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2010 Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic

2010-07-11T16:16:54Z

Is it July already? My how time flies!

Rain Or Shine (this year, ya never know)
Saturday July 31, 2010
Noon until whenever
Leo & Kathy's home
Woodinville, WA (a suburb of Seattle)
email leo at notenboom.org for directions

It's the "as official as it gets" Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic, including a silent auction to benefit Corgi Aid.

AUCTION info:

Items to Donate? - contact Jean Clements-Macak (jcmacak at mac.com) who has once again graciously offered to coordinate the auction.
Bring Money - donations are nice, but the point is to raise money, and that means bidding on and purchasing those donated items at the picnic. Please come prepared to be generous!

]]> If you've not experienced a PNW picnic or one of our gatherings in recent years, we have about an acre of fenced yard that turns out to be pretty much perfect for letting the dogs (and occasionally hoomans) run off a little steam.

This year our old deck has been replaced by a brand-new patio! One side-effect is that the bench seating that we used to have is no longer present. While we do have a few more chairs to compensate it's not quite the same; you might consider bringing a folding chair of your own if you have one, just in case.

All are welcome: corgis, part corgis and NAC (not-a-corgi) friends. The rule is simple: all MUST be well behaved, and play well with others - this applies to both canine and hoomans alike.

We will provide beverages. You're welcome to bring a snack, dish or side-dish to share, but do please be prepared to take leftovers with you, as we frequently have more than needed.

PLEASE RSVP by 7/28 so we know how big a Costco run to make.

(It looks like our weather may be shaping up to actually have some summer ... in July! What a concept!)

You can find a few photos of the informal get together at our house earlier this year here: 2010-05-22 Corgi Afternoon.

2010 Woodinville Corgi Afternoon

2010-04-23T23:38:56Z

"Rain or Shine" turned into ... shine!

We had a great time.

You'll find some pictures here.

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Saturday, May 22nd
Rain Or Shine
Noon until whenever
Leo & Kathy's home
Woodinville, WA (a suburb of Seattle)
email leo notenboom.org for directions

This that time of year again!

All are welcome for "A Woodinville Corgi Afternoon"

]]> If you've not been before, we have about an acre of fenced yard that turns out to be pretty much perfect for letting the dogs (and occasionally hoomans) run off a little steam.

This year our old deck has been replaced by a brand-new patio! (Actually, as I type this the deck is gone and there's a big hole where the new patio will soon be poured. We hope.)

All are welcome: corgis, part corgis and NAC (not-a-corgi) friends. The rule is simple: all MUST be well behaved, and play well with others - this applies to both canine and humans alike.

We will provide beverages. You're welcome to bring a snack to share, but please be prepared to take leftovers with you, as we always have more than needed.

PLEASE RSVP by 5/17 so we know how big a Costco run to make. :-)

The usual clarification: this is just a fun get-together, and not the "official" Corgi Picnic. That's currently scheduled for July 31, and will include an auction for Corgi-Aid at that time. Same place, though.

Leo & Kathy

What We Do

2009-09-01T16:40:07Z

We're Kathy and Leo Notenboom, and two or three times a year we hold Corgi gatherings at our home in Woodinville, a suburb of Seattle. This site is where you'll find the latest information.

]]> At least one of those gatherings, typically around the end of July (statistically the best weather!) or early August is what we call the "official" Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic, which then also includes a barbecue and a silent auction for CorgiAid. The other time or two each year? They're just for fun.

We do try and alternate some between mid-week and weekend events, since we know not everyone can make each.

Our events are open to anyone with a Corgi (Pem or Cardi), and guests are typically welcome, as well as the not-a-corgi family members. If you're considering a Corgi it's also a great opportunity to see a wide variety of dogs and personalities, and speak with owners and the occasional breeder in attendance.

The only rule is simple: dogs, adults and children must all be well behaved and "play well with others". The only "un"invites have been for overly aggressive dogs, and for children who failed to honor dog-owners instructions.

I'm expanding the announcements to cover a wider range of groups. I'll now announce our events on:

The Corgi-L mailing list.
The Kirkland, Wa Meetup Group
The Corgis on Wheels Yahoo Group
My private mailing list for those that want email notification without being on another list (or in addition to).
The Regional Events forum at MyCorgi.com

And of course you can always check back here for the latest and greatest as well.

Thanks,

Leo & Kathy

2009 Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic

2009-06-08T16:53:46Z

Thanks to everyone who came! We had perfect weather, a great crowd, lots of fun and food, and managed to raise $450 for CorgiAid in the process.

A big thanks to my wife Kathy for working hard for perhaps the most organized picnic ever . And to Linda Taylor for helping out, and Jean Clements-Macak for running the silent auction again this year.

]]> After postponing from the killer heat of two weeks ago I don't think we could have asked for better weather, it was perfect. I hope everyone had a great time, and look forward to next years picnic. (Check out the "What We Do" post for information on how to stay informed.)

I've uploaded some photos here on Flickr.

If you were there and care to share more, feel free to use the Corgi-L photo gallery if you like, send 'em my way and I'll add 'em to my set.

The (rescheduled) 2009 Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic!

August 15, 2009 (Saturday)
Noon until whenever
Leo & Kathy Notenboom's home in Woodinville, WA (a Seattle suburb)

Leo & Kathy

A Woodinville Corgi Afternoon

2009-05-02T20:26:17Z

Update: it was a great time! The weather cooperated - good friends and good dogs all had a good time.

Some photos: 2009-05-30 Corgi Afternoon.

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It's been a long, cold, wet and often white winter. The cure: some serious frapping!

All are welcome for "A Woodinville Corgi Afternoon"

May 30th, 2009 (Saturday)
Noon until whenever
Leo & Kathy Notenboom's home in Woodinville, WA (a Seattle suburb)

]]> If you've not been before, we have about an acre of fenced yard that turns out to be pretty much perfect for letting the dogs (and occasionally hoomans) run off a little steam. We also have a large deck, and this year a new, larger tent/awning (still to be assembled, but now I have a deadline!).

All are welcome: corgis, part corgis and NAC (not-a-corgi) friends. The rule is simple: all MUST be well behaved, and play well with others - this applies to both canine and humans alike.

We will provide beverages. You're welcome to bring a snack to share, but please be prepared to take leftovers with you, as we always have more than needed.

PLEASE RSVP by 5/27 so we know how big a Costco run to make. :-)

Directions on request.

One small clarification: this is just a get-together, and not the "official" Corgi Picnic. That will happen sometime late July, early August and will include an auction for Corgi-Aid at that time. Same place, though.

See you 5/30!

Leo & Kathy

The Private "CorgiFriends" Mailing List

2009-01-01T20:44:22Z

Not everyone wants to get all the email from various mailing lists, nor monitor the groups or forums that I might announce our events on, so I've created a private, announce-only mailing list.

]]> You can simply email me (leo notenboom.org) to get added, or you can visit the list management page to subscribe, unsubscribe or otherwise change your mailing options. Whatever works for you.

This is an announce-only list, not a discussion list, so it's not (yet another) forum for Corgish discussions - there's plenty of those. I simply send the announcements and reminders to it in the days leading up to each event once a date is chosen. There are no archives, and email you attempt to send to the entire list should not make it through.

Feel free to join it, or leave it, any time.

Leo

Local (and Other) Corgi Groups

2008-08-04T20:46:31Z

The Pacific Nortwest seems to be a Corgi-rich enviroment! We have lots of Corgis and Corgi owners in the area, and keep stumbling upon more all the time.

Here's a list of discussion and meetup groups that I'm aware of that have particular relevance to the Pacific Northwest:

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Corgi-L - The oldest and largest Corgi discussion group has something like 1500+ Corgi owners world wide. This is the primary place that The Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic is announced, as well as a couple of gatherings we tend to have each year.

Fun time with your Corgi is a Seattle and Eastside meetup group that gets together regularly at Marymoor and other locations.

I maintain a private mailing list for those who don't want to be on Corgi-L, but would still like to recieve email notification of the events we put on.

These aren't local, but here are some other Corgi resources:

Cool 2b Corgi "An international forum for Corgi lovers" (Online Forum)
MyCorgi.com "Mission: To provide a friendly helpful community for corgi owners worldwide. To fund raise and assist corgi rescues through various projects."
Pembroke-L "... a caring international community of Pembroke Welsh Corgi owners." (Yahoo Group)
Wheeled Corgis "This group is for anyone who has or has had a corgi who needed (or could have used) a wheeled cart." (Yahoo Group)

Know of something else I should add? Drop me a line: leonotenboom.org.

2008 PNW Corgi Picnic

2008-08-04T20:30:00Z

The 2008 Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic was a great time!

What a great time we had ... estimate of well over 40 Corgis and over 50 people made this perhaps the largest Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic ever. And the weather cooperated perfectly - the sun came out after a cool morning for near-perfect conditions making for a great get-together.

A few of the photos I took are here on the Corgi-L photo Gallery (also re-posited on my Flickr photostream). In particular the panorama of 5 photos stitched together for an over 180 degree view above will give you a bit of a sense of what the fuss is all about. (Be sure to click through to full size :-).

I want to thank everyone who came - it was a good time. I also want to thank Jean Clements-Macak for organizing the silent auction. We raised over $626 for CorgiAid, another record!

Additional Photos:

Thanks again to all, and see you next year!