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Bunnies & Square #29

March 29, 2010 at 9:28 am by Claudia

Today’s theme? Bunny rabbits. I love little bunny rabbits – we have several of them on the property here at Mockingbird Hill Cottage. I can’t resist them. You met my newest bunny, Mr. Bunn, yesterday. How about some bunny egg cups?




These sweet egg cups are from my collection. I love each and every one of them. I have more to share with you later this week. The book you see – A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter – is a book I loved in my childhood. My grandmother gave me a copy when I was a girl. Several years ago I bought a copy just like the one she gave me which had unfortunately gone missing. Recently, I found this beautiful vintage edition and couldn’t resist. The graphics on the cover are gorgeous.

Back to bunnies. I was in Target recently and found some bunny ears for $1.00. Into the basket they went. Don and I always call Scout’s pink and white ears ‘bunny ears.’ You can see where this is going – I had to put them on Scout.


She doesn’t look too pleased, does she?


Uh oh…there’s that look. Let’s try them on Riley instead.


And I thought it was such a great idea.

Square #29:


D for Don, the love of my life, who’s heart is broken at the loss of his father.

Have a wonderful Monday.

Filed Under: Don, egg cups, Riley, Scout, stitchalong 21 Comments

Around the Cottage

February 23, 2010 at 12:55 pm by Claudia

It’s snowing. Again. We’re hanging out inside the cottage until we go outside to shovel. Again. A snapshot of the morning:


I’m sorting buttons and putting them in these little shaker jars from Michael’s. They sit on the windowsill in the studio.


Someone’s been writing on the chalkboard.


Waiting for something – anything – to happen.


The label on the back of the little spice shelf I wrote about the other day. Unbelievably, I didn’t even notice it until yesterday. Where was my mind? I could use it to hold ‘tooth powder, talcum, face cream’ but I won’t.


Finally, in the ‘slice of real life’ category: the view from the top of the stairs. My slippers, a chair in front of the stairs to keep Mr. Riley safely downstairs, mail to be filed upstairs waiting in the Stair Baluster Holding Area, items on the desk that I must take upstairs, and Riley peeking around the corner, watching my every move.

I hope you are having better weather than we are! Have a good Tuesday.

Filed Under: cottage, Riley, Scout 24 Comments

McCoy Monday

February 15, 2010 at 8:29 am by Claudia


It is McCoy Monday. Today I want to share this cache pot, one of my first pieces. The soft shades of green, the flower shaped pots and the sweet yellow bird make me smile. This is another of the McCoy pieces that use a bird, in this case three dimensional. I love it! There is another edition of the cache pot that has yellow flower pots instead of the green you see here. I don’t own that one, but I am sure I will some day. I display this piece on a little shelf above my kitchen counter.

It is snowing a bit here this morning but it is that kind of light, wind-blown snow that won’t accumulate – I hope. Riley, by the way, is so much better since we have changed the sleeping arrangements. We absolutely made the right decision. Now, when it is time for bed, Scout gets up on the love seat, Riley settles down on the floor and neither one blinks an eye. No more pacing or trying to follow us up the stairs…and every morning we have a grand reunion.

Happy Monday!

Filed Under: McCoy pottery, Riley, Scout 25 Comments

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