~ FLASHBACK FRIDAY ~ JUNE 5, 2015 ~ ONE OF THOSE DAYS ~

FLASHBACK FRIDAY ~ June 5, 2015 ~ ONE OF THOSE DAYS ~ I'm not flashing back very far for this weeks post. Only going back over the past couple of months or so. Have you ever had "one of those days"? You know the kind, the one where nothing goes right? If you have enough energy to get out of bed at all, you sleep through your alarm and stub your toe getting out of bed (really, it can happen)! You discover that you've not only run out of shampoo, the hand soap is but a sliver that would barely get your face clean. You knick yourself (several times) while shaving, forgot to put the wash in the dryer, didn't do any ironing, and have to pick the cleanest of your dirty clothes to wear. You're running so late that you don't have time for breakfast, the gas tank is on E for "enough driving this week, on strike now" and you miss the only bus. When you finally get to work/school, you have reports due that are far from being finished, you realize that you've forgotten your lunch, and oops, in your haste to leave the house, you forgot your purse/wallet too. You end up having to stay late and miss the last bus home. 

You get home so late and exhausted that you forgo supper for an early bedtime. You climb into bed, forgetting to set the PVR to record the season finale AND season premieres of your two favourite shows, that happen to be airing on the same night. Slowly, you drift off to la la land, all the while pondering that little niggling thought in the back of your mind that you've forgotten something.  

You awake the next morning, a whole lot groggy and only slightly refreshed. You have not had a good sleep. As you struggle out from under the covers, that little niggling thought finally becomes crystal clear. 

In your haste to get to bed and put this "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day" behind you, you've forgotten to finish the laundry, buy new shampoo and hand soap, get new blades for your razor, do any ironing, fill the car with gas etc., etc.

Sighing, and close to tears, you realize that you're in for another day just like the one you've had the day before and all you want to do is crawl back into bed and make the past rewind and start over. Wishing that life could really imitate art and there really could be a "GroundhogDay," you burst into tears because you're reminded that you forgot to set the PVR, nixing the idea of watching the premiere of your favourite show, which then reminds you that you've missed the finale of the other show as well. 

If not for the fact that you know better, you almost wonder if it could possible get any worse.

And again, that is all IF you've been able to get out of bed in the first place, which in light of the alternative, actually doesn't sound so bad at all!

Well, that's kinda how my past few months have felt. It's just been "one of one days" for months on end! 

I can't seem to get anything accomplished. My severe chronic pain is ruling my life, with a little help, I'm sure, from my seemingly best friend, Mr. Murphy! (As in Murphy's Law).

I cannot remember the last time that I was able to work on anything remotely close to Rainbow Loom. And you know how bad it must be if I'm unable to do at least that!! I have nothing on tap as far as new designs go, and I am very backed up in editing and recording tutorials. I haven't had the energy to do either, and I LOVE working on Rainbow Loom stuff, so it kills me that I haven't been able to do even a little bit, for months and months!

AND ~ Rainbow Loom is only my passion, my hobby. So what does that say for my responsibilities?? Nothing is getting done!

I just want to sleep and cry all day, feeling sorry for myself.

I guess it's a good thing that "this too shall pass" and that I truly believe that if a God brings you to it, He will see you through it."

There is always tomorrow, right?

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QOT...W ~ June 3, 2015 ~ DAYTIME MOON??

First of all, I'd like to say a very happy birthday to my mom, (Harriet McCready), the first person to love me to the moon and back!! That said, does it freak anyone else out, or is it just me, when the moon is VERY visible during the daytime?? 

I almost feel like the world is off-kilter somehow whenever I see a moon in the daytime. And it is especially weird since it is so big, having been full only a few days ago (Sunday).

This picture was taken this morning, Wednesday, May 6, 2015, around 6:15am, EST. (I know, it's been almost a month since I took this photo,mand there have been LOTS of Wednesday's that I could/should have posted it, but better late than never, right)??

Even though I know there is a scientific explanation for this ~ probably something about the moon reflecting back to earth the rays of the sun ~ it just always seems weird!

I guess I grew up thinking that the moon went to bed when the sun woke up and the sun went to bed when the moon woke up.

Also, the moon is completely out of position!! Just a couple of days ago, around 3:30am, (only a few days later and 3 hours before this pic was taken), the moon was over much, much further to the right ~ it was much closer to the horizon, just skimming the top of the trees. And here in this picture, it is way up high in the sky and visually several football fields away from where it was. The direction it normally travels is left to right, so it was almost like it backtracked or something, or hadn't been moving as quickly as it was a few days ago ~ and had I taken a photo then, from the same position and the same angle, it would not have appeared in this photo!!

Strange things are happening!!! And for today's QOT...W ~ Have you ever seen the moon in the daytime? What are your thoughts? Do you know the scientific explanation behind this phenomenon?? 

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY ~ May 29, 2015 ~ FOR THE LOVE OF READING ~ MOVIE ADAPTATION EDITION ~

FLASHBACK FRIDAY ~ May 29, 2015 ~ FOR THE LOVE OF READING ~ MOVIE ADAPTATION EDITION ~ this is a follow-up to my Wednesday (but really Saturday's) QOT...W ~ FOR THE LOVE OF READING ~ BOOK EDITION ~ My "Book Edition" post talks about some of my favourite, all-time books and book series'. This post will continue along those lines and discuss books that have been made into movies. I LOVE to read!! But I am also thrilled, for the most part, when my favourite books are made into movies. I have never been one to really try to imagine a face or a likeness for characters or scenes that I read about. I will take in the general description, but that's about it. For me, it's more of a general knowledge and understanding than an exact picture that I see in my mind. So, I find it nice to have a face or descriptive location to go with the books that I read. (Although it is still important to use our imaginations to picture some of the characters and places when we read)! I am often torn though on which I would like to do first, read the book or watch the movie. If I see the movie first, then I would have a face to go with the names and possibly even relate better with the characters and the setting. If I read the book first, I can use my imagination and form my own opinions as to the characters (we all know that sometimes just a look can sway our impression of somebody). There are many pro's and con's for each, but I think in the end, I would prefer to read the book first. Have you noticed how many books lately have been written seemingly with the "intention" of being made into a movie?? I've spoken to a few librarians and booksellers and they all have commented that they believe a lot of the authors nowadays are writing with the hope, anticipation and even expectation that their work will be chosen to become a major movie release. There are even some authors who have been commissioned and approached with the sole purpose of writing a novel knowing it will be destined for the big screen. Many of these authors have already had several of their written works adapted for screen. Not counting William Shakespeare, whom we know probably has had the most books/plays made into movies/tv shows/short films/etc. The most obvious and famous (at least in my limited experience) would have to be any and almost all of the books by Nicholas Sparks and of course, the many, many books by Stephen King that have been made into movies. I was really surprised to find that there are a whole lot more movies based on books than I knew or even imagined. A few recently released movies that have been adapted from a book come to mind. "Gone Girl", "Fifty Shades of Grey", and "Maze Runner" are just off the top of my head. But the list also includes: A Most Wanted Man ~ John Le Carr A Walk To Remember ~ Nicholas Sparks American Psycho ~ Bret Easton Ellis Apocalypse Now ~ Michael Herr Atonement~ Ian McEwan Babe (the Sheep-Pig) ~ Dick King-Smith Beautiful Creatures ~ Kami Garcia Blade Runner ~ Phillip K. Dick Bridget Jone's Diary ~ Helen Fielding Brokeback Mountain ~ Annie Proulx Carrie ~ Stephen King Children of Men ~ P.D. James City of Bones, The Mortal Instruments ~ Cassandra Clare Divergent ~ Veronica Roth Doctor Zhivago ~ Boris Pasternak Dracula ~ Bram Stoker Drive ~ John Sallis Eat, Pray, Love ~ Elizabeth Gilbert Ella Enchanted ~ Gail Carson Levine Fallen ~ Lauren Kate Far From The Maddening Crowd ~ Thomas Hardy Fifty Shades of Grey ~ E.L. James Fight Club ~ Chuck Palahniuk Girl Interrupted ~ Susanna Kaysen Gone Girl ~ Gillian Flynn Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens Harry Potter ~ J.K. Rowling Holes ~ Louis Sachar If I Stay ~ Gail Forman In The Heart of the Sea ~ Nathaniel Philbrick Jurassic Park ~ Michael Creighton Life of Pi ~ Yann Martel Little Women ~ Louisa May Alcott Lord of the Flies ~ William Golding Lord Of The Rings ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Memories of a Geisha ~ Arthur Golden My Sisters Keeper ~ Jodi Picoult No Country For Old Men ~ Cormac McCarthy One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest ~ Ken Kesey Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austen Schindler's List (Schindler's Ark) ~ Thomas Keneally Serena ~ Ron Rash Shutter Island ~ Dennis Lehane Silence of the Lambs ~ Thomas Harris Stand By Me ~ Stephen King The Book Thief ~ Markus Zusak The Chronicles of Narnia ~ C.S. Lewis The Da Vinci Code ~ Dan Brown The Fault In Our Stars ~ John Green The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ~ Stieg Larsson The Giver ~ Lois Lowry The God Father ~ Mario Puzo The Graveyard Book ~ Neil Gaiman The Great Gatsby ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald The Help ~ Kathryn Stockett The Hobbit ~ J.R.R. Tolkien The Host ~ Stephanie Meyer The Last Song ~ Nicholas Sparks The Lightening Thief, Percy Jackson and the Olympians ~ Rick Riordan The Lovely Bones ~ Alice Sebold The Maltese Falcon ~ Dashiell Hammett The Maze Runner ~ James Dashner The Notebook ~ Nicholas Sparks The Perks of Being a Wallflower ~ Stephen Chbosky The Princess Bride ~ William Goldman The Shawshank Redemption ~ Stephen King The Shining ~ Stephen King The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants ~ Ann Brashares The Time Travellers Wife ~ Audrey Niffenegger The Unbearable Likeness of Being ~ Milan Kundera To Kill A Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee Twilight ~ Stephanie Meyer Vampire Academy ~ Richelle Read Warm Bodies ~ Isaac Marion Water For Elephants ~ Sara Gruen Wuthering Heights ~ Emile Bronte I know that's a lot, but when you consider that it hasn't really been all that long since the creation and development of moving pictures, me listing the top 75 or so, is peanuts compared to the grand scheme of things! I was virtually dumbfounded that my ABSOLUTE, ALL-TIME, HANDS DOWN, WITHOUT A DOUBT, FAVOURITE BOOK-TO-MOVIE adaptation hadn't appeared on ANY lists that I have searched!! And it is "The Green Mile" by Stephen King. It was first published as six mini novelettes, (which is what I read) but I believe it has since been published as a full novel as well. There has NEVER been, and I doubt will ever be, a more accurate, true-to-the-book, adaptation ever published, printed, or released. I read the mini novelettes first, and a few years later, the movie was released, (as a two VHS cassette set, which should tell you how old I am ~ LOL). They could not have picked a better cast to fill the roles of the characters in the book. And each and every actor was so bang-on, amazingly and incredibly accurate to the character they were meant to depict, it truly was unreal. I have NEVER seen a movie based on a book where the actors so closely matched the characters that I pictured in my mind as I read the book. If you haven't read the books, you should, and then watch the movie, you will be as astounded as I was!! I will end this post by listing "my" most anticipated book-to-movie adaptations that have recently been or are expected to be released in the next couple of years. Some of these I can hardly wait for (and will hashtag), and wish I could snap my fingers and have them now! (Although this list is mostly movies that I would like to see, I've also included movies based on either the book and author, or the cast of characters. "*" will denote books I've read, "~" will denote movies I want to see, and "~*~" means both and that I can't wait for it to be released!). A Hologram For The King ~ Dave Eggers ~ Unknown A Thousand Splendid Suns ~ Khaled Hosseini ~ Unknown A Walk in the Woods ~ Bill Bryson ~ Unknown (~) American Sniper ~ Chris Kyle ~ Unknown (~) Ashes In The Snow (Between Shades of Grey) ~ Ruta Sepetys ~ Unknown Blood Red Road ~ Moira Young ~ Unknown (~*~) Chaos Walking ~ Patrick Ness ~ Unknown (~) Dark Places ~ Gillian Flynn ~ Unknown (~) Don't Point That Thing At Me ~ The Mordecai Trilogy ~ Kyril Bonfiglioli ~ January 23 Every Secret Thing ~ Laura Lippman ~ May 15 Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them ~J.K. Rowling ~ 2016 Frankenstein ~ Mary Shelley ~ October 2 Hush, Hush ~ Becca Fitzpatrick ~ Unknown Inferno ~ Dan Brown ~ December 18 Insurgent ~ Veronica Roth ~ March 20 (~*~) Into the Forest ~ Jean Hegland ~ Unknown Into The Heart of The Sea ~ Nathaniel Philbrick ~ December 11 Into Thin Air ~ Jon Krakaur ~ September 18 Legend ~ Marie Lu ~ 2016 Love, Rosie (Where Rainbows End) ~ Cecelia Ahern ~ Feb 6 (~) Madame Bovary ~ Gustave Flaubert ~ June 12 Matched ~ Ally Condie ~ Unknown (~*~) Maximum Ride ~ James Patterson ~ Unknown Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children ~ Ransom Riggs ~ July 31 (~*~) Mocking Jay ~ Suzanne Collins ~ November 20 (~*~) Pan ~ J.M. Barrie ~ July 24 (~) Paper Towns ~ John Green ~ June 19 Paranormalcy ~ Kiersten White ~ Unknown Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ~ Seth Grahame-Smith ~ Unknown Room ~ Emma Donahue ~ Unknown (~) Shiver ~ Maggie Stiefvater ~ Unknown (~*~) Still Alice ~ Lisa Genova ~ Jan 16 The 5th Wave ~ Rick Yancy ~ 2016 The Chronicles of Narnia, The Silver Chair ~ C.S. Lewis ~ 2016 The D.U.F.F. (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) ~ Kody Keplinger ~ Feb 20 (~) The Forest of Hands And Teeth ~ Carrie Ryan ~ Unknown The Great Gilly Hopkins ~ Katherine Patterson ~ Unknown The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel ~ (Cassandra Clare ~ Unknown The Jungle Book ~ Rudyard Kipling ~ Unknown The Last (Spooks) Apprentice (Seventh Son) ~ Joseph Delaney ~ February 6 The Longest Ride ~ Nicholas Sparks ~ April 10 (~) The Martian ~ Andy Weir ~ November 25 The Price of Salt ~ Patricia ~ Unknown The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge ~ Michael Punke ~ Dec. 25 The Scorch Trials ~ James Dashner ~ September 18 (~*~) The Scorpio Races ~ Maggie Stiefvater ~ Unknown The Secret in their Eyes ~ Eduardo Sacheri ~ October 23 The Testing ~ Joelle Charbonneau ~ Unknown (~) The World Made Straight ~ Ron Rash ~ January 9 True Story; Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa ~ Michael Fenkel ~ Apr 17 Uglies ~ Scott Westerfeld ~ Unknown (~*~) Unwind ~ Neal Shusterman ~ 2016 (~*~) Where Rainbows End (Love, Rosie) ~ Cecelia Ahern ~ February 6 I am sure that there are probably many that I am missing or have overlooked, but here is a list from Movie Insider that although all movie release dates are TBA, they do list the movie titles and month of release date. (Some of the books on my list and this list are the same, but follow this link for a more detailed list: http://www.movieinsider.com/movies/-/2016/. See you at the theatre (or the library)!! #Flashback #FlashbackFriday #MemoryLane #Memories #RememberWhen #WeekendWanderings #Orcanut #BooksToMovies #RaiseAReader #BookAndMovieLoversUnite #Movies #NewMovieRelease #TheBigScreen #Actors #CharactersInABook #Screens #BookOrMovieFirst #MoviesBasedOnBooks #FaceToGoWithAName #TheGreenMileStephenKing #BloodRedRoadMoiraYoung #InsurgentVeronicaRoth #TheScorchTrialsJamesDashner #ShiverMaggieStiefvater #TheScorpioRacesMaggieStiefvater #UgliesScottWesterfeld #UnwindNealShusterman #MatchedAllyCondie #PeregrineHomePeculiarChildrenRansomRiggs TooManyMoviesToHashtag

QOT...W ~ Wednesday, May 27, 2015 ~ FOR THE LOVE OF READING ~ BOOKS EDITION ~

QOT...W ~ Wednesday, May 27, 2015 ~ FOR THE LOVE OF READING ~ BOOKS EDITION ~ I have any number of things that I can lament about losing or severely limiting my ability to do as a result of my 7+ year struggle with chronic pain. The obvious ones are spending time with family, helping out around the house, being "here" for my kids, being able to work, actually "living", etc. There are also some lesser important things that I have had to give up or that have been restricted in some way due to my severe chronic pain. Knitting, cross stitch, crafts, and working at the computer, name just a few of them. Rest, relaxation and doing things that we enjoy are very much a part of coping skills and strategies that are meant to encourage and improve the lives of those suffering from chronic pain. For me, (if I don't fall asleep), resting and relaxing usually consists of reading. In the few hobbies that I have listed above that I have basically had to give up, the one I didn't mention and probably the one that I resent losing the most, is reading. My ability to read well and rather quickly has been seriously compromised due to the 24/7 pain that I have in the back of my neck, at the base of my skull. As you can imagine, since the pain is in my neck, (and head when I have a migraine ~ which seems almost as constant as the 24/7 pain in my neck), reading has become quite difficult as I can't look down for very long without straining my neck, and I can't lay down and hold the book above me because that puts added strain on my arms and my neck as well. I love to read though, I always have. Even going back as far as when I first learned to read. If I didn't have a book, I would read anything that I could get my hands on. The newspaper (of course I started with the comics), the ingredients on a cereal box, the milk carton, soup cans, shampoo and conditioner bottles (I would read these "repeatedly" pun intended), and, I almost hesitate to admit, (but I promised myself that this would be a no holds barred blog), that even, after all these years, the instructions from a tampon box!! (Really)!! Like everyone, I have a mental list of my favourite books. The ones that I have read and re-read over and over again. And I surprised myself to realize that I really only have three books that can remember reading more than once. (And that doesn't count the books that I've borrowed from the library and started to read, not realizing that I had recently taken them out and read them)! I honestly thought that there would be more (and perhaps there are and my foggy memory is preventing me from thinking of them at this time). The first book that I remember reading twice, goes back to when I was about 12 years old, and first read "Audrey Rose" by Frank De Felitta. I have since read it about 9 or 10 more times. I also just found out that it has been made into a movie and I can't wait to find it so I can watch it!! The next book is "And The Sea Will Tell" by Vincent Bugliosi ~ I've read this about 20 times and I own and have seen the movie about 5 times. "The Shack" by Wm Paul Young is my next favourite, I've read it about 3 times since I bought it a few years ago. And I would LOVE for there to be a movie made of this book! I can go back even further and name some of the books that I remember reading that, for one reason or another, have stayed in my memory. One in particular that I read during my pre-teen years, was called "Raven's Hollow." I have been looking for this book for YEARS and have still not found it. I think that it is about a boy who lives in the woods, carves out a tree for a home and lives off the land ~ I know, it sounds an awful lot like the book by Jean Craighead George's, but I really don't think that it is the same book, and unless the area in that book where Sam lives was called "Raven's Hollow," (which I doubt), it is NOT "My Side Of The Mountain." I am still at a loss as to how/where I can find it. I know I mentioned these books in my Flashback Friday "Memories" post of November 7, 2014, but they bear mentioning again. When I was younger, my parents read "The Hobbit" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" to my brother and I. When my daughter was old enough, I continued the tradition and read her the Narnia series along with the "Harry Potter" series, among others. Of course there are also the books I read when I was much younger, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, and even younger, Charlotte's Web, Encyclopedia Brown and Flat Stanley. More recently, I have come across several books that I will eventually like to read again, and they include the "Gone" series, by Michael Grant, (and if you haven't read these books, you really should, it is such an incredible series and I cannot wait for it to be made into a movie! At one point a few years ago, I had gone through my borrowed library books and was desperate for something to read. My daughter gave me a book that I will forever be grateful to her for introducing me to. It was the first book in the series of the same name, "Shiver" by Maggie Stiefvater. (And as I wrote this, I now need to re-read this series, soon ~ it is just that good)!! Another favourite series that I will most definitely be reading again is by L.A. Meyer. When I was recovering from emergency, exploratory surgery in Nova Scotia, my nephew, Riley (@riley_mccready), brought me the first book in this series, "Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary Jacky Faber, Ship's Boy'' has ~ OMG ~ when I checked Google to get the list of books in this series, I discovered that two more books have been published, finishing off the series with a total of 12 books!! I had been awaiting the release of the 10th book and thought I had been keeping track of the release date. Apparently, I was wrong, because now the final two books have been released!!! Oh my goodness, I cannot wait to read them!! [and how lucky am I?!? I just put a hold on the books at the library and I am number ONE in line to receive all three books]!!! Lately, I've been reading a lot of dystopian, post-apolcoliptic novels. (My favourites so far being "Hunger Games," the "Divergent" series, "The Maze Runner," "Delierium," "Matched," "The Chemical Garden," and the "Uglies" series). I have read many other lesser known books of this genre that I have thoroughly enjoyed as well. And although I'm an adult, I'm finding that I am really enjoying these type of novels for teens and young adults! But then again, I'll read anything!! So, my Wednesday, May 27, 2015 (even thought it's Friday already) QOT...W is: what is your favourite book? What is the earliest book you remember reading or being read to you? What top three books do you know that you will read again?? What book are you reading right now? A follow-up to this post will be posted as my Flashback Friday post, entitled FLASHBACK FRIDAY ~ May 29, 2015 ~ FOR THE LOVE OF READING ~ MOVIE ADAPTATION EDITION ~ #QOTW, #QOTD, #questions, #askme, #tellme, #orcanut #read, #books, #ShiverMaggieStiefvater, #SupportLocalLibrary, #ReadToMe, #ReadABook, #RaiseAReader #FavouriteBooksAndAuthors #AudreyRoseFrankDeFelitta #AndTheSeaWillTellVincentBugliosi #TheShackWmPaulYoung #MySideOfTheMountainJeanCraigheadGeorge #TheHobbit #TheChroniclesOfNarnia #HarryPotter #HardyBoysAndNancyDrew #CharlottesWeb #EncyclopediaBrownFlatStanley #GoneMichaelGrant #BloodyJackLAMeyer #DystopianPostApocalyptic #HungerGamesTheMazeRunnerTheUglies #DivergentDelieriumMatched #TheChemicalGarden

AND SO WE BEGIN...AGAIN ~ Friday, May 29, 2015

Several years ago, I believe it was in 2007 - 2008, I started a blog, ORCA COVE, when I was a representative for Stampin' Up. (SU makes and sells stamps and matching paper crafting supplies). I have long since stopped selling SU and have had to pretty much give up making homemade cards. (I still have all of the supplies, so I hope to someday get back to it, but for now, it's sits on the back burner). I've deleted all of my previous posts on this blog and hope to begin anew with a more personal, general interest, all purpose blog. My latest crafting craze and absolute most favourite hobby, by far, has been my discovery of the Rainbow Loom. I have been posting and sharing my original designs and creations via tutorials on YouTube and on my Facebook and Instagram accounts. In my version of "Throwback Thursday," I also began to post some (hopefully) general interest memories via my FLASHBACK FRIDAY posts as well as a QOT...W (which stands for "Question Of The...Whenever" although it coincidently has been on Wednsdays that I tend to post my QOT...W so some could conceivably say that the "W" stands for Wednesday). As you may have already figured out, I kinda, sorta, maybe, just a little bit, have a hard time keeping my posts short, sweet and to the point. You might not believe this, but I tend to ramble, a LOT. I'm not saying that everything that I have to say is worth listening to, but I try to keep things real and usually say what I think (sometimes without thinking) and always mean what I say. The combination of being long-winded and wanting to thoroughly get my point across, doesn't bode well when you have to watch your word count. (Did you know that on Twitter, your posts are limited to 140 characters? And that's including spaces and punctuation!! Can you imagine?? It's not much wonder that I always forget that I have a Twitter account)!! As I mentioned, I have been posting my FLASHBACK FRIDAY and QOT...W to my Instagram account, however, Instagram limits the number of characters per post as well, and most of them I have had to divide into several different posts or parts (eg: Part 1 of 5). I have decided that perhaps the more reasonable venue for these posts may be via a blog, and so, I have resurrected my old Orca Cove blog and will then just post a short and simple notification of my newest post to my Instagram accounts. Stay tuned because I plan on re-posting all of my Flashback Friday posts, my recent QOT...W posts as well as some very old blog posts that were more general in nature. Thank you so much for you support, encouragement and contributions!! #Blog #BlogPost #OrcaCove #Orcanut #GeneralInterest #Hobbies #NoHoldsBarred #Forum #ThrowbackThursday #KeepinItReal #SayWhatIThink #SayWhatYouThink #SayWhatIMean #SayWhatYouMean #MeanWhatISay #MeanWhatYouSay #RainbowLoom #Crafting #Tutorials #ChronicPain #Knitting #CrossStitch #RugHooking #LifeHacks #ParentingTips #YouTube #Instagram #FlashbackFriday #QOTW #Twitter