Featuring Bunnies on eBay !

Although most of the critters I create are teddy bears, I do endulge myself in the occasional bunny; seven of them to be exact have arrived in our home over the past year or so.

This afternoon I carefully placed all of them on the proverbial deck rail for their photo session. Although the wind was blowing a little, I thought I could get away with it if I took the photo rather quickly.

To my dismay, I was not quick enough in pressing the shutter on my digital camera. First Tucks blew off the railing and not being content to go it alone, he took little Radio Flyer along with him. The rest of the bunnies fell face first onto the deck.

Tucks landed on his head right below the deck railing while Radio Flyer tumbled head over heels on a fast track to the street, approximately 150 feet below our house. By the time I caught up with Radio Flyer and headed back up the hill to gather Tucks into my arms, I was quite winded.

Not wanting to repeat the performance, I placed all of the bunnies in an empty planter hanger to pose for their picture.

They are all listed in the bunny section of my eBay store. If you click here, you will be taken there.

Thanks for checking in with us and happy days ahead! Hugs from Vicki and the bears (and the bunnies)

OK, I'm a Basketball Nut...

Spring is the busiest and most exciting time of the year for me. Not only do I get excited about the garden and greenhouse, redecorating and spring cleaning, new teddy bears and just plain walks, I am a basketball nut and the NBA post season playoffs began yesterday. How to fit it all in, is my most pressing problem. And, although we live in a rain forest, it just seems that all the sunny days take place just about the time NBA playoffs start.....

How can life contain so many good things? It just does, and I guess it's all a balancing act. Yesterday morning I woke up and it was partly sunny outside; day two of the NBA playoffs: I have a greenhouse to clean up, a garden to work in, teddies screaming to be made... and a husband, mother, grandkids, friends, and other people to tend to.

And here I sat... still in PJ's.... waiting for the first game to begin. At 11:00 a.m. Alaska time the Lakers met the Jazz. Carlos Boozer of the Utah Jazz grew up in Juneau and played high school basketball here, so watching the Jazz is special.

Sewing and basketball don't really go hand in hand. It is difficult to stare intently at a teddy bear face in progress, when also staring intently at a television set that has players running up and down a court carrying a ball and throwing it in a hoop. Many times while stitching an eye or embroidering a nose, I miss the most important basketball play (thank goodness for the instant replay, is all I can say)!

I did manage to finish little Basketball Jones, born on the first day of the NBA playoffs, April 18, 2009. He's not a player, but he's a watcher and he is very grateful that he got his teddy bear eyes sewn in, just in time to see the playoffs.

Thanks for checking in! Little Mr. Jones will be available on my website later today (or maybe tomorrow)!

Hugs from Vicki and the bears



A balancing act, for sure.