http://www.turtlegardens.org Turtle Gardens is a no-kill, non-profit animal rescue located in Topley B.C. Canada. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:55:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jude and I had the pleasure of visiting SAINTS last weekend when we dropped Yvette off at Carol’s. It was Jude’s second visit, and my first. I follow Carol’s blog religiously so it was a delight to meet and greet many of the animals. (I am ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/09/07/why-is-rescue-so-ugly-at-times-cynda For someone who rarely leaves home I am away a lot longer than planned - I was supposed to be home Friday at 1:30 pm. But I received two wonderful gifts that I could not refuse. One - two passes to Butchart Gardens which I and Stan thoroughly enjoyed. Tho ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/09/06/all-is-well-while-i-am-away This morning, Jude and I went to the Escapes.ca office to meet with theTG Raffle Draw grand prize winner - Patricia McLeod! Pat was so excited about winning the all-inclusive trip to Puerto Vallarta - she said this was the first time in her life she's won anything! Here is Chris ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/09/05/grand-prize-winner-picture-blog-cynda I have been following Carol of SAINTS 's blog about the saintly crew. I love her honesty and integrity and sheer love of the animals and respect for them. Real respect. They are special and are treated so. Yet they really are dogs or cats or horses or bunnies or ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/09/04/what-rescue-is-all-about What a wonderful day today - perfect weather, perfect things to do, perfect people to do them with - PERFECT! But first here is some pictures of a few days ago: Jude, Cynda and I at our meeting in White Spot. And here is Sharon too: This is the Raffle draw at ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/09/03/turtle-gardens-has-some-pictures What a wonderful visit. I had met Sadie and Princess Belle at the reunion but Charlie had stayed home. She is a beautiful girl with such an expressive face. Allie the tortie said hello too and Jean had made Coffee - oh joy! Then the highlight of my ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/09/02/a-visit-to-jeans-life-with-the-critters We went to the bus depot today to find it clsoed - no going home today. But that's ok - I can enjoy another day with Carol and all the fabulous animals. And the wonderful volunteers that frequent Saints. What a great place to unwind and rejuvenate. Thank you Carol ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/09/01/another-day-at-saints Yvette did 2 interviews today! Japanese TV (not sure even what channel they are on) did quite an in-depth interview and filmed the raffle draw at the Escapes.ca office. Two hours later at the re-union at Everett Crowley Park, CTV (they stayed for the entire ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/08/31/list-of-winners-cynda So I have access to a computer. What an incredible weekend so far!! I had a wonderful seatmate on the bus - he was 7 years old and small so I had a lot of room. When we switched buses in Prince George - he sat beside me again - ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/08/31/tg-is-visiting-saints-today Today is "T" day - my greyhound leaves at 5.35 pm! Yes I am taking the bus - several reasons - It is way cheaper - less than half the air fare!! (more for the dogs spay/neuters) and less get there travel time. The airport is almost 2 hours away ... http://www.turtlegardens.org/2008/08/28/this-is-it-travel-day-for-tg-and-new-arrivals