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Takahashi Birds (April 9, 2006)NOW AVAILABLE: The definitive book on Takahashi birds! Authors: Carol Takahashi and Julie C. Carroll For pre-orders go to Collector Books at http://www.collectorbooks.com/items/item_detail.php?item_num=8289
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Created by Yoneguma and Kiyoka Takahashi, these marvelous wood birds are miniature works of art. The Takahashi family were among many Japanese-Americans confined in Poston Camp, AZ after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
While in the camp, they participated in a craft class where they learned to carve and paint small birds and after release (3 1/2 years later) they turned this craft into a family business that continued for 40 years.
Yoneguma carved the birds out of white holly wood, starting with a jig saw, then smoothing and sanding the bird. When done, Kiyoka painted the birds (using an Audubon bird book for reference) with watercolors using fine camel hair brushes. 10 coats of lacquer were then applied.
A good day's production was 10 birds. The birds were mostly sold via word of mouth, though a couple of department stores (such as Gump's) carried them. Production was mostly lapel pins, but earrings were also made. Price on the birds in the early days was $2, but in the 1980s, the birds sold for $40.
Initially more than 100 species were made, both male and female, but eventually about 25 different birds were offered regularly for sale.
Some birds created before the 1970s have the initials K.T.; after 1970, the initials K&Y.T. with the date appear. Some are dated without initials.
There were copies made in the 1970s; these can most easily be identified by the manner in which the pin was attached. The Takahashi birds use small push pins while the repro pin backs are screwed into the wood. |
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2011 XS CD RELEASE PARTY (Saturday, December 17, 2011)| Congratulations to The XS Band for a successful night at their CD Release party at the Casino Del Sol in Tucson this past weekend. A big crowd showed up and kept the dancefloor full! We hope to see more of this band perform in Tucson, as they got a great response. You can purchase their new cd by logging on to www.xsbandlatin.com |
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Our Kennel Set - Up (October 8, 2006)From Dec. '04 - May '06, we did a complete change in our kennels. We had a few with genetic problems & a few that simply would not care for there wee ones from the time they began to whelp. This also gave us a chance to redo our kennels. All of our kennels are about 1 ft off the ground,we do have a bigger pen,that's on the ground like an exercise pen .
Since we lost our vehicles & our home we had to move,to our current location on Jun 30,08.
I have placed pictures,for you to see our set-up. Every summer it seems that we remodeling our kenneling system. Hopefully summer 2010, we will be adding more kenneling and pens in our shed. I only hope that some day we can afford to give them extra heat during the winter and A/C during the summer. All the kenneling are surrounded with sheds & plenty of trees this helps for wind breakage during the winter. I have found it easier on everyone this past winter'08/'09, then in the previous years.
Every morning, I'm outside hosing down kennels & feeding everyone, water buckets are scrubbed as needed, do to algie/lime coming from the water. The pens are scrubbed down as needed as well..
I would love to have a better set-up then we have,but this will have to do for now.
All the puppies are fed Purina & the adults Retriever...
NOTE: Summer of 2010 we sold out our shetland sheepdogs & as well as found homes for some of our adults labs, that were unable to pass hip/OFA & CERF/eye exams... The kennels you see are in the same position,but not the same & also we have fewer dogs as well.. Once we start our new set-up,we will be taking new pics along the way. This is a goal we have set to be started for spring/summer 2011... It will look awesome after it's completed.. We have plans on creating a nice size run for our labs and ratties, throughout, the summer 2010 we have been purchasing fencing as well as kenneling for this project & yes, this was a goal we have been planning since spring 2010.. |
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Seegmillers Heart of Gold She is quiet, calm and attentive to my command a beautiful dog with a high intelligence. I really like her she has just enough spunk to get out to hunt and wants to be with her family at the end of the day Goldie's loyalty is just awesome! 25#, erect ear, Tri color with heavy Ticking.
***WILL BE BRED TO TRIG FALL 2010
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Spooky (March 21, 2019)| This is a collection of my TV Guide supplements with spooky covers |
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WarrenMtn's Wild Rebel Rose - Lilly (November 7, 2011)Lilly is owned & loved by Erin & Mike R. in Vermont.
We will watch Lilly grow & see if she lives up to the potential we saw in her as a baby. If she does, she may have a litter of nice minis someday. Please watch her grow with us and let us know what you think!
Sire: WarrenMtn's Dark Knight - Bruce
Cardiac-Normal
Patella-Normal
Hips - (Pending-evaluations will be submitted Jan 2012)
PLL - CLEAR
Dam: FMF's Lil Britches at WarrenMtn-Britches
Cardiac-Normal
Patellas-Normal
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PLL - CLEAR
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