Blog Hop--Are you Chicken?

Bird Brains in Conversation

This is Huckleberry, my sock dog, at the Farm Museum in Coopersville, MI. Why do I love this picture? It makes me smile.

It Stays Clean!

Some of you understand the life of a mum....sweep, mop, clean, sort, put away, wipe, scrub, vacuum, wash, scour...repeat....repeat... repeat....

That's why my newest obsession and love is...Pet Society. Have you heard of it? It's an online game on facebook and myspace. You create a cute pet. Then, the fun begins. Dress her. Take her to her friends'. Enter her in a race. Play games with her. Buy her clothes and furniture and toys. Feed her. Take her to the cafe.

This is an embroidery of my bear Bubbles. Isn't she sweet?

But the best part, for this mum, is creating Bubble's home. Each pet starts out with two rooms. As you earn more points your pet gets more rooms plus a garden. At this point Bubbles has five rooms and two gardens. Did I mention this is uber fun?

Okay, but get this...get....this: the whole place stays clean! Stays clean! I kid you not. There's no scrubbing, no sorting, no putting away, no picking up after, no washing crayon off the wall, no chipping petrified cheese off the floor, no throwing rocks back outside, no finding bagels under the couch....NO.....Cleaning!!!! Are you hearing me?

That must be just about as close to heaven on earth as possible. Ahhhhhhh....

Happy Independence Day!!!!

Just in time for your 4th of July celebrations: Miss Liberty Kitty....also known at the Catue of Liberty. This is a free pattern for your use. Please don't sell the pattern nor anything you make with it.

If embroidery is not your thing, print these, let the kids color them, glue them to a popsicle stick and voila! a puppet.

(I'm working on my embroidery version and hope to add the photo later today.)

Illustration Friday: Worn

This weeks topic: worn

Last week it was hot, hot, hot and humid so my mind went naturally to being worn out from the heat.