The Stone Rabbit

FRANKIE VISITS HIS VET

PHASE 1  The Capture

Frankie ALWAYS knows when the day has arrived to pay his annual visit to his veterinarian, Dr. Becker.   I don't really know how he knows, but he knows.

While he was clearly visible all morning, as I was puttering around the house, when the time arrived to put him in his carrier----gone.  No Frankie.

After several minutes of tearing the house apart, I found my feline under a bed.  

He resisted my  attempts at coaxing him out with my normal sweet, "Come on, Frankie, good Frankie."  Nope, he just headed further under the bed,  knowing I'm old and creaky and not real fond of crawling around the perimeter of the bed trying to pull him out.  However,  I was determined to take kitty to the vet's TO DAY.  So I flattened myself out on the floor and positioned my body as near to him as I could.  I quickly rammed my right arm at the cat.  Unfortunately, even though kitty is getting along in years, too, he's still pretty danged fast, and he quickly burrowed even further away.   HOWEVER, I was lucky enough to have placed a grip on his left hind leg as he was on the move.  I started pulling.  Frankie started howling and hissing----but he didn't bite!!!  Knowing  being pulled from beneath the bed by a leg probably did not feel great, I did not let go.  Frankie had his chance to come out peacefully and he had chosen to make this a difficult exit!

PHASE 2 The Containment

In seconds, that seemed like hours, the hissing kitty emerged from his hiding place.  I placed a wrestling hold on him and quickly dashed to the garage, where I had his carrier in position----ready to receive the furry cargo!

Frankie was still fighting at this phase.  As I held him over the open door (I had the cage tipped on  end, with the door on top) his hind legs somehow became free of my grip.  I was caught off guard by the baring of his teeth and narrowing of his eyes---he was REALLY angry and I thought he was trying to locate my flesh!  His freed hind legs were going in opposite directions like a kitty splits with claws!!  Oooh-oooh!!  This was not good, I thought.  Rats.  Frankie, who usually fights the vet trip, was operating on a Herculean level this time.  I'd never seen him freak out like this. 

HOWEVER, after a few attempts at lowering the writhing, sprawling kitty carcass into the carrier---I did it!!  We were both shocked!  Frankie was in the bottom and glaring.  Suddenly he made a final lunge at escaping, but I slammed the little door shut and locked it.

PHASE 3  The Ride

Frankie usually settles down once he's in the car and we're moving.  He did today.  He also did his typical guttural, howling sound, too. 

If you're a cat lover, you know the sound.  It's incredible that they save that sound only for car rides to the Vet's, but they do.  Every kitty I've ever transported to the Vet's has emitted that pitiful sound.  It's innate. It's like they think they're taking their "final ride" (well, it has been known to be the final ride a time or two, but usually that's not the case)--it's like a banshee wail.  It's so sad.  

Then, you feel "the stare". 

Yes, as you're driving along and look over at the neighboring feline, you'll catch a glimpse of kitty eyes glaring in your direction.   The look is somewhere between the "evil eye" and the "shame on you for doing this to poor me" eye.

It just doesn't make taking the kitty in for his annual exam a whole lot of fun.

PHASE 4  The Arrival

We were here.  It was a miracle.  We'd made it. 

The howling, which had subsided for a bit, cranked up to a whole new level as we left the car and make our way into THE LOBBY!!!

PHASE 5  The Lobby

Still howling at the top of his lungs, we entered The Lobby of the Vet's office---I plunked Frankie down on the bench and signed us in.   When I returned to the seat, Frankie was giving me the So Sad Look.  He'd worked himself up into a major Cat Frenzy by that point. 

I didn't feel sorry for him.  I reminded him how lucky he was to not to be a  Street Cat grubbing for mice and a place to sleep and with ear mites and disease.  He was a pampered kitty----with lots of food and a clean place to poo and pee and no ear mites or fleas and he had comfy kitty beds and kitty toys!!

I quit looking at The Cat and gazed around at the EMPTY LOBBY!!  This was unheard of! In all the years I have been bringing critters to this office, this was the FIRST time I'd  found it empty.  Woo-Hoo!  I was thinking. We'd be "in and out!"  

As we waited for our Vet, the place did fill up.  Oh, don't you just love the seats they use in this office?  They have old church pews all around the walls!!  Anyway, the place did fill up really fast.  Over on the left pew,  a couple came in with two towel wrapped poochies.  They were a Min-Pin and Chichuachua mix----so cute and sooooo shaky.  That trait came through loud and clear.  Then a mom and daughter came in with a year old Cocker Spaniel and positioned themselves on the pew on the right.  Then a lady came in to pick up her cat and she sat with us.

Then they called our name and we were off to see Dr. Becker!!  Mercifully!

PHASE 6  The Doctor

Dr. Becker is a really great guy.  He took care of the kitty we had before Frankie----his name was Buffy.  Buffy had to have his tail amputated from an injury---Dr. B.  did a wonderful job with that.  Then Buffy was diagnosed with Diabetes at the age of 9.  Dr. Becker helped us give that kitty another 5 years of life--we gave him insulin shots twice a day for that long.  I'm a very big fan of Dr. Becker's.

I honestly think Frankie loves him, too, because he always settles down once we're in the exam room.  I just plop his carrier on top of the exam table and Dr. Becker takes him out.  

This howling, hissing, clawing cat just melts into this sweet, mellow, perfect patient as soon as Dr. B. gets hold of him!! 

Frankie gets his exam and his shots, then- - - - - --

Dr. Becker checks his ears and his TEETH!!!  Last year we had to schedule Frankie for a teeth cleaning, but this year, he just had a couple of spots that Dr. Becker was able to remove.  Frankie handled this very well.
 

PHASE 7  Coming Home

Frankie is the SWEETEST kitty on the ride home!!  I honestly think I heard him purring during the drive!!!

THE STONE RABBIT was waiting for Frankie when we came inside.  He told him he was glad he was back, then he told me he was glad he didn't need to take those kind of trips!!!

DANA

Note to self:  this carrier belongs to the daughter.  It is not the usual carrier I use.  I no longer need to flip it on end in order to plunge the kitty inside.  NO!!  This carrier has a door on TOP!!  Duh. Duh. Duh.  I did not realize that until Dr. Becker pulled Frankie out that way!!! This carrier will make Phase 2 much easier next time!!

 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Welcome to Wordless Wednesday!!! Our theme for THIS week is:

                                    PLATES!!!!!!

For MORE fine bloggers featuring there special "Plates", please visit Dixie of FRENCH LIQUE, TEXAS!!

Thank you Dixie for organizing our weekly wordless fun!!!         DANA

PINK MEMORIES

The Little Girl placed her toys in that wagon last Saturday evening, just before she left our home.  The toy-filled container has remained in the same location all week.  Such a sweet reminder of her visit.

I noticed Twiggy staring at the pile of plastic entertainment.  I wondered if she was thinking about The Little Girl, too, and the activity level she can achieve with such a small amount of assorted playthings.

Then, my mind went to my own childhood---and the toys with which I used to play.  

And I thought and I thought.

We didn't have many "store bought" toys.  We spent lots of time playing with household objects and "repurposing" them.  I clearly remember my mom's button box.  I think I was about four.  I recall loving to study the different shapes and colors of the buttons she saved.  I would line them up in rows and make pretend gardens or just sort them by color and size.  Sounds pretty boring, but to me, it was a great form of play and entertainment.  I'm guessing, to my mom, it was a God send that I could be so easily entertained.  I also recall, during that same time, she taught me to embroider.  At that age!!!  We didn't have a (YES, they HAD been invented!) TV and I know I didn't read then, so I kept busy by using my hands in lots of creative ways.  Besides embroidery, she taught me to make tiny straight stitches with a needle and thread and hand sew little fabric squares together--for a quilt.  She introduced me to the world of glue (we often made our own with flour and water) and GLITTER!!  Of course, we colored and drew and even made seed mosaics on scrap pieces of wood. My mom nurtured creative ways to keeps me (us) busy.  I personally, ate it up.

But back to Toys.  I was six when I received  a "walking doll".  My sister and I both did that Christmas.  We always received the same toy--just in different colors.   Other  toys I can remember receiving were Tinker Toys and  games, like Monopoly and Dominoes and Old Maid.  My siblings and I also spent many hours with Paint by Number pictures (now considered "vintage" and collectible by some!) and weaving looms, on which we created amazing potholders.  I even recall going "door to door" selling my potholders for five cents each. :)  I was the proud owner of an Easy Bake Oven, too.  However, that did not inspire in me a love for cooking.  I did enjoy eating the little cakes we baked in that thing.  Oh, how I wished I still had that toy.

Unfortunately,  I can count on one finger the toys I still have in my possession these many, many years later.

And here she is.  My beloved Princess Doll. 

My sister and I each found one under the Christmas tree from Santa that year---some time in the late 50s I'm guessing.

I was not the "doll person" --- my sister was.  She had a Chatty Cathy or Betsy Wetsy, I don't remember which one,  and later she graduated to Barbie.  I loved the Pogo Stick and the Hula Hoop, and a few years later, thought I had died and  gone to heaven when I received a "transitor radio"!! However, I do recall loving The Princess Doll I received that particular Christmas--even though I didn't ask for her.

She was glorious!  Her PINK formal had silvery threads running throughout.  She had Perfect makeup and Perfect hair.  Her eyes opened and closed. She was a rubber doll---her elbows and knees were not jointed.  She was perfect for placing on my pillow each morning after I made my bed.  I positioned her skirt carefully, so it's beauty could be completely enjoyed.

She had pierced ears with sweet pearl teardrop earrings.  Sadly, the teardrop part is missing on  one.  I wonder what on earth I did with it.  I remember taking them out and putting them back in---over and over.  I was amazed that the holes in her ears always remained the same size, no matter how many times I rammed the posts back into her head.  And she didn't care!!

Her sweet feet were formed to allow the perfect plastic high heels with elastic straps to be placed upon them--just like a real Cinderella.  I have no idea what happened to the shoes.  One of my sister's Barbies probably took them!   She was a shoe horse, as I recall!  :)

Her lovely fingers came perfectly manicured and still are!  I can't believe I didn't try to improve on the polish job, but I didn't.  They're still as good as new.

THE STONE RABBIT was thrilled to meet The Princess Doll.  He couldn't believe she had been wrapped in plastic and stored in (gasp!!!) The Basement for soooooooo many years. 

The Princess Doll said it didn't bother her.  She knew I must love her very much, because I had kept her for so many years, protected in plastic and tucked safely away.

Then The Princess Doll asked him if he had any old toys that he used to play with as a young Stone Bunny.   That's when he disappeared!

He soon returned with Itty Bitty Bunny---a gift from Santa when HE was a tot!!  

The Princess Doll was so touched by the precious treasure THE STONE RABBIT shared with her--a real memory of his bunny-babyhood.  

Then, we discussed how great it is to have at least one toy from your past.  Especially if it's one dressed in  a beautiful PINK formal!

For more fun Pink shares, just visit our terrific hostess, Beverly, at HOW SWEET THE SOUND.  She'll have a LONG list of bloggers with interesting Pinks on their posts!!!!

DANA

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Welcome to WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!!!  This week our theme is:

                                           EARTH DAY!!!

For more blogs featuring the Earth Day theme, visit our terrific hostess, Dixie, at FRENCH LIQUE, TEXAS!

DANA

PINK ENDINGS

Last Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday, was a warm and sunny and clear day! 

A PERFECT day for an Easter Egg Hunt!!!

The Little Girl made certain the enormous Easter Bunny  was far, far away from her "egg hunting area"- - - - - -

then she promptly set out to grab some "well-hidden" eggs!!    :)

Did you notice she chose PINK pants to wear to the festive event?  Yep, she knows her Nana could always use a little PINK for a Saturday post!

No Egg Hunt is complete without a photo with E. Bunny.  It took bribery and a firm grip by the rabbit, but photos were taken-----and a few were OK!!!

At the moment this picture was taken, The Little Girl had forgotten she was leery of the giant rabbit and was far more concerned with the sweet contents in the eggs she had collected---much more important than smiling for the photo!

The next day, Easter Sunday, brought rain, but- - -  -

The Little Girl didn't care!!

NO WAY was rain going to dampen the spirits of a little girl in her Easter Sunday finery, wearing her PINK bunny ears and digging through the contents of the Easter basket her Nana and THE STONE RABBIT had put together for her!!!

After a delicious Easter brunch, The Little Girl took a nap and her Nana "hid" eggs on the front porch---because it was still raining!!!

The rabbits LOVED to be part of the fun---can't you see their smiles?

Even Little Bird took part in the festivities!!

When The Little Girl woke up from her nap---SHE spied the eggs on the porch!!!   She was so happy to find out that the Easter Bunny had left eggs for her to "find" again!

Her mom zipped up her coat and - - - - -

The Little Girl was on The Hunt AGAIN!!!!

She became an Egg Hunting pro this year!!!  Note how she has one hand on the green egg, while looking for MORE yet to be piled in her basket!!!  Isn't she BRILLIANT?  :)

Once the eggs had all been gathered, The Little Girl promptly started the process of opening and EATING the sweet contents!!!

Oh, my!!! The Little Girl LOVED the M & Ms and miniature marshmallows stuffed inside each and EVERY little plastic egg!!  Can we say "Sugar High"?

Heck, it's only ONCE a year!!!

Twiggy watched in amazement as The Little Girl devoured her Easter treats!  Then her Nana packed up the goodies and sent The Little Girl home with her mom and dad-----crossing her fingers that she would sleep that night after all of the excitement and sugar!

The next day, THE STONE RABBIT was visiting with Curly.  He told Curly he'd found several strands of the Pink grass left on the floor inside the house!  Curly asked what he had in mind.

 
 

Being the fun-loving guy that he is, THE STONE RABBIT placed the Pink strands on his head and said, "Do you think I look good with a Pink wig?"  Curly just shook his head and giggled.

Then, THE STONE RABBIT saw Little Bird and showed her the Pink strands. 

She said she had a great idea.  Little Bird said she had noticed a new bird family moving  into the Robin Family's nest left from last summer. They'd been busy adding new grass and twigs to the nest--sprucing it up for their summer home.  "Maybe they'd like some of the Pink strands to add to their nest,"  she suggested!!!

"Great idea!" said THE STONE RABBIT, then he took off for the little maple tree in the front yard---the tree that held the Robin Family's nest!!!

Ah, yes, the new family had been very busy refurbishing the nest left by the Robins!!!

"Would you like to add some of these Pink strands to your new home?" asked THE STONE RABBIT.

"Oh yes!!!!" the new family happily replied!!!

Then the new family eagerly started pushing the Pink strands into their Summer Nest!

THE STONE RABBIT thought, "What a wonderful way to use the Pink strands from the Easter basket of The Little Girl!!" 

Later, he introduced himself and his friends to the new family.

The new family said,  "We're so happy to meet you, too!  We're the White family.  I'm Bob and this is my wife Betty!!!  We just KNEW this would be a perfect place to live this summer."

THE STONE RABBIT asked if there was anything else he could help them with.  Mr. White thought for a moment and then said, "Is there a Target near by?"  :)

 

For lots more Pink Saturday fun, please visit Beverly at HOW SWEET THE SOUND!!  She'll have a long list of other bloggers with more PINK to share!!!

DANA

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Welcome to Wordless Wednesday!!  Our theme this week:

                               TAX DAY !!!

Our  thanks to Dixie, of FRENCH LIQUE, TEXAS, for hosting this fun event!!! For links to other participating blogs, just click HERE!!!

DANA

THE PINK ESCAPE!

"Pssssst!  Hey!   You in the top left corner!"

"Me?"

"Yeah, you!  What's going on?"

"Well, I think THE STONE RABBIT and that lady are putting together an Easter basket for the little girl who's gonna visit here on Sunday!"

"How do ya know that?"

"I heard the lady tell THE STONE RABBIT to put that PINK grass in the basket, then they would add some of the other things she had picked up for the little girl."

"What about those M & Ms and the colored marshmallows?"

"The lady told THE STONE RABBIT she used to put those in little plastic eggs for the little girl's daddy and his sister when they were small---she likes to do that for the little girl, too!"

"Hmmmmm."

"The lady also found a special Sesame Street DVD!  The little girl adores Abby Cadabby and  she loves to watch 'ALICE' when she spends the night with her!"

"Ahhhhhhhh....."

"And I heard the lady tell THE STONE RABBIT how much the little girl likes to play with the Fisher-Price 'Little People'----so she was really excited when she found this Eastery set!"

"That's all great, but what are they planning on doing with us?"

"I think we'll be put in the little girl's Easter basket!"

"Huh-uh!!!  I don't want that to happen!"

"What do you have in mind?"

"I'm planning  an ESCAPE!"

"Wow!!  An ESCAPE?   Suppose I can ESCAPE with you?  Where are we gonna ESCAPE to?  Can the other Pink bunnies come along?  How are we gonna. . . . . . . .'

"SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!  Just be quite and follow me!  Yes, the other Pink bunnies can come, but they must be quite!!!  Hurry THE STONE RABBIT and the lady aren't looking!!!"
 

"OK----the coast is clear!  Tell the other bunnies they have to pull realllllly hard to get the door open!"

"Tell them to keep pulling---it's almost open!!!"

"YIP-PEE!"

"Hurray!"

"Freedom!"

"Look at all of that green grass!!"

"Look at me-----I'm nibbling on some kind of a plant!  It looks a little brown, but it is yummy!!!"

"Can you see ME?  I'm under the holly bush.  It hurts my mouth to nibble on it, but I LOVE to look at the pretty leaves!"

"Hey, bunnies!!!  I found a delicious dandelion to taste!!! I've never had such a treat---EVER!"

"Up here!!! Up here in the tree!!  Can you see me?  Aren't these flowers beautiful?  Isn't the sun shine amazing?  Aren't you glad we ESCAPED?

Look over there by the front porch----I see a HUGE concrete bunny!!!  He looks so nice.  Let's go over and see if he'll give us a tour around the rest of the yard!"

"Yey!  This is great Big Bunny!"

"Thanks for letting us hop aboard!"

"We loved the ride!"

"What fun, but LOOK over there!!  LOOK at what the other bunnies are doing!  Let's go join them!"

"Don't we look wonderful on the lady's wreath?"

"Suppose she'll notice us?"

"I hope she let's us stay---we can see EVERYTHING from here!"

"Uh-oh!!!  There's THE STONE RABBIT and he doesn't look very happy with us!"

"PINK bunnies-----you need to get off that wreath right now and come over here.  I have plans for you!"

"What do you think THE STONE RABBIT means that he 'has plans for us'?"

"I dunno---but I think we'd better do as he says!"

"That's right little Pink bunnies-----come on over here and start climbing in the baskets!  Yes,  in there---two to a basket!"

"Excellent Pink bunnies!!  You  look magnificent all snuggled in the little Easter baskets!   You are all important to me because you will each be going to live with one of my special yard buddies!!!  I know they will love  you!"

"Happy Easter, Big Bunny!!  I hope you enjoy this gift---and thanks for giving the little guys a ride around the yard!"

"Here you go Baby Bunny and Flopsy---your very own Easter gift!!"

"Hi, Curly!!!  I brought you a little Easter basket!!! 

Now I must be off to help the lady finish putting the Easter basket together for the little girl!"

"There!!!  It's all ready!  I hope the little girl enjoys her Easter basket from the lady.   The PINK bunnies were really excited that I picked them to go in the little girl's basket, too!!! 

They told me they enjoyed their Easter Escape, but they really want to see the little girl's happy face when she finds them in her basket!!!"

For more PINK SATURDAY fun, visit Beverly's at HOW SWEET THE SOUND!  She will have lots of blogs ready for you to visit!!

THE STONE RABBIT and I wish you a wonderful Easter!!!!

DANA

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 Welcome to another Wordless Wednesday, so kindly organized by Dixie!!

This week, our theme is:

                                        EASTER!

For MORE Wordless Wednesday links, please Dixie at FRENCH LIQUE, TEXAS!!!!!! 

 DANA

FAREWELL PINK VISUAL AIDS!

I have worn "readers" for years.

I think my first pair was a +125 strength.  For you lucky folks who can see the printed word without the assistance of glasses, that was not much magnification, but it was just enough to help me see the pages of a book a bit clearer!  I believe I was in my middle forties, then.

As time went by, the strength of the "readers" seemed to need bumping up on a pretty regular basis!  My ophthalmologist always handed me a little prescription, when I would go in for my exams-----just in case I would decide to get regular glasses.    However,  he felt as long as I could get by with the cheap little "readers", then why not?  And that suited me just fine!!! 

I know lots of folks who wouldn't want to be bothered with putting the "readers" on and taking them off.   It is a bit of a hassle, but I just kept thinking, "They only cost a few bucks---not HUNDREDS, like the REAL GLASSES!!!"

You can see THE STONE RABBIT modeling the first type of "readers" I would buy. 

In my early years of Magnification, "readers" came in very limited choices of style and design.  You could get the frames in black, silver and gold.  I was a gold person.  AND I was a CHEAP person.  I  would only buy them when a local drug store had a "buy one, get one FREE" special going on.  In fact, I would STOCKPILE those readers when they were on sale.   I had a terrible habit of losing my "readers" (one of the downsides of "taking them on and off!) because I was forever leaving them places---like at restaurants or in a friend's car or even at work.  NO PROBLEM---I had MORE at home!!! 

Over the years, cheap "readers" in cuter designs and colors started making their way into lots of shopping venues!!  

I fell in love with the lighter weight plastic ones and the narrower lenses.  A whole new world was opening for me!!!

THE STONE RABBIT is showing you one of my favorite "everyday" pair-----in cute blue!  I LOVE to wear those glasses with my extensive denim wardrobe!

I acquired these 'reddish' glasses, shown below, nearly two years ago when Marian and Bonnie (two of my good buddies) and I went to Chicago for my birthday trip.

I had packed MANY, MANY "readers" for the trip.  By that time in my life, I had reached the point where I couldn't read ANY type of close print without the help of my little glasses.  So, as I said, I'd packed plenty---just in case I would break or lose them. 

Right off the bat I lost a couple of pair, then the stem fell off another---- I was having a "readers disaster" and I was in Chicago, on the Miracle Mile, and I couldn't read the prices!!!

Fortunately, we found a CVS somewhere in that stretch of high dollar shops and I bee-lined for the display of "readers".  By that time I had reached a high point of "visual panic" and I would have sprung for the $14.95 a pair variety, but as I searched the racks of specs, I found a couple that were more in my "tightwad" price range and I was thrilled!  As the clerk rang up my purchases, I was OVERJOYED to find out they were "buy one, get one free"!!!  What a "visual bonanza"!

It's hard to believe I still have these glasses,  because, as I said, I lose a bunch of 'em!!!

THEN- - - - - - - - Beverly "entered" my life!

I learned to look for all things in the color of PINK.

I learned to LOVE little PINK READERS!!!

I learned that PINK READERS also look GREAT with my extensive denim wardrobe!

I was THRILLED when I found these "readers".  They're PINK with stripes!!

I heard these PINK READERS calling out my name when I was on a trip with Bonnie to St. Louis--they were in an antique shop!!  They even have imitation diamonds on the sides---AND they were dirt cheap!!!

HOWEVER------by far------ and above all others-----I have loved these little Polka Dot Readers the best!

They go with EVERYTHING!!!!

They were at Michael's for LESS than $3.00!!!

When I visited my ophthalmologist the other day, I was given the grim news that I needed some correction in my "distance" vision.  Gulp!  "Does that mean my "readers" days are OVER?" I asked him.

He nodded his head sadly and handed me a new prescription and my "Polka Dot Readers" and said "it was time!"

Later, I called my pal Bonnie---a wearer of REAL GLASSES for some time, now---and asked if she would go with me on my virgin trip to order REAL GLASSES !   I needed someone's moral support and experience and advice.   I didn't want to spend a bundle on glasses that looked really bad! I didn't want GRANNY GLASSES (even though I AM a Granny!) I was spoiled by my Pink Polka Dot pride and joy!!

Bonnie and I made a trip to COSTCO this week----I was armed with my prescription.  We headed to the optical department. . . . . . . . . .and

thirty minutes later, I was writing a check for my REAL GLASSES, that won't be ready for two weeks!   They aren't funky or quirky.  They're just conservative "starter" glasses.  I'll see how I like them---if I do, maybe I'll look for some Polka Dot Frames next time. :)

BUT, did you know they have a swell new policy at COSTCO? 

Yes, indeed!  They have "loaner glasses" that they let you borrow  and wear until the ones you order come in!! 

Well, Bonnie was so excited about the idea of "loaner glasses" that SHE ordered a brand new pair of REAL GLASSES---just so she could take home the "loaners"!! 

And you know what else?   They thought they had a pair that would be perfect for THE STONE RABBIT to use for a few days, too!

Don't we look swell in our "loaners"?  

Now that I look a little closer at the picture, I realize how great the black frames go with my PINK shirt.

Rats!   I should have ordered black frames!

For MORE Pink Saturday fun, just visit Beverly's blog, HOW SWEET THE SOUND!!  She'll have a very long list of other bloggers with great Pinks to share with you!

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Beverly, as you take care of your mom.  Please take care of yourself, too.  We all love you!!!

DANA

FUN STUFF!!!!

I was the lucky winner in Judi's, CRANBERRY BLOSSOM, recent giveaway!!!  

I was so excited to be picked from the many folks who had entered her drawing! 

Judi, who lives in Toronto, is a talented artist who sews, makes jewelry,  bath and body products and much more.  She sells these items in her Etsy shop! 

Judi made this sweet wrist purse---look at the beading and embroidery on the front!  Inside the bag were other little treasures!

Judi sent "Cranberry Peach Vanilla" lotion and a lavender "bath bomb" ----plus a gorgeous silver necklace and earring set!!! 

Thank you, Judi!  I have enjoyed all of the great items you so kindly sent!!!

Recently, Vivian of VIV LYN DESIGNS, sent a challenge my way!  

My instructions were to open my photo folder on my computer, then:
• Open the 6th folder of photos
• Select the 6th picture
• Post the picture on my blog with a description
• Invite six friends to join the challenge
• Link my six friends to my blog post.

This photo is NOT the 6th photo in the folder---but it's somewhere close to it!  It shows my little grand girl, nearly three years ago,  snoozing in a cradle at our home when she was just twenty one days old!! 

When I found out I was pregnant the first time, I wanted to give my parents  "the news" in a fun way-----so I called them and told my dad he needed to start making a baby cradle.  It didn't take him too long to figure out what I was trying to tell him.   I meant my way of sharing the exciting news as a joke, but my dad decided to surprise me with a cradle he had created.  He spent hours and hours working on the cradle---he made it from walnut.  I was so surprised and thrilled when he and mom brought it to our house several months later!  It was just the best gift I could have received and it is now a family heirloom.

Well, our grand girl's daddy slept in that very cradle.  Even though my dad wasn't alive to see his great-grand girl take her turn sleeping in his gift, I'm certain he was watching and enjoying every minute!

The little blanket she was wrapped in was also one that wrapped her daddy thirty years earlier!!!   When she visits our house, and it's time for her to go to sleep, she still loves to have that blanket over her.   I tell her how the blanket used to cover her daddy when he was little---she just loves to hear me tell her that.

SO, I will pass this challenge on to the following bloggers!  

.  Dixie of FRENCH LIQUE, TEXAS

.  JOHN DEERE MOM!

.  Kathy of MIMI'S GARDEN

.  Nola of ALAMO NORTH

.  Curtiss Ann of PRESSING ON

.  Jean of THE DAISY CHAIN

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Thank you Debbie of, THERE'S AN ANGEL ON MY FRONT PORCH,
for recently sending this wonderful Friendship Award along to me with the instructions to share it with my blogging friends.  I pass this on to all of you I visit or who visit me on a regular basis!   Thanks to all of you special "cyber friends" for the enjoyment you add to my life!!!


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Donna of PARTY WISHES, was so sweet!  She saw these cute bunny socks and thought of ME!!!

Thank you, Donna!  I love them and so does THE STONE RABBIT!   He wanted me to tell you that he is really quite fond of Pink Rabbits!!! :) 

DANA