Winterberry Donation

This mermaid girl is off to the Winterberry Waldorf School's annual Parent Guild "Head, Heart and Hands" Auction-April 24th.

I hope she does well for them!

Score!

 

 

I have always loved the look of these old post office mail boxes but wasn't willing abel to part with the cash it would take to bring one home. 

This one was purchased from an antique store that was going out of business. "Bare wall to bare wall sale" was posted on their advertisement and I knew this might finally be my chance. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time and snatched this baby up for a great price!

It came out of the old Sutton-Chickaloon post office about 55 miles away from here. 

It was very, very heavy! There was the nicest man at the store who helped me get it into my car. I thought he worked there but then later found out he was waiting for the women he was with to shop. He made sure it was secured and then went on his way.

This is how I got it home, an entertaining scene to watch I'm sure, but we both made it home safely.

I'm not sure if I want to refinish the chipped paint or not, I kind of like the roughness of the whole thing. I will however peel off the ugly punched plastic numbers and add older, prettier looking ones. Also, since it has 30 boxes I though it would make a great advent calendar for the kids!

nom nom nom..

Apple treat for Mr. Floppy.

 

 

Does anyone have a napkin? 

  

Snow.

More snow....snow that is currently blanketing my freshly cleared garden bed once again, clogging up the streets and most of all just making me sad. Don't get me wrong, I do love the snow but only during the appropriate snowy months. April not being one of them in my mind.

 I was so ready for the spring time activities to begin, but alas, I will have to wait awhile longer it seems.

So, in lieu of the weather conditions outside, I spent the day huddled inside with a blanket and watched "The Notebook" on TV while sewing a small army of flower fairies. Flower fairies means spring darn-it!

A New Friend!

Since we had our French Lop rabbit neutered a while ago we have been looking for a friend for Floppy. I didn't know this before we brought Floppy home, but rabbits like to have a friend who they may eventually make a strong bond with. They will groom and cuddle with each other making a pair of happy bunnies. Not just any two rabbits will bond with each other, they like to choose who they share their space with themselves.  Since floppy is neutered, hopefully this will make the whole process easier since he is now capable of bonding with another neutered male.

After searching for months and months for just "the one right bun", I was getting nervous. I had originally wanted to find another lop eared rabbit since we do love those "down ears" as my youngest calls them. It seems lop eared bunnies are very difficult to find here! It is amazing we were able to find Floppy at the pound to begin with. After numerous emails and phone calls and even hoping that the Easter holiday might flush a few lops out to the public*, we had no such luck.

*Please let me add that I am completely against selling  animals based only on upcoming  holidays, trendy movies or events. Adding an animal into your home should be a long  thought out process and should only be seen at as a long term addition to the family.

A few days ago I was contacted by one of the people who I originally emailed. She had been having  some Internet problems and wasn't able to write back to me until then.

 She said that she had some Angora/Holland Lop mixes available and wanted to know if I would like to see them.

When the boys and I got there we were greeted with the most adorable little poof balls I've ever seen! But how do we choose just one?? I jokingly told the woman that she should just hand me one because it was just too hard to choose.

We finally did though and he/she is so adorable!!

 Because we are not sure if this is a little boy or a little girl yet (only 7 weeks old), we haven't named our new bun yet, so we are just calling it "Bun". 

When you squint your eyes the color pattern on Bun's face looks like this;  !!

The great thing about Bun is that since he/she is part Angora, I will be able to use the brushed fibers for my dolls and toys!

It will be a little while before we will be able to introduce Floppy to his (hopefully) new roommate since Bun is so young, but they will be neighbours for a few weeks.

 

Dexter has to supervise everything... 

 

Bath Time!

Kuspuks are so Kool!

Sorry, couldn't help it!

Anyway, kuspuks have been the most requested article of clothing for the 2009/2010 winter season. I can't tell you how many I've made for all the dollies and I know they will keep warm throughout the year.

This little girl just went to her new home.

 

I just love the hair poofs!

Mother Nature is Cruel Sometimes

 Here we were enjoying what was supposed to be the beginning of wonderful spring season. The birds were busy making their nests while singing flirty little songs to each other, the neighbour down the street was smiling from ear to ear because her crocus's are finally coming up (she has the best flowers in the neighborhood). And the dreams of summer fun had already begun to flood into every one's head.

 Then we get blasted by this! It doesn't seem like it will be stopping anytime soon either.

Oh well...off to dig out my cozy socks and then make a cup of hot cocoa. Yep, I am turning snow into chocolate!

At least the dogs are having fun in the new stuff....

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Kona & Capone