http://www.fborfw.com/news/ en-us design@fborfw.com 2010-03-18T08:00:00-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004367.php Unaware of what was in store for us, we signed up for the cave tour. We were told to wear good shoes and to expect to lie down - all sage advice. Nobody else had signed up so we... 4367@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-18T08:00:00-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004366.php Today, we asked a tuk tuk driver to take us into the town of Krabi, but he insisted we go to his house first and get his car. The tuk-tuk is maneuverable, light and cheap to run. Vendors sell gas... 4366@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-16T08:00:00-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004365.php We left Phi Phi around noon, yesterday, joining a diverse group of folks at the dockside. Thank goodness we are travelling with small bags, because you have to climb from one boat to another to get to the one you... 4365@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-14T08:00:00-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004364.php Early yesterday morning, we packed and left Kata on our continuing journey towards enlightenment. We packed ourselves into one of the small tour vans and joined a long line of tourists and locals carrying kids and cargo en route to... 4364@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-10T08:00:00-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004361.php Kate and Lane have gone to the beach and I'm staying out of the sun and out of trouble. With so many shoe and handbag shops out there and no space for STUFF in my luggage, I'm banned from bargaining... 4361@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-08T08:00:00-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004360.php Farley Follows His Nose, Lynn's first children's book (co-authored with Beth Cruikshank) has been nominated for a Shining Willow award! Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice - The Willow Awards, Inc. (SYRCA) is a volunteer-run non-profit, registered charity begun in 2001.... 4360@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-05T16:58:29-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004329.php Well, actually, it's the heat, too. At first, the temperature is a welcome change from freezing your fanny in North Bay...but without the invention of air conditioning, I think most northerners would take a long time to adjust. If ever!!... 4329@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004328.php The flight to Phuket from Bangkok is only about an hour long, but there are many flights a day- mostly 747s and they're all full. From the air you can see the great wetlands change to hills and then craggy... 4328@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-03T11:25:27-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004325.php We arrived in Bangkok after a night in Tokyo. It was a long flight and we were glad to have a bed to stretch out in. Bangkok is a huge, sprawling city, as smoggy as Beijing and not as beautiful.... 4325@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-03-01T13:55:18-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004320.php A friend of Lynn's sent her a link to this VoA article about the Canadian pride and craftsmanship that went into the making of the medals for the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. We think it's a great story, so we're... 4320@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-02-23T12:57:11-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004319.php Thanks to everyone who entered our annual Love Struck contest! This year's winner is Laura C., who is the lucky recipient of one of our plush Farley toys. Congratulations Laura!... 4319@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-02-23T11:13:38-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004256.php Hi there everyone - our friends at the Toronto Star have generously sent us their overstock of 2010 wall calendars, so we have some more available in our shop now, marked down to $4.99!... 4256@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-01-18T16:38:14-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004254.php Lynn recently enjoyed a visit from her good friend, the accomplished animator Nancy Beiman. Nancy currently teaches animation at Sheridan Institute in Toronto and has published a book called Prepare to Board! (available for purchase from Amazon). The book is... 4254@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-01-07T15:31:32-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004252.php Lynn's daughter Katie will be visiting the offices of the Farley Foundation tomorrow to deliver a shipment of stuffed Farleys, which we're donating to help with their fundraising efforts. We'll post some photos of Katie's trip!... 4252@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-01-06T15:53:54-05:00 http://www.fborfw.com/news/004221.php He's here! The studio crew is in a happy frenzy shipping out Farley toys to everyone who's pre-ordered. If you haven't got your order in yet, you can place one today!... 4221@http://www.fborfw.com/news/ 2010-01-04T10:18:52-05:00