Shhh! I'm hunting wabbits!

I had a birthday recently, and my husband who is an expert and fun birthday ideas had a couple of real zingers this year. (Last year we were camped out on a beach in SE Alaska and he bought me jewlery, a dress, flip-flops, and a back-pack frame that would make traveling on foot easier-- all at a church rummage sale--YEAH!)
This year, he planned a suprise party of 30 people and a bar-b-que, found a beautiful ivory neclace (who knows where!) made me a holster (that is BEAUTIFUL!) and got permission from a fellow down the road for me to catch one of the many feral rabbit that live in his yard. If I caught it, I got to keep it! He had started off with less than 4 a year ago and released them into his yard. Now he has 25 to 30 running loose! (There's a lesson to all of us!)

I am serious in this picture. Standing in front of the vehicle "rabbit", I am ready to go rummage through what you see behind me in hopes to catch a REAL rabbit!

I believe that I have spotted one in that pile of...metal thingies and using some trickery....whoops! Well, missed that one...

Success at last! After about an hour, the owner decided to help out too, and between the 3 of us, we wore out this little beauty and caught her behind a barrel mounted on a metal frame. He had never caught one of his own rabbits and was happy to hold one for a bit! Having been born and raised in something of a large vehicle repair garage area, she had bits of tar stuck in her fur and we called her the "Tar-baby" for a bit until we thought of "Beatrix" (you know, Beatrix Potter), which fits her very well. She is unusually tame for a feral rabbit and is just about the cutest and prettiest little critter you've ever seen! Ask our collie, "Weasel", who has fallen completely inlove with her from the start! (you can see Weasel in the first picture) Ursa isn't so sure.

So, I had a blast for my birthday and now I have a lovely bunny for a pet and we met one of our neighbors! Now I just need to make him a batch of bread!

(Please note my husband's fine job at "henna-ing" my hair!)

A Toad and Beaver Adventure

The men-folk often go for a drive in the hot-rod.

Today, it is Mr. and Mrs. Toad out for a lovely drive.

Nice back-country road on a fine sunny day.

But, what is this? A tree has fallen right across there path. And what is worse: WEASELS!

Armed with a club and a gun, the weasels close in!

Suddenly, out of the bushes, Mr. and Mrs. Beaver leap forth and tackle the villans!

Mr. Toad takes charge of the pistol.

And as the Mrs. ties up the rabble, Mr. Beaver does what beavers do best and chews through the tree in mere moments!

The Beavers tote the weasels out of the road (my aren't they industrious!)

After being secured to the tree, the four friends carry on to more adventures!

Aren't friends a wonderful thing?

No arms and legs???

What do you call a little boy with no arms or legs who floats?

Bob

What do you call a little girl with no arms or legs that makes change?
Penny

What do you call a little boy with no arms or legs that you wipe your feet on?
Matt

What do you call a tiny stuffed animal with no arms or legs?

STINKING CUTE!

I have now developed some new patterns: Hedge hogs, Skunks or squirrels, and Toads or Frogs!

They are not yet available in my store, partially because I wanted another opinion on the tiny babies not having any limbs. I think they are REALLY cute! ...but I'm not sure who else will.

I am sorry that the pictures are not a little better. I took the hedgehog/skunk ones as the daylight was fading and only minutes before I boxed them up and shipped them to Utah for Christmas presents. They are still the only ones in existence.

The toad has on a driver's cap and a scarf and is driving some kind of crazy old car. It is supposed to be Toad from the Wind in the Willows and he is going to my Father-in-law for his birthday!

Sometimes I think I should ONLY sell the critters themselves...I am not sure that I am a very good pattern maker...and I really don't know how to explain what I did with sometimes to make them. It all seems so obvious to me, but perhaps not so much to other folks.

So, please, PLEASE, if anyone has any thoughts on extra small babies without arms and legs, or on how badly you want to just buy the critters or anything else....tell me!