXT Tuesday!
First, let me thank our pawsome GUEST TEASER for yesterday’s photo………….THANK YOU to Miss Layla of Cat Wisdom 101 for sending in that great photo of a “lobster in space” flying above some city getting fresh air and pointing direction for anyone caring to know where the wind is coming from!
And WHERE did Miss Layla take the photo? Well, she snapped it down on the Boston Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts! A couple of you even guessed the actual building the weathervane is on! BRAVO…………………but who gets what today……….I know you’re just dying to know!
First off, we had a TIE for First Commenter – and it was a “Tie Made In Heaven” because it was Raz of Friends Furever AND Madi of Down Home in NC and as we all know (unless you’ve been hiding under a rock) Raz and Madi are an ITEM and these two commented during the first minute the Teaser went live. Concatulations to both of you and EACH of you get this:
And who was the lucky receiver of the FIRST RIGHT GUESSER badge this week? It was our friends the Kitties Blue from The Cat On My Head – that’s who! Concatulations to you all and this little beauty is YOURS:
Several other smarties were out there yesterday though and we had several other “Boston, Mass” answers so if you were one of them, this is yours!
Have no fear if you were wrong when you guessed…….maybe next week you’ll be lucky! In the meantime, you can console yourself with one of these:
Who knows what our photo will be next week……………could be anywhere! So you’d better be on your toesies by then so you can take a whack at the piñata of Teaser (hahaha). Thanks for playing along and should you have a photo that you think would work for me to use, send it to me at junekimm(at)aol(dot)com !
I also thought I’d share some coolio photos with you……………you may recall that I told you the ever-fabulous and talented Miss Sharon of GENTLE STITCHES had designed and was making a couple of prototypes of a new tote she called the “Sammy Tote” – because she said she took the inspiration for it from ME ME ME! That alone made my heart beat faster because I’ve never to my knowledge inspired anyone before BUT, guess what came in the mail from Australia yesterday??!! That’s right – the world’s first Sammy Tote! Mom tried to take a photo of me and her with the bag but I was squirmier than a greased pig (no offense Bacon) but Dad did squeeze this one out which is as close as it’s gonna get:
Yep – I was less than cooperative for this photo shoot…………….Mom had Dad take a couple of others – one of her holding the tote and another of me giving the tote the SNIFF INSPECTION:
Miss Sharon tells us that the pattern for this cute tote will be available in December from RAVELRY.com and I am sure lots of people will want it – I’ve already seen on her blog at Gentle Stitches some other people are suggesting other anipals as “stars” of the tote but no matter what the future holes for the tote, I was FIRST and I was so surprised when I found out, and I will never forget Miss Sharon’s kindness.
AND – last but not least, I just thought I’d share that yours truly FORGOT that I was getting close to my 2,000 post………well, it came and went and I didn’t even notice it but still, I think it’s pretty cool that I’ve managed to squeeze out over 2,000 blogs since I started blogging in 2011. Other interesting figures Mom saw on my stats page are:
228,500 views of my blog
28,810 Visitors so far
My BEST DAY ever was Oct. 30, 2013 when I had 708 views (it was my Halloween costume contest!)
AND……I have 636 WordPress followers and 195 Facebook followers
Thank you friends for having fun with me!
Tomorrow is Thoroughly Poetic Thursday and it will be the letter “O” that we’ll do poems for – put your thinking caps on and share your poem about “O” here on my blog by putting the poem in comments OR leave your blog link here to your post so we can read your “O” poem……..I’m thinking WHAT to write about that starts with the letter “O”……..Ovaltine? Ocean? Olive Oil?
See you tomorrow !!
Hugs, Sammy
One final note……..like many of you have reported on YOUR blogs, we are now having problems with our comments on some of your blogs – particularly other WordPress blogs – showing up on your sites……..we have tried to send notes to most of you to please check your spam and “unspam” us so we don’t go to “neverland” in SPAMVILLE, but if you haven’t heard from me lately, check that spam…..chances are we’re there!
Woohoo! We were right!!! It was the lobster that gave it away!!! Your Sammy-inspired tote is absolutely adorbs!!!! So cute!!!
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The lobster was a bit of a giveaway BUTTTTTT lobster is a biggie in so many spots it made it just a little challenging !! I love the tote too – it’s just plain FAB!
Love, Sammy
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oh concats!!! madi&raz are the dream team that’s for sure LOL
I love this bag it is the one and only sammy bag and the bestestest of the whole world!!!
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I love it too…….Miss Sharon says the pattern will be available for the Sammy Tote in December…..wonder how many of these will be made by other people and used…..gosh….I might be an international star! HAHA
Love, Sammy
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maybe the sammy bag will be as famous as the kelly bag once?
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Wouldn’t that be fabulous??????????????????? It makes me smile every time I see it in Mom’s office!
Love, Sammy
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Persistence pays off !!! See you next Tuesday???
Love, Sammy
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Well done everyone! Didn’t have a clue, as usual 😉 The tote is just lovely – we saw it over on Gentlestitches and were wowed by it.
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That tote is pretty funny, S. I can see why you got all squirmy when your mom tried to hold you next to it. Two handsome Sammies is one handsome Sammy too many!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Hooray for the smart winners! We love your photos Sammy!
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Hi Brian! We love your THRONE post too……hee hee!
Love, Sam
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Concats to the winners from yesterday. Such a cool “Sammy tote”! But, Sammy, you and your Mom inspire LOTS of people everyday!
Love, Sundae
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Gosh – that’s a sweet thing to say! Thanks………we just love the tote!!
Love, Sammy
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Your Sammy tote looks fabulous, and I can’t wait to see how you show it off as a handy bacon tote this Saturday…
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I bet Mom could cram a lot of bacon in there!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Sammy and Mom we love love love the photos of you 2 and your Sammy tote.
Thanks for the fun teaser and congrats to everyone
Hugs madi your bffff
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Hi Madi! You an RAZ rocked Teaser yesterday – YAY! Glad you like Mom’s new tote – now my shining face will be traveling around as Mom shops! HAHA
Love, Sammy
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Congrats to the winners. That tote is adorable. Enjoy your day. Rain and storms here.
Sue B
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Be careful driving in the rain……….we had rain yesterday but no complaints as we NEED rain to have a pretty Fall!!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Congratulations to Raz and Madi for first to get here yesterday and Congrats to Kitties Blue for guessing right first! That is a cool picture with the gold lobster!
What an honor Sammy, a tote named after you. And it is darling too! So nice to see your Mom and you, I think your Dad did a fine job clicking pictures and I think you with your sunglasses on is just so much fun!
Congratulations on 2000 blog posts! Holy Frijoles that is a whole lot of words! And FUN!
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Obviously my Mom and I like to TALK or we never would have made it to 2000 posts! HAHA The tote is adorable isn’t it? Dad (and Mom) had quite a time with the photos with ME in….he took six or seven but like Mom said, I was FAR from cooperative……..”LEMME OUTTTTTA HERE MOMMMYYYYYY!!!!!”………….Sending you some big Wednesday hugs!
Love, Sam
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Congratulations on over 2,000 posts! Here’s to 2,000 more. And Congrats to Madi, Raz and The Kitties Blue! Everyone loves you Sammy- including us! XO
And I love that purse, I may have to try to make one 🙂 Your Mom looks great carrying it.
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Miss Sharon’s pattern for the tote will be on RAVELRY.com just in time for Christmas so hang in there! I’m sure you could make it though – you are so good at your crochet!
Love, Sammy
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Congrats to everyone! And BIG congratulations on 2000 blog posts! May there be many, many more!
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Thanks……..we really don’t follow our own stats but had wanted to sort of at least acknowledge 2000 posts – whoops….missed it!
Hugs, Sammy
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Oh cousin – that tote is totally awesome for sure! I love it – absolutely. Auntie Sharon is wonderful, isn’t she. She sent me something too that I’m going to post about later. Love your STATs too – you go sweet friend! XOXO – Bacon
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Oh boy – can’t wait to see what Miss Sharon made for you! She’s a REAL sweetheart and oh so very generous!
Love, Sammy
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Snorts she really is. We love Auntie Sharon for sure. She sent me a birthday card that might have or not scared me witless…. snorts with piggy laughter. It was great! XOXO – Bacon
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I have to get a new map or position it better in the bottom of my cage.
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Either of those would work I’m sure….Make sure your map is of planet Earth too……. 😉
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The letter “O”, perhaps I should write an Ode to my brother Oliver 🙂 Its hard to think of things that rhyme with Oliver 🙂 We always look forward to your poems Sammy. Great tote by the way!
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You’re right – “Oliver” is a tough one to rhyme with!!!! The tote is so cute isn’t it?!
Love, Sammy
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We love that tote!! Mom wishes she could make one but there is NO WAY she could!!! Raz was soooo excited to be first guesser with Madi (even though Mom had to work at it while she walked!)
❤ your sunglasses!
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My Mom wishes she could make the tote too but FORGETABOUTIT! I was excited that you and Madi won FIRST COMMENTERS Tuesday – the dynamic duo !!
Love, Sammy
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Congratulations to every buddys
Lily & Edward
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YAY!!!! Another Tuesday Teaser down the tubes!
Hugs, Sammy
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Hi, I would have never guessed that. The comments are now in order.
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YES – we saw our latest comment on your blog appear – thanks for checking your SPAM file!!!!
Love, Sammy
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Woo hoo! Just shared on Fb. I’m behind on emails but thrilled you picked my Boston photo 🙂
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It was a GREAT Teaser Miss Layla…….thank you so much for sending the photo in – if you have any others you think would be “toughies” then please bring them on! LOL
Love, Sammy
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Pass thee Greenie bowl pleeze Unncle!! LadyMum went to Boston many yearss ago….shee not see thee golden lobster….iss purrty funny shee guessed Eastern Canada…..
An you look fab inn sunglassess an thee tote iss kewl all so.
An guess what??? Wee NOT reeceivin noteyficayshunss when you post a bloggie at all!! An wee are signed uppy…..
LadyMum sayss there iss a Gremmlynne inn thee werkss on WerdPurress! Mee has to agree….
***paw patsss*** neffkitty Siddhartha Henry xxxx
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WordPress has had some problems lately but then I think all of these sites do from time to time. We have our comments going into people’s spam a lot lately……In fact, come to think of it, we might not be getting notices of YOUR blog either – we’d better check!!!!!
Love, Uncle Sammy
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A Sammy Tote – how cool! And congrats to your mom on the 2,000th post!
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Thank you so much……….2000 snuck up on us! The tote is amazing isn’t it? We can’t believe that I was actually somebody’s inspiration for something! LOL
Love, Sam
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Don’t sell yourself short, Sammy! You inspire lots of people every day!
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Oh I hope so……….I’d like to think that I do……….!
Hugs, Sam
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Concats to Raz and Madi for being first commenters. We were fast asleep and not thinking about Sammy’s mystery picture. Also concats to the Kitties Blue…right on you smooth ones. Sammy you are immortalized in a tote. Excellent my friend.
Shoko
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I am so flattered to be someone’s inspiration – the tote is adorable……Mom and I love it……!!!
Love, Sam
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Concats to the Kitties Blue and Madi and Raz! The Sammy tote looks lovely, but then it would as it was inspired by you.
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Awwwww……….thanks Flynn. I think it looks like you AND me!! 😉
Love, Sammy
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Congratulations on 2000 posts! The Sammy bag looks cool!
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The Sammy Tote is ADORABLES for sure!!!!!!
Love, Sam
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We don’t care where the photo was taken…we just want the lobster! 🙂
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Oh boy oh boy do I ever agree with you on that one…….YUM!
Love, Sam
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Missed another one, a place I have actually been!
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Don’t feel bad……..lots of peeps missed this one – there’s always NEXT week!!!
Love, Sam
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Sammy, Mom will send you an e-mail later today with the e-mail address to send the info about the SPAM problem. They are very quick to fix it. We were so delighted and excited to be the first right guesser this week. When Mom gets a chance she’ll tell everybody in a post. That tote is so cute. Looks big enough for you to fit inside! Mom thinks the tail is super cute, but she knows she’d be shutting it in doors and otherwise catching it on things. Still fun as can be. You deserve to have lots of things named after and inspired by you. Sending love and hugs from all of us and Mom too! XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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You’re so sweet – the email thing is a pain in the tushie – Mom’s been sending email to the people she can to let them know to check their spam file and amazingly a number of them have and there our comments were resting comfortably! CONCATS again on being FIRST RIGHT GUESSER! It was a fun one – Miss Layla send us some good pix! The tote is adorable and Mom is afraid the tail will drag on the floor so we have tucked it up inside the tote…..I just love that the face and tail are FURRY……..!
Love and Hugs, Sammy
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Yay for the winners! Love your new tote and photos too! xoxo
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Hi Cody and Miss Caren! Glad you like the Sammy Tote…I think it ROCKS!
Love, Sammy
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They are great pictures of you and the Sammy Tote and Mom. The sunglasses are essential for a star. 😀
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I think they make me look more ginger-ish since the glasses are yellow………….!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Egad…just bash me over the head with a book! I’m hopeless at picture puzzlers. 😦
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P.S. I still love your tote and your mum looks divine with it! 🐱
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We think Miss Sharon’s tote design is grand and adorable…….of course since it’s my face I WOULD be saying that right? HAHAHA
Love, Sam
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One of these Tuesdays you will just know where it is and have your “AH HA” moment!
Love, Sam
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What a beautiful tote! You are definitely an inspiration, Sammy.
We’ve had your comments going to moderation, but at least I get notified of that so I can get you out of that “purgatory” quickly. – LOL. What is going on in WP land lately anyway??
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We’re not sure what the issues is with WP but lotsa peeps are having comments disappear or all of a sudden go to SPAM on other peeps blogs……weird…..the SPAM monster is loose!
Love, Sammy
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well, it’s pretty late in the day, but I think it’s Phoenix, AZ, USA
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I think a couple of people thought it might be Arizona BUTTTTTT it’s Virginia!!!!! AND nobody got it this week!
Hugs, Sammy
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