Chris Scroggins Animal, Wildlife and Nature Cards and Gifts at Zazzle:

Christimas in July - Pink Poinsettia greeting cards

Winter Holiday Greetings Cards from Zazzle.com

Christmas in July - Pink Poinsettia Holiday Stamps

Pink Poinsettias Stamps from Zazzle.com

New! Visit Chris Scroggins' Custom Card Shop

Browse other personalized gifts from Zazzle.

New Print Gallery!

You are cordially invited to visit my new gallery hosted by Smugmug featuring my nature photography as prints and gifts. All prints are available on Kodak's glossy, lustre and metallic papers in many sizes. Subjects include wildlife photos from my safaris to Kenya and Tanzania, landscapes and wildlife from western Canadian parks like Banff and Jasper, as well as images from Maryland parks and gardens. I hope that my photography brings you happiness and pleasure!



http://chris-scroggins.smugmug.com

Rainy Day Fun at Oregon Ridge Nature Center

You can still get out and enjoy nature even on a soggy day in Baltimore- visit the Oregon Ridge Nature Center and see cool turtles like red earred sliders, northern diamondback terrapins and other animals like copperhead snakes, frogs, toads and even a starling named Jack. Your kids will love it, and you can leave your rain gear at home. Visit my page on Oregon Ridge Park:

http://www.squidoo.com/oregon-ridge-park

Artists and Squidoo

You've payed for and published a snazzy website with your artwork, books or music cd's for sale. You even installed a tracking counter, but to your dismay you're not getting the traffic you expected. What can you do next without spending even more money?
Try Squidooing- artists, musicians and small business owners have been building pages at www.Squidoo.com since 2006 to promote their work to the internet community. Squidoo features premade building blocks called "modules" you select to build a page (called a lens) about any topic you want. Best of all you don't have to know any HTML to use Squidoo. Build a page about your band, portrait business, or teaching studio etc. and then add links back to your own website. Got an Etsy, Zazzle or Cafepress shop? Squidoo automatically has a place to add these links on your bio page, which is linked to every page you build on Squidoo. The site is free to use and you can build as many pages as you want. Add links to your blog- tweeters can be followed, too. What's the catch? None really, Squidoo does add some text advertisements and you can choose to either collect royalty payments for yourself or give them to your favorite charity. If you get stuck building your page you can visit Squid U, the discussion forum where your questions will be answered by kind and friendly Squidooers. You'll enjoy visiting pages built by other lens masters. Here's a sample of a page I built to help promote my online business:

http://www.squidoo.com/greeting-cards-chris-scroggins

Go ahead, give it a try- you'll have your sea legs in no time at all!

Sherwood Gardens in Summer

We all love Sherwood Gardens during tulip season, but have you ever thought about what the garden looks like the rest of the year? In August it's a shady summertime oasis filled with nothing but the sounds of birds. Visit my page to see what you've been missing:

http://www.squidoo.com/Sherwood-Gardens

Official Launch of ChrisScroggins.com

Please visit www.ChrisScroggins.com for great animal, flower, wildlife and nature cards and gifts:

http://www.chrisscroggins.com/

Piney Run Park and Nature Center

Are you looking for some inexpensive outdoor fun this summer close to home? Carroll County residents have enjoyed picnicking and angling at Piney Run Park and Reservoir since the mid 70's when the park was first created. Read my web page and learn all about the recreational opportunities at this fine park located near metropolitan Baltimore:

http://www.squidoo.com/piney-run-park