Okay, it's nearly midnight here which means it's officially giveaway time! Woohoo! ;)
Does anyone remember last April when I hosted the Simple Studio blog? Don't worry, I can barely remember it myself, hee! Anyhow, I guess that's when I held my first annual "Guess how long it took to fill up the lake!" giveaway. Well, this past Sunday (along with the help of Jack's brother and dad) we got the dam boards put in place and our creek has officially turned into a lake again. Ahhhh!
I tell you, I just love looking out our windows at this view. I honestly don't think I could ever get sick of it!
Now for those of you interested in the process of how we dam up the creek every year, you could read my old studio blog post here. I think last year it took just over 25 hours for it to fill up. Any guesses as to how long it took this year (it varies every year)? Well, that's good! Because that's how you can enter...
By the way, the fact that I took the time to create a sign in Photoshop just for this post should give you an idea of how dorky cool I really am, hehe!
So here's the deal. We put in the first dam board at 9:32 am on Sunday morning (4/20). And sometime the next day, the creek crested the top board. The person who most closely guesses how long it took for the creek to fill up and crest the top board will win a cool goodie box (think American Crafts, Scenic Route, BasicGrey, My Minds Eye, Making Memories...don't worry, it's all good stuff!). You have until 11:59 pm on Friday (PST) to post your best guess to this post and I'll announce the winner sometime on Saturday (which just so happens to be National Scrapbooking Day!). Last year, I think one of the stipulations was that you couldn't go "over" on the time, but this year...everything is fair game!
Now for a few more creek-related pictures...
I saw our boots all lined up, and drying, a couple days after we put in the dam and I just had to take a picture. Thanks, mom, for my pretty boots! :)
This one is fairly self-explanatory...it's Matthew standing by the paddleboat. Seriously though, he was so excited to get the boat into the creek this year!
And here are the boys and grandmommie going on the first paddleboat ride of the season. Incidentally, we didn't put in the boat until this past Friday (poor Matthew...he had a hard time waiting!).
No more monkey leash for Hoonie! :) This year he's sporting a very fashionable life jacket! Thanks again mom!
And with that, my second annual "Guess how long it took to fill up the lake!" giveaway is officially on! Happy guessing everyone! :)
love the pictures + what a great view!! my guess : 26 hours 27 mins.
Posted by: kribss | April 29, 2008 at 03:44 AM
Hmmm ... 23 hrs., 15 minutes. My best shot! :)
Posted by: Stephanie Shepherd | April 29, 2008 at 03:53 AM
24 hours and 24 minutes :)
Posted by: marie | April 29, 2008 at 05:38 AM
hhm, i guess 22 hrs, 40 min. yeah. i feel good about that guess.
Posted by: merideth | April 29, 2008 at 06:29 AM
20 hours and 16 minutes?
Posted by: Kristen | April 29, 2008 at 07:09 AM
I will guess 25hrs. 25min.
Posted by: Kathryn (aka kate) | April 29, 2008 at 07:13 AM
WOw-love the cool logo :). I will guess 23 hours 43 minutes.
Posted by: Candice | April 29, 2008 at 07:54 AM
29 hours even!
Posted by: Susie | April 29, 2008 at 08:13 AM
21 hours, 7 minutes
Posted by: kellym | April 29, 2008 at 09:26 AM
27 hours 15 minutes
i love these photos. :)
Posted by: Celeste | April 29, 2008 at 09:43 AM
24 hours and 41 minutes. At 9:13. :)
Posted by: ElizabethK | April 29, 2008 at 01:31 PM
22 hours.
BTW ~ I wouldn't get tired of that view either, it's breathtaking!
Posted by: Liz | April 29, 2008 at 02:21 PM
hmmm...28 hours?
gorgeous view!
Posted by: Michelle Shuman | April 29, 2008 at 03:34 PM
Gorgeous! Twenty one hours and 18 min.
Posted by: Carla | April 29, 2008 at 04:55 PM
Hope to be able to see the lake myself someday =)
26 hours and 30 minutes
Posted by: QuiMo | April 29, 2008 at 05:04 PM
Hmmmmm....I'm going to guess....
30 hours, 30 minutes. WONDERFUL view, you lucky duck! :)
Posted by: Lisa E. | April 29, 2008 at 06:26 PM
Oh darn it!! I can't remember for the life of me. I guess I could cheat and go back to last year's post, but that wouldn't be very nice would it? ;p
I'm going to say 17 hours and 32 minutes, totally off the top of my head.
Glad you posted a creek update this year! Have I mentioned more than once how jealous I am of your digs?
Posted by: melanie louette | April 29, 2008 at 07:19 PM
27 hours :)
Posted by: erika | April 29, 2008 at 07:55 PM
i'm so impressed with your official giveaway logo - i have to play along! :) um, 24 hours?
always love the glimpses of your beautiful life in the 'country'! it looks especially gorgeous considering we're still waiting for our 24" of (new) snow to melt. :P
Posted by: julie k | April 29, 2008 at 10:09 PM
i'm going with 27 hours and 2 minutes.
:)
Posted by: | April 30, 2008 at 06:12 AM
Maybe 26 hours 5 minutes???
Teresa
Posted by: Teresa | April 30, 2008 at 06:39 AM
How about 18 hours and 25 minutes?
Posted by: Gayle | April 30, 2008 at 07:46 AM
I'm guessing 24 hrs, 21 mins.
Posted by: HeidiG | April 30, 2008 at 09:31 AM
26 hours, 15 minutes.
Posted by: Michelle | May 01, 2008 at 04:47 AM
What a calming view. My guess is 25 hours 36 minutes.
Posted by: Rena | May 01, 2008 at 08:26 AM
26 hours, 45 minutes.
Posted by: katie | May 01, 2008 at 10:09 AM
25 hours 32 minutes.
Posted by: ashley | May 01, 2008 at 12:35 PM
My guess is 22 hours and 37 minutes. Random, huh?
Posted by: Angela Williams | May 01, 2008 at 03:59 PM
28 hours 10 minutes :)
Posted by: Grace Winter | May 01, 2008 at 06:49 PM
18 hrs. 13 min.
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Posted by: Brenda Magliacane | May 02, 2008 at 12:55 PM
20 hours, 20 minutes.
Posted by: Tina | May 02, 2008 at 08:58 PM