I entered one of my bird houses (the blue cottage) into the Comox Valley Exhibition and won. Not only won in the category of bird houses but got the blue ribbon for the overall category that included wood crafts like furniture and carvings. I think the little flowers in the flower boxes might have tilted the scale.
Did not win best of the Hobby and Craft show because there are some SERIOUS quilting ladies in the valley and great artists. There is no category for ship models so I have to go with one of the minor hobbies. Still I was kind of pleased.
It is Sunday and a gorgeous day so Pat and I took Little Red for a long drive before going back to the exhibition to collect the birdhouse and see how I did. A nice day
August 28, 2011
rbellis11
Views From Paradise 
5 responses to “Blue Ribbon”
Janine Miletic
August 28th, 2011 at 23:53
Wow dad! That is great work! Nicely done! Did you also enter your driftwood version?
rbellis11
August 29th, 2011 at 10:57
The rules are you can only enter one item per category so I chose the cottage. Maybe next year
Janine
August 31st, 2011 at 01:16
I guess that makes sense. Congrats!
Lois Hawkins
August 31st, 2011 at 09:03
having seen the bird house with my own eyes, I am not at all surprised that you won the blue ribbon! congratulations. you would blow the birdhouse builder who comes to my farmer’s market out of the water with your creations. seeing as they don’t have a prize for model ships, would it be possible to design a “boat house”?
rbellis11
September 4th, 2011 at 19:27
Well I am finishing Meagan’s model of a Chinese Junk. I suppose I could drill a 3 cm hole in the side and call it a birdhouse. However I do not think so