{From Gent to Melbourne.}
Today I am appreciating surprise snail mail all the way from Gent, Belgium. From Frips in an envelope covered with various owl, Tintin and pink orchid postage stamps, came some Birthday cheer on paper. (Thank you, Frips xo)
{A simple and handsome soul.}
{Omar nuzzles my new wooden companion.}
I am also {On a Wednesday} still besotted with a wooden pika from an African store near to the Victoria Market. I found this little pika with three of his rotund mates in the window of a rarely open, cash only store brimming with plastic animals fashioned from recycled packaging, porcupine quills by the jar and colourful buffalo made of wire to serve as coat hooks. I’ve yet to strike it open again and I’m keen to acquire a wooden mate for my pika. He has such a pleasing form, doesn’t he? And he fits so snugly into ones palm… even Omar likes him.
{red+yellow+white}
{Many blushing brides.}
Today finds me also happy that spring has does what it does each and every year… it has sprung without a seeming care in the world. The house is filled with red, white and yellow ranunculus and foxgloves and a small bouquet of Blushing brides (who have for their seed dispersal to thank the ants).
This Wednesday I am also enjoying watching The Good Life on dvd with home-made veggie soup and crusty bead before I hop back to the wrapping of card orders.
Find a little more Wednesday love here, and thank you so very much for all your interest in our new cards. What a thrill, you’ve made me blush. (To those of you who’ve placed an order recently… we posted them yesterday afternoon. They should, depending upon how near or far away you live, make it to you shortly. Thanks, again. I’m so happy you like them! I'm really happy.)
"Pikas are small relatives of rabbits. They do not have tails, and their rounded bodies are covered in soft red and grey fur. Unlike those of a rabbit, a pika’s hind legs are about the same length as its forelegs." (from The Complete Book of Animals - A world encyclopaedia of amphibians, reptiles and mammals by Tom Jackson... a favourite resource of mine.)
*** I have just realised since posting this that it is actually THURSDAY. Somehow I am still thinking it is Wednesday and rather than tweak this post accordingly I think I'll just roll with my error. This post all about Wednesday loves was penned, captured and typed on a Thursday. I'm losing all track of time. Apologies for any confusion. Perhaps in some parts of the world it is still a glorious Wednesday. ***
