Saturday, January 19, 2008

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We interrupt regular
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programming of this blog to
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bring you breaking news:

North Country wizened wizard and

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photographer Judy Andrus Toporcer
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has received word that she is a 1st place
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winner in the 2007 Upper Canada
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Village annual photography contest.
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Notification came yesterday in an
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email:
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Congratulations Judy!

I am writing to inform you that your photograph, "Flower Among Flowers" was chosen for first prize in the "Pure History" category of our 2007 Photo Contest.

Winners [beginning with Ms. Andrus Toporcer's photo] are posted
here.

(What I didn't realize until after your photo was selected and posted, is that you were a winner in last year's contest too! Just to let you know, we receive hundreds of entries each year, so you should be quite proud of yourself!)

J. S.
Upper Canada Village Marketing Officer


Contacted at her home in the forest Ms.

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Andrus Toporcer
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commented, "Yeeeeeeeee-hah!!!!!!!"
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and did the Snoopy-dance while
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exclaiming her excitement and babbling
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something about 40 years,
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careers/loves interrupted, and actually
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BEING a photographer.



And now we return you to the blog piece in progress...

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20 comments:

Robin said...

Doing the Snoopy-dance with you! VERY cool, Wiz!

meggie said...

WOW! Congratulations!!
Wonderful Wiz. Well Done!

whimsical brainpan said...

Congratulations Wizard!

The pic is amazing!

DirkStar said...

Wow, how very cool for you!

I however had a very bad night last night and could sure use a hug...

darkfoam said...

of course you won! i'm not surprised at all. i love your photographs.
..:) congratulations.
i remember other photos you posted from that village.

ThursdayNext said...

Not surprised that you won! I wish I could see that Snoopy dance. :)

DirkStar said...

Lest we forget...

Who was one of the first to recognize an then award your superb talents?

Yeah, Eddie knows talent when he sees it.

the blogger formerly known as yinyang said...

That picture has amazing color. Congratulations on getting the award!

Citymouse said...

Congratulations! But I’m not at all surprised.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! So well deserved and how wonderful to get the recognition for your talent. Carmon

CS said...

Woo hoo! Congratulations, you real photographer, you!

The Lone Beader® said...

That is awesome!!! And, we have something in common! I'm a bit of a photographer, too. :D

Kati said...

WHOOP!! That's fantastic, Wiz!!! Congrats on the award!!!

captain corky said...

Congrats! You made it. ;)

Craig D said...

Gosh, I thought I had left a congratulatory message here for Judy Andrus Toporcer (whoever she is) but I must've been swalled by the blogger message demons.

In any event, congratulations, Judy Andrus Toporcer!

(Whoever she is...)

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Anonymous said...

You da Whiz! You da Whiz! Great photo.

Jocelyn said...

Hot diggity! It's wonderful to see your talent getting recognized.

DNR said...

Congrats!! As always, a beautiful pic.