New cat in the house

Welcome new cat, I finished him this days . 
His name is Gregory and he is a dandified little person in a gray-red tweed suit and with the bow at his neck.
It took quite a  long time to finish him, but i like the results) I love how this red color striking on gray .

The Owl for the Winner

Here he is)

The owl which i ve made today specially for Gloria - winner on my 100 Blog Readers Giveaway!
Gloria wrote her favorite colors is - Tangerine Tango orange and Carribean blue. 
The owl is on his long way to Greece now.
I hope you will  like him, Gloria)

And the Winner is...

                                                 

Tadaaaam!

It is time to announce the winner of my 100 Readers Giveaway!

Like i wrote before , i will make specially for the winner  little owl in her favorite colors.

And the winner is  Gloria Grahame  from Hurrundi....

Congrats , Gloria. I will make little owl in your favorite colors: Tangerine Tango orange and Carribean blue . Nice choice! 

Thank you all for participation!

if you didn't win this time, you still have time to enter my other Giveaway for you chance to win my Giuseppe Azzurro - Blue night owl.

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

I think many of you know this wonderful poem from childhood. But for me this poem became the opening of this year. "The Owl and the Pussycat" is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871.Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl, Janet Symonds, the daughter of Lear's friend poet John Addington Symonds and his wife Catherine Symonds. 

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

BY EDWARD LEAR (1871)

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea

   In a beautiful pea-green boat,

They took some honey, and plenty of money,

   Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

The Owl looked up to the stars above,

   And sang to a small guitar,

"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,

    What a beautiful Pussy you are,

         You are,

         You are!

What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

II

Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!

   How charmingly sweet you sing!

O let us be married! too long we have tarried:

   But what shall we do for a ring?"

They sailed away, for a year and a day,

   To the land where the Bong-Tree grows

And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood

   With a ring at the end of his nose,

             His nose,

             His nose,

   With a ring at the end of his nose.

III

"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling

   Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."

So they took it away, and were married next day

   By the Turkey who lives on the hill.

They dined on mince, and slices of quince,

   Which they ate with a runcible spoon;   

And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,

   They danced by the light of the moon,

             The moon,

             The moon,

They danced by the light of the moon.

For the last monthes i saw many ''owl and cat '' themed items.

Here is some of the   things  that catch my eye.

1. Owl & Cat Sewing Kit by OwlandCatDesigns on Etsy
2  The Owl and the Pussy Cat Brooch set by Natalie Hough on Etsy
3  The owl and the pussycat by  Joey's Dream Garden on Flickr
4  The Owl and the Pussycat cake by Sweet Tiers on Flickr

After several people asked me if I will do this sweet couple, I decided to create  my own version of the story.  
And started from the little pussycat.  I changed her nose a few times in the process, but now I'm satisfied with her little face. 


Now she need matching owl and a  boat for  two)
Until i made the right matching owl for Kitty, and fabric boat , she posing on camera with Emerald owl and paper boat.

Emerald owl is one of my latest creations. One of my dearest fans said - he looks like he's wearing a little kilt.
 He he ) I like the idea. He must be from Scotland.

Little kitchen helpers

My soft creatures helped me in the kitchen today
Olivier owl and Lorenzo owl grinded coffee )






Lisa owl  brewed  tasty  tea

Rosalinda little owl was busy with the car parking game) 


                                                                                                                                                               

Good friends - Olivier prince owl and Bertrand prince owl posed for the camera in this wonderful sunny day.

Owly Mug

I do not collect mugs, but i have quite a few and almost no space left on the shelves for the new cups. 
I have  my total favorites and it is always a problem to choose which one to use at the moment. 
That is why usually on my desktop 2 - 3 cups at once)

Now i'm in trouble, because my beloved Dear Dear husband gave me the new Owly mug. 
How can i choose now?
Not long time ago, on the day when we finally came out  together to celebrate our first anniversary of the wedding, we went to my favorite coffee shop and with the order  i saw the lovely gift bag.
My Dear Dear  saw the Mug, when we have just entered, but did not tell me, and made me a surprise) 
How sweet it is! 

My other one favorite is also a gift from him.  Turquoise mug with  the pair of lovely 
owls.

Here the whole company.
1.Big green mug - Best way to start your day.
2. Turquoise mug with the owls
3. Good morning Mug with the Sleepless owl
4. L'aquarium Mug from my Big Love - Barcelona, Spain. I really hope i will move to Barcelona one day)
5. Together Mug with the pair of yellow birds. Gift from my Dad. This Mug i have for years , and  every time I use it, it raises my mood. I'm always amused that the birds on the mug have navels.
 He he. Birds with the  navels. Funny)

My dear hedgehogs

I love animals, all type of animals. Honestly.
Nature is rich in all sorts of beautiful, interesting creatures.
And hedgehog a is  one of the loveliest ones. 
Hedgehogs are usually associated with children' stories, due to their cuteness and interesting behavior .
Many people think that hedgehogs - cute creatures that feed on fruit and apples. But in fact, hedgehogs mostly   eat the eggs and baby birds , frogs  and worms, insects.  Lovely image of a hedgehog in  children's books with an apple on a thorns - a myth. With apples or other things  hedgehogs  clean their spines, and not collected  fruits for the winter.

My hedgehogs spines are made of soft fur and they do not injure anyone.
This  hedgehogs are friendly and nice, they do not eat nobody, they like watermelon, tomatoes and grapes)