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Creston Valley Bird Festival

Creston Valley Bird Festival 2025 Locally we have the amazing experience of living near one of Canada's largest wildlife management preserves .  There, numerous staff and volunteers prepare for this massive annual event that attracts visitors from across the globe to the Kootenay Region of BC Canada. Partnering with Wild Side and Ducks Unlimited   - the Creston Valley Wildlife Management area encompasses    7,000-hectare (17,000-acre) area of provincial Crown land located along the Kootenay River system.    Registration opens April 1st. Info @  CrestonValleyBirds.ca ~~~     Follow us & find our Books:   on Amazon Visit:   Drum It With Brummet Blog Subscribe:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  â€‹ ~~~  
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Word Play

Word Play of the Day Biologists have crossed a watermelon with cauliflower. Studies, however, show that people who eat the new variety become sad and experience a sense of meloncauli.  ha ha ~~~     Follow us & find our Books:   on Amazon Visit:   Drum It With Brummet Blog Subscribe:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  â€‹ ~~~

Creston's 2025 Local Business Person of the Year

I just received really awesome news from @Alignable... a business-to-business networking site. Thanks to everyone who voted, Dave & I are now: Creston’s 2025 Local Business Person of the Year! I really appreciate all of your support ! Oh & check out this cool badge, too: ~~~     Follow us & find our Books:   on Amazon Visit:   Drum It With Brummet Blog Subscribe:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  â€‹ ~~~

Writer Resources

In celebration of our popular Purple Snowflake Marketing series (on Amazon ), we often share resources that we have found helpful.  *** YES - it will soon be a SERIES ! With the release of book 2 in the near future. *** Today we continue our habit sharing a list of resources that will lead to networking opportunities, radio stations, libraries and magazines and other publications. Scroll through these, and scroll through previous blog posts, to find resources that are accepting various types of submissions from book queries to  poetry, articles, reviews to contests and more.  https://canadianauthors.org/national/opportunities  (media opportunities) https://radio-locator.com  (find radio stations) https://magsbc.com (to find BC -Canada- magazines) ~~~     Follow us & find our Books:   on Amazon Visit:   Drum It With Brummet Blog Subscribe:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  â€‹ ~~~

quote of the day

" I am not bound for any public place,  But for ground of my own  Where I have planted vines  And orchard trees,  And in the heat of the day  Climbed up  Into the healing shadow  Of the woods. " ~ Wendell Berry ~~~     Follow us & find our Books:   on Amazon Visit:   Drum It With Brummet Blog Subscribe:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  â€‹ ~~~

Down The Road

Latest Release: h ttps://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DYVVZHS6 Down The Road   (Memoir) A passion project honoring the Brummet & Rotar families by sharing a collection of memories written by family members, spanning 4 generations.    Opening with Dave's grandmother, Maria, who bravely travelled alone from a remote Romanian village to meet & marry a man she didn't know. It continues with the life-story of her eldest son Tony Brummet, a Canadian politician.  Continuing the saga, her second son Frank shares his memories starting with tales of growing up in the Okanagan Valley, where he later raised his children - including Dave. Dave closes the book with an emotional look at how this memoir impacted him, that he would have never known about their lives in this way with out their written tales that they left behind.   Get your copy today @:  https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DYVVZHS6  

Recommended Resources

The  Recommended Resources  series has been published for over 2 decades.  With this series, Dave and I have the pleasure of sharing some great resources which can include:   - positive impact organizations and events - citizen science projects  - links to helpful articles, amazing resources & exciting interviews It would, of course, be fantastic if you see a way to: thank them for their work network with them share the sites  get involved in some way ** Want to see a non-profit listed here?   Send us a message  on  FaceBook  ( facebook.com/lillian.brummet )  or  LinkedIn  ( linkedin.com/in/ldbrummet ) --   Saugeen Conservation focuses on managing the natural resources of the Saugeen Watershed. Info :  https://www.saugeenconservation.ca -- SCAT Street Cat Rescue Program Inc works to improve the quality of feline care, and improving the quality of life for street cats through fostering, adoption, trap-n...