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FOTO FRIDAY...... OFFERING 
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The container is a wooden boat carved by my husband as a gift for our son around 1978.....He built many toy boats over the years, some were much larger and had fully functioning sails and rudder that we would chase in a kayak or row-boat.......When our son was about 2 1/2, he started calling our neighbour's little sailing dinghy a Duckboat.......There were a lot of ducks on the ocean where we lived.....Large flocks landing and taking off and quacking in unison are very exciting and intriguing.........and when we crossed paths with them there was quite a hullaballoo.....They are also very beautiful and sweet when you come across them alone or in pairs. At the time, we lived at the mouth of a large creek. Not far from our cabin, was a waterfall that fell into a pool surrounded by big granite boulders. The pool was about 20 ft. across and in the Fall and after a rainy period, it made quite a roar. Every morning my son would accompany me to the waterfall pool to fetch water.....we didn't have piped water at the time......It was always a magical way to start the day.........One morning, when we got to the waterfall, there was a beautiful Mallard drake sound asleep and floating in the pool, with his luminescent teal blue and green wing patches and head shimmering in the morning light. ......His beak was tucked under a wing and he was slowly floating in a circular path around and around the pool, caused by the falling water......My son was very excited and I picked him up to hush him so he wouldn't wake the drake.....and we stood there, cheek to cheek and watched him for a very long time..........That was the beginning of his Duckboat.......He said it over and over...Duckboat....and pointing out on the water at boats going by......And his dad made him a Duckboat that he carried with him everywhere......The prow and keel and stern were carved like a duck and the sides were made of steamed, very thin, Yellow Cedar planks......On the water, it looked just like a duck....A duck that could carry stuff like a boat.
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Sparkle that is a really cool offering of a carved boat. They look like pears in the boat. It is also a real nice story abut the carving.
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Wonderful "O" photo and story, beautifully told. 
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Sparkle that is a really cool offering of a carved boat. They look like pears in the boat. It is also a real nice story abut the carving.
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It takes considerable talent to crave those boats.
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Wonderful "O" photo and story, beautifully told.
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I really enjoyed your offering, and the glimpse of your life that you shared with it. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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