Bunny wabbits

I'm working on rabbits right now for the Easter season and thought I would share the little character below.  This is the "Eggster Rabbitty", so named because he has an egg shape for a body and consequently no neck.  He is a curious looking little fellow all prepared to make Easter egg deliveries the last weekend in April.

Below is his close up so you can see the design painted on his body and done in miniature on the tiny egg found inside his Easter basket. 

I'm off to go paint on another wabbit, uh, I mean rabbit so sorry this is short!  Have a great day and stay warm!!
Laurie

EHAG Giveaway!!!!

Jump over to the EHAG Emporium for a chance to win one of three works being offered as a January giveaway!!!  Hurry, hurry, you have until January 30, to leave a comment, share your favorite Halloween treat or treasure and an email address so you can be contacted should your name be drawn!

I am participating in the giveaway by offering the piece, Gregory Gourdhead.  The top head is sculpted of paper mache and sits atop a wooden base with his little body painted holding a Halloween bucket.  He is 15.5" tall.

Gregory's head can be tilted so that you can angle his eyes to be seen from a top or lower shelf.  It sort of adds to his spooky flavor! 

Thanks for playing, good luck, and Happy 2011 from me and all of the artists of EHAG!

Laurie

Arctic Tuesday!!! Brrrrrrr

Very cold temperatures today in the heartland so the bird feeders and squirrel feeding area were all quite busy.  The two top photographs are of the elusive Eurasian Collared-Dove that is so shy of the camera.  He was so cold he let me take pictures of him at two of the feeders today.  After I photographed him I stepped away to let him have his fill before he departed.  He really is too big for the feeders, but the finch and cardinals all feed with him so I figure if he breaks a feeder I'll try to fix it or go look for a new one. 



This species of dove was introduced from Europe and has only been in our area for about 5 years.  Initially, all of our Mourning Doves left the neighborhood when they moved in, but this summer I found both species feeding together and interacting in a friendly manner.  They are quite a bit larger than the Mourning Doves.

The photo below is of a squirrel that was checking me out while I was on the telephone this morning to see if I was going to take pity on him and feed him some peanuts.  He worked so hard to get to that area of the grapevine I couldn't refuse his effort...plus he did the little front paws rolled into the chest, head tilted, body shaking maneuver that would put Olivier (insert great actor of your generation here) to shame.

Look at how thick the fur on his ears has gotten.  A sign of the winter months ahead?  Yikes!!

Stay warm!!
Laurie