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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Full Blown Redneck

There are those that are just a weeeeeee bit redneck, and others that are full blown.The Redneck Hillbillies family falls somewhere in the middle!

Swing by our place any time of the year and we will have Christmas lights on the front porch. Even better is that half of each of the two strings is burnt out! Doesn't get any redneckier than that! Lifetime guarantee apparently doesn't apply to people who use their holiday lighting all year long!

 The Mr. has been known as "Bubba" or "Bub" for short for years now, and "Y'all" is a commonly used greeting around our neck of the woods.  We have all kinds of dirty rednecky projects on the go, and some junk out in the yard including a broken down vehicle. We even have a few pairs of gumboots and probably an empty beer bottle at the door and a couple dogs under the porch. A blow up pool full of greenish algae water completes the picture.

Ah, we're living the dream.

Kinda like these folks:





These lucky son-of-a-guns have an old van, a beat up pickup truck AND a trailer! They even have a clothesline stretched between two vehicles, and unmowed grass. Perfectly Redneck! Actually, it would be better if the van was an old muscle car up on blocks. :D







So for the full blown, completely, irreversibly, 100 percent redneck folks out there I came up with this beee-u-ttteee




and for the redneck woman - or WHOA- MAN as Bub likes to say:


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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

I love Bessie

 I bet you're expecting to see a post about some big ol' black and white milking cow.

Nope. Our Bessie is a Black Angus (perhaps a X) She is black, and hornless (polled) and has some of the characteristics of the Black Angus breed. Other than the fact that she is relatively calm and not like the fencebreaking black anguses we've had in the past! Of course, she's spunky enough to lead the other cattle around, but not stupid enough to try to push her way through 11 rows of barbwire and a string of electric fencing that separates the cows from my tasty garden!

For some unexplainable reason Black Angus is the popular choice these days. Not quite Kobe Beef, but if it's aged for 28 days and came from a Black Angus cow people equate that with quality. I'm ok with that!

Personally, I doubt there's a whole lot of difference between a full blood Angus and any other breed of meat cattle. Heck, even pure holstein tastes fantastic even if the cuts are smaller and the bones bigger.

The reason why I love my Bessie is because she's turning out to be quite popular on the Zazzle marketplace. I've sold her image on T-shirts, Hoodies, business cards, and hats.

Of course, it helps to have  a cheeky little phrase that's almost indecent along with her image ;p




You know what they say.... once you go black - you NEVER go back!

Yup, I love my sweet Bessie.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Road Trip!

Recently my lovely sister and I flew (or rather, drove very fast) up to a small town in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Keremeos, to be exact. Keremeos is a small town just up the crowsnest highway (#3) from places like Hedley and Princeton. It's a one school, one firehall, rural farms and orchards with fruit stands kind of retirement town.

I snapped some photos while I was up there that weren't full of goofy family smiles that could be used on products so I'll show them to you here.

First up: Bromley Rock. This was a rest stop by a creek or river ("Crick" if you ask me") with a big rock which I have to assume was THE Bromley Rock the site was named for. Well... maybe it was named after some guy who named the rock, which the park was named for..... ah, anyways as I was saying....

There was a row of unused park picnic tables and benches on a winding path overlooking the above mentioned rock that I thought looked inviting. Perhaps we may have stopped for a bite to eat beneath the shade of the overhanging branches if we had even a bit of food to eat and weren't in such a hurry.




We took care of what needed to be taken care of, and then set off into the mainstreet to grab some fresh fruit from one of the local fruit stands. There are many to choose from, but on this particular afternoon the old antique tractors parked infront of Parson's Fruit Stand caught my eye so it was there that we spent our money. A little bucket of cherries, a handful of peaches for myself, and a few salad dressings and apricots for my sister. All of the items YUMMY. If you're ever in Keremeos, I highly recommend this little fruit stand. Excellent, friendly staff, quality fruit and products at fair prices, and a whole bunch of antique and vintage knickknacks on display for people like me who just happen to love old junk!

Here are my favorites of the many photos I took of some of the old John Deere and other model tractors they had parked beneath the apple trees in their orchard along the main road out of town.

This one is older than dirt! Ok, so I am exaggerating just a weee bit - but it's definately an antique tractor!




And another old tractor! These old girls sure worked hard back in the day!




Surprise! Another old vintage farm tractor! What were you expecting?!?




Here's a nice shot of some unripened apples hanging on healthy, lush green leaved branches. Can't you almost smell the sweet/tart apples?




Thanks for hangin out with me while I re-enjoy a few of the special moments of my short time in this town full of mostly undiscovered treasures.
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Monday, August 9, 2010

Wild B.C. Birds

A request for wild birds for a bird blog had me rifling through older products this morning.  I am by no means a birdwatcher, but I will snap a photo or two of them if I have my camera ready and they sit still for longer than a second or two! All of these birds were photographed in and around our home in southern British Columbia.

Here are a few that I submitted, along with the required paragraph of text for your viewing pleasure.




 Two young Mallard ducklings nuzzle eachother affectionately. Their reflections and lilypads are seen on the water surface of a shallow community pond. These wild birds are the most recognizeable and well known breed of duck, with chicks hatching from late April to late May. After about two months, ducklings usually have full-grown feathers and are already flying.


A Bird in the Hand card
A Bird in the Hand by RedneckHillbillies
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Each year robins build nests underneath our balconies, and in spring we have many chirping birds and mamma robins collecting worms from our garden. This baby robin had just fallen out of its nest (or been pushed out?) and couldn't yet fly. We picked it up and moved it out of harm's way into taller grass so it wouldn't be preyed on.






White Crowned Song Sparrows are the most abundant and widespread wild bird in backyards and small shrubbed areas across North America. They are also one of the easiest birds to identify. The white-crowned sparrow sings with a high whistle and buzz call that may be heard at any time of day and even into the night, particularly when males are singing to claim territory.


Pair of Pole Dancing Birds stamp
Pair of Pole Dancing Birds by RedneckHillbillies
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This is a pair of Gilded Flickers, a small woodpecker type bird. They were at the top of a tall pole doing some form of territorial or mating ritual dance, bobbing their heads and swaying back and forth for several minutes before flying away.




This is a Great Blue Heron, quiety watching for small insects and minnows from its perch on a log in a grassy meadow nature reserve. Hundreds of these magnificent birds nest in the reserve and another wild bird sanctuary nearby, and they are often seen hunting near rivers, creeks and streams, and lakes.




This Horned Owl was injured along a roadside and nursed back to health at a large bird rescue. Unable to be reintroduced into the wild, it is now captive and used for educational presentations by the local Zoo. Here it feeds on a young baby chick for lunch!
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Friday, August 6, 2010

Monster Fish!


Mr. Redneckhillbillies hopped on the Honda FatCat dirtbike last night after work with his fishing rod and a small bag of tackle to toss a hook into the water.

pssst if you don't know what a FatCat is, go see the REDNECKHILLBILLIES on youtube. About five or six videos ago I posted a lengthy video about his little garage project. It's awesome. Go see it!

As I was saying...
He called me about an hour or so later telling me to bring a cooler down to the river because he'd just caught the biggest spring salmon of his life and there was no way he could bring it home on the motorcycle!

He wasn't kidding!



It was a buck (a male) and it was HEAVY. We didn't have any way to weigh it, but we guess it was probably in the neighbourhood of 35lbs, because it weighed about the same as a mitre saw which Mr. Redneckhillbillies is accustomed to carrying around.
What a beauty! For a fish, that is! Look at the size of its head! I cooked up just one steak from this fish for dinner tonight for a taste and four of us only ate half of it. I'm going to have to repackage the meat in smaller portions for our freezer!


Hmm maybe it's time to pick him up one of these fish whisperer tees!

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Party Time!

What kind of party, you ask? You name it. Birthday parties, bbq parties, retirement parties, bachelorette parties, a party for nothing more than having a party.

Yesterday morning there was a request for party invitations on the Zazzle message boards. Dozens of excellent invitations for all kinds of celebrations were shown. The original poster apparently found all she needed in the first couple of hours. She didn't choose any of mine, (WAH!)  and used a few examples I wouldn't have personally chosen.

That's what makes Zazzle so great though - a very wide range of products to cater to all kinds of different people and tastes. What I think is awful will sell by the hundreds. What I think is beautiful, will sit on page 25, unviewed, unbought, and unloved. (shrug)

No problem! I'll  post the ones I would have chosen if it were me and the blog was mine. We'll just pretend for a minute that I am the bestest, greatest, most excellent-est invitation chooser and blog writer. I might even throw a couple redneck invitations in there for good measure if you're lucky.

*ahem* Here we go.
I'm not sure why I'm clearing my throat, I should be stretching my fingers instead... anyhoooo

A few generic invitations to start out with. Whatever the reason for the party, either of these would do.





This one is great for a baby or child birthday gathering, or it could be edited to work as a birth announcement or christening/baptism.

Did I say baby shower? OH, that's right ... I didn't! I love this little sock monkey baby shower invitation. So cute! I don't do "cute" so that says alot right there!

This funky and very stylish sweet 16 party invitation is perfect for your little sweetheart!


Birthdays for the sexy ladies is covered with this one
Red Shoes Invitation invitation
Red Shoes Invitation by claire_shearer
Browse invites available on zazzle.com

and one for the old man celebrating a milestone birthday




and some food related dinner party type invitations




wine beer or cocktails, anyone?






getting married?

Here are some bachelor, bachelorette, hen party, bridal shower type invitations.





Bought your first house? Whether it's your first or your tenth, these housewarming invitations will open your front door to all kinds of celebrating




if you've been married a while now, you may need one of these anniversary party invitations! Celebrate your many years together with one of these, perhaps?!



and when you're in the sunset season of your life, a retirement party is in order! Celebrate your retirement with a huge bash, and invite all your old cronie friends to come live it up with you!



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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Scrap that!

In my last post I was whining about losing 4 facebook fans. I check again today and VOILA! They are back... or perhaps I gained a different four. Months from now I probably wouldn't even notice, but I am STILL under 100 fans and I'm still actively trying to get some momentum going for the whole Redneck Hillbillies shindig so it grabbed my attention.

So ... delete... delete....delete.... my last post and let's get on with something else, shall we?

I think that's a grand idea, y'all.

With the magic number of 100 still just out of reach, I figured I'd post some "100" designs on this blog post just for the heck of it. Maybe I'll get some good Joo-Joo out of the deal and gain those 7 fans I need to break the first threshhold.

So here goes. First up... money. It might not make the world go around, but it sure makes the ride a little more fun, don't it?!?




I sure could use a few of them purty bills in MY pocket!

Next on the menu for this afternoon is a 100% Redhead Tee that I actually snorted to. I do tend to have a reddish tinge to my hair, which fades to a lovely orange when I try to dye it, so this one was a good fit.



One of my own 100 percent t-shirts. ... because what's better than being a redHEAD? why, being a redNECK instead!




and even though this is pink (bleck!) and it has flowers (double bleck!) and ain't rednecky in the slightest... I tthought this might appeal to the folks who like pink flowers and other gaggy girly stuff like that. I figure if I live to be 100 years old, I would love to get a card like this one which is actually very, very pretty.... just don't tell anyone I said that!




If you're a tree hugging, soybean eatin', health nut  vegan who only shops local and ain't seen the bottom of any bottle well then this is for y'all. Ok, I didn't really mean that. I grow only organic vegetables in my garden and we don't pump our cattle full of crap so I'm a weeeee bit organic. I fix that by drinking copious amounts of beer and sneaking the odd chemical laden, calorie rich chocolate bar! Straight to the behind is where all that garbage goes, but I do offer kudos to those of you who try harder than I do!




and for my final little plug, this nifty but very somber reminder that we are destroying our planet. Whether you think global warming is a farce or not, we are losing what makes our planet so awesome little by little. Check this out - you'll be glad you did.


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