Just
Good Fun Store
Rick
& Diana have created these fun and eductional tools of some
of their favorite things to do.
The following are available
at
both Create Space and Amazon.com. Also available at Amazon
are
a selection of Instant Videos for both rental and purchase
for mobile pads and phones.
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Cooking |
Wine |
Nature |
Crafts |
Cooking
& Mentoring Tools from The Black Sheep Cooking Club |
Our
DVD Video & Cookbook Combination
Your
own private class of an entire restaurant menu has been video taped
and put
on DVD, and with the
book you get the pictures, the written recipe and the chef's personal
notes!
How
to Party Like A Black Sheep!
The world's
greatest party dishes prepared right before yout eyes. Now
you can do it!
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Join
a Chef on Vacation!
See how he shops, organizes and cooks when on vacation.
(With time to enjoy the vacation!) |
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Richard "Rick" Boufford
was a very successful Sommelier (wine steward) at Alfredo's
in the South Coast Plaza Hotel, and loves sharing the
wonders of
wine. This is his simple step by step on how to taste wine
the way professionals really do it. Click the picture to take
a
look at the
sample. It's
also available Amazon.com (see link below). The older version of this book
was recommended reading at one of the wine courses at Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo.
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Just
Good Fun
- Crafts for kids of all ages!
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Rick & Diana's
Craft DVD
"Fun with Sea Glass"
The
Raven Diaries - For nature and animal lovers!
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Stories
for "kids" of
all ages who enjoy animals that play and love people!
Rick &
Diana's Nature Books & DVDs
I'll put my
ravens up against anything in the animal kingdom!
Once you get to know the
raven, there are few animals on the planet that can compare in both craftiness
and intelligence.
And with the exception of some dolphins, seals, otters and monkeys, none
play, tease and have as much fun as the raven.
If you enjoy real stories about animals, check out our fun selections
below. My favorite, Bob, Huey & Me
is available in
both book and a DVD movie where the entire cast is made up of wild
ravens!
Our nature movies
and documentaries
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You'll
find the Movie "Bob, Huey & Me" on DVD
here!
The true story of a baby
raven Rick & Diana raised to be wild. He took
over the neighborhood, letting the dogs
out, teasing
the crows and more.
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In “Backyard Beginnings” Rick
uses his unique relationship with ravens and a love of nature
to share his secret to a "happy life."
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A raven is not a crow! It's classification
places it in the "crow family" but tomatoes are placed
in the fruit family but we use them as vegetables. Ravens
and crows are very different. Size and certain physical features
to be sure but more importantly it's how
they live and raise their family and where they live that
makes them so unique.
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Follow Raven Rick as he and his wife
traverse across the western United States sharing some of
their favorite places to watch these amazing birds in their
natural habitats. See and hear the ravens in the beauty of
Bryce, The Grand Canyon, The Pacific Northwest, Catalina
Island, all throughout Southern California's mountains, deserts,
parks and more.
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The
Raven Diaries DVD's.
This is a 2 disk set of the 3 short films from above;
Raven Diaries 1 "Backyard Beginnings" - A 28
min short about how we got involved with these birds in the first place.
Raven Diaries 2 "Ravens vs. Crows" -
A 55 minute short to specifically answer the question, "How
do you tell a raven from a crow?"
Raven Diaries 3 "Hunting
Ravens" - A 28 minute
short on where to watch ravens play.
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Rick's first year video taping the
ravens. Crystal Cove State Park is California's most unique
in many ways
including
the
numerous
raven families
that raise their young year after year. Meet Harold and Maude,
and the challenges they had both feeding and bringing up
three of their kids; Edgar, Allan and Poe in amongst the
coyotes, bobcats, hawks and other natural enemies.
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Rick
second year with the birds he calls Harold & Maude. Now
they've become his most trusted guide to their area of the
park
and Rick is convinced, nobody knows their territory like
a raven.
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Rick's third year just may he
best year ever? It's a record year at Crystal Cove's California
State Park as Harold & Maude
have six healthy baby ravens. The highs and lows of life
at the park run the gauntlet as some unknown something is
killing off everything. Birds, fish even the large marine
mammals are dying off in record numbers. A magnificent brood
but how many can make it to adulthood?
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The
Raven Diaries 4 "The Crystal Cove Project" all 3
on DVD.
This is
a 2 disk set and is a video log documenting the relationships
of 3 families of ravens at Crystal Cove, a California State
Park. Here they highlight the raising of the young and the
unique differences and challenges each and every year brings.
Disk 1 includes Year 1 - "Edgar Alan & Poe" & Year
2 - "Harold & Maude"
Disk
2 is Rick's "Year 3" with the birds called "Raven Ricks' Deadly
Adventure"
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Books
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Bob, Huey & Me
This
is the true story of a baby raven Rick & Diana raised to
be
wild.
You'll learn how
he took over the entire neighborhood, letting the dogs out
and stealing their food, filling his beak with fries and
teasing the crows. The book goes into more detail of Rick's
relationship with both God and the bird than the movie version.
Rick says, "it's a living preview of God's amazing promise
for our future life here on earth."
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"Bob,
Huey & Me" The 10th Anniversary Edition
A 10th Anniversary Edition of the book expands the story content
and includes over 200 pictures and newly added short stories from
Rick's trips where he's met numerous ravens at the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Catalina
Island and more. This book presents life not only as
God designed but that we can have a meaningful relationship
with Him!
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