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Pinterest Craft Challenge

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I would call myself a Pinterest dabbler at this point. Aside from the endless recipes, I’m amazed by the craftiness of the pins that I’ve seen.

So, I had a thought today…

We have a BUNCH of misprinted t-shirts. We’ve had them since October 2009 and just haven’t come up with a way to use all of them.

Seems like a challenge perfect for crafters, whether they’re on Pinterest or not. It’ll be simple – I’ll mail you a shirt or shirts, you create something (bonus points for creating something the chimps will love), you send us back your creation, we’ll share it with others on Pinterest and vote on the best. We’ll come up with some prizes too. If appropriate, we’ll give your creation to the chimps to see what they make of it.

Go to the link of the pin on Pinterest that explains the challenge and share widely with your crafty friends. The more creations we get, the more fun it will be. I’ll set the deadline based on the interest we get in the project.

 

Here’s a photo of the shirts:

messed up t-shirt photo

The printer reversed the image on the shirts, which resulted in a demon-like image of Jody (too scary to show in full view). We don’t want people walking around wearing the shirts and we don’t want to do anything with them that preserves that image, though cutting the image out and using the web address would be okay.

Ready to craft? Just email me ([email protected]) and tell me how many shirts you need. I’ll answer any questions you have and give you some more guidelines if you want to make something for the chimps.

Let it snow!

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Just kidding!

We’re still getting to enjoy beautiful spring-like days here in Cle Elum, but to mix things up a bit, volunteers Stephanie and Katelyn (who drive over from Seattle) stopped at Snoqualmie Pass this morning to pick up some snow for the chimps. Mixed with strawberries and juice, it was a delicious treat! The Cle Elum Seven are certainly not native to the Pacific Northwest, but they certainly know how to make the most of it!

Missy:

Foxie sucking all the juice out of the snow:

Jamie:

Jody:

Annie

But mixing things up for the chimps didn’t stop there. Stephanie brought tons of super soft new blankets for them. Jody was extremely happy. She immediately collected as many as possible and built a giant nest by the barn doors, constantly rubbing them on her face and making an “ahhhh” sound. After a cold snack, new soft blankets were probably right on time. Thanks Stephanie and Katelyn!

Pure Joy

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I’ve been referring to the weather we’re having in Cle Elum as bi-polar. One minute it’s sunny and the next minute there’s a blizzard. Yesterday we caught an unexpected break – the forecast called for snow flurries, but it was a pretty mild day. As you saw from the video yesterday, Missy took full advantage of the spring-like weather and was, well… spring-like.

In addition to all of that video, J.B. also managed to get some photos of Missy and Annie playing on the hill. I probably don’t need to say this, but it is still such an amazing thrill for us at the sanctuary to watch the chimps on the hill. Each time they go out, they seem even more relaxed. Playing is now a regular occurrence, but it’s still all so new and exciting. Watching Missy with a play face wrestle with Annie makes me indescribably happy.

Missy looks like she’s going to do a pro-wrestling move on Annie:

Annie and Missy play on the hill 1

 

Annie returns with a play bite to Missy’s brow ridge:

Annie bit Missy's brow ridge play young's hill 2

 

Annie tries to give Missy the slip:

Annie Missy play young's hill 3

 

Missy grabs Annie’s fingertips:

annie missy play houng's hill 4

 

Later, Missy was sitting by herself behind a post on the hill:

Missy sit behind pole young's hill

 

Here’s a close-up of the photo above. That’s a happy chimp face:

close up missy behind post young's hill

The Photogenic Cle Elum Seven

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I was looking through some photos from June. As you can imagine, all of the caregivers take a lot of photos. Most of the best ones make it to the blog, but once in a while I find some that haven’t been posted. It only took me a few minutes to find these never-before-seen gems:

Burrito:

Mr. B

 

 

Foxie:

Foxie

 

Foxie making faces to herself in a mirror:

Foxie looking in mirror

 

Missy under a blanket. She’s been doing a lot of Negra impersonating this summer:

Missy under blanket

Online Auction ends in just 6 hours!

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Get your bids in NOW! Check it out, make some calls to your friends, and let’s reach our $25,000 goal – this counts donations to Young’s Hill as well as bids on our fabulous auction items.

Below is the video that Jonathan Houser made about the Young’s Hill project, with music by Robin Washburn.

Thanks for participating in our first-ever online auction and for helping get the chimps Out of the Box!

Young’s Hill – The Dream from Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest on Vimeo.