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Ruralish life is changing all the time. You might see a wild deer, or a horse and rider on your road - and just around the corner is a major grocery chain, and ever-increasing highway traffic. Artist Ann Morash, creator & webmaster of LearnPysanky.com and Ann's Ukrainian Gift Shop, shares her ruralish life through her words and photographs.

Topics include:

• FOOD! - her favorite recipes and city restaurants
• Ruralish life in Nova Scotia (of course) - wildlife, birdwatching, gardening (Ann's annual struggle with veggie gardening, entitled BeanDreams), and environmental issues/green living.
• Ukrainian hertiage - holiday celebrations, FOOD! & cultural observances stemming from her Ukrainian heritage.
• Her furry family - a bright but over-energetic dog, and an ever-increasing number of cats she and her boyfriend have rescued from the wild.
• Her latest ornamental art designs & shop updates - from Ukrainian folk art, to Celtic and Japanese designs, and everything in between!

Here's a cast of blog characters :

Ann Morash	Dave - my honey since '93
Molly - our cranky-old-lady cat; she can still be sweet though! Named for Paul Molitor's nickname.	Baby Boy - our cuddly, but thuggish, cat. Born feral, we caught him in our backyard, tamed him, & have loved him ever since.
Peepers - one of two feral cats that came to live with us in 2007. He showed up mysteriously one day, staring in our back window for hours and hours, unblinking. We fed him, and he never left again (except to hunt a few hours at night). Moved indoors with us in July 2007. Still very kittenish, even though he had been living on his own in the wild for a while.	Kuroi, aka Pretty Kitty - our latest furry addition, showed up about a week after Peepers came indoors. This guy is way more feral, and is taking a long time to get used to domestic life. We brought him indoors before the snows started to fly in November, 2007. His name means "Black" in Japanese. Can you tell why he's called that? :) He's so black, it's hard to get a good pic of him because the camera can't focus!
Casey - the sweetest, gentlest dog we've ever known; our best girl, our huge German Shepherd Dog.

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