I love animals – I always have. Lily, my little maltese, is my constant companion at home and she’s almost always with me when I’m there. When I’m sick she lies on my pillow or on my legs and keeps me company and when I’m cooking she will lie on the carpet and watch me. Her companionship has been a great comfort to me since we got her 4 years ago. Why am I telling you this? Because not all companion animals live in happy homes and more and more have started residing at my friend’s farm.

Last year we started our own rescue, Willow’s Paws & Claws Rescue , and we (they especially) have been working to support other animal rescues in the city. Right now we are in the process of becoming a registered charity which is really exciting. I must admit that there is an ulterior motive to taking about this today. Over at Willow’s Rescue we really need help. As we are just getting started there are only a handful of us – four to be precise – and there just are not enough hours in the day for us to accomplish everything we want too.

We really need people to help us with fundraising, planning events and the newsletter. Might you be able to help us  help Willow with her goal to make life better for as many animals as possible?

Leave a comment or contact me directly if you want to get involved.

So I am selling tags for Tagged by Kindness (think “pay it forward” concept for 2009) for Willow’s Paws and Claws Rescue, a local animal rescue. They are $5 and all the proceeds go to Willows Rescue. Read the rest of this entry »

This weekend we celebrated at a bridal shower the engagement of my cousin, J. We are all thrilled for her and are really looking forward to her fall wedding. I had the pleasure of decorating a cake for the party. Due to circumstances outside my control I had to bring what supplies I could fit into a carrying bag and decorate the cake the morning of the party. I decided I wanted it to look like it was wrapped in bands of ribbon with tiny blossoms. I made a ring out of marzipan and decorated it with pearl dust. Read the rest of this entry »

I am very excited to announce my involvement with a new Animal Rescue organization called Willow’s Paws and Claws Rescue (WPCR). We are just launching ourselves as a group and want to start to generate interest in WPCR as we are trying to establish ourselves as a registered and incorporated charity.http://willowsrescue.org/

Source: photo taken from WPCR website.

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