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  Happy September to all!  Salt Spring Island Fall Fair is over for another year and I am so thrilled to accept the honour of winning first prize for my soap entries this year!!  I think I can safely say that I am one of Salt Spring Island's best soap makers.  The theme of the fair was Mad about Plaid so of course I had to take a crack at making plaid soaps.  Lemme tell you, it was not easy!  Suffice to say that tutorials on the internet are lacking in alot of details that are gonna make or break...

Meow!  It only seems fitting that as I type out todays blog, that it be cat themed.   First, I've been making cat soaps for the upcoming Fall Fair here on Salt Spring Island (Sept 6th & 7th) and second, yesterday I saw a live, full sized, very active cougar in our back yard!!! Both are very exciting prospects to chat about but I think the live cougar kind of wins the contest for most fascinating.  I had someone say to me that they have only seen a cougar in a zoo context and they have lived on the island their...