Sick lizard tended by guinea pig nurses.

The Owlamander, as presented by Sani_ on Flickr:



( Original sketch... )

The Tale of Frisky Squirrel

antique images or stories of squirrels are my favourite, i must say. squirrels have been famous for so long! hehe

*x-posted to squirrelylove

i posted this in squirrelylove a little while ago and thought i should post it here too!

this is the cutest thing EVER.

( The Adventures of Squirrel Fluffytail )

The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
That is the Grasshopper’s—he takes the lead
In summer luxury,—he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
The Grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.

— John Keats, ‘On the Grasshopper and the Cricket’

i found this poster by Klas Ernflo earlier today and i can't get over the amount of cuteness involved.

( cut so not to mess up your friends page )

today while walking my dog i saw a squirrel that had just been hit by a car. he was dead and looked peaceful but it made me very sad.

in dedication to that squirrel i am posting these neat things i found at Wonting Nyc. click them to see them bigger. i bet that's what squirrel heaven is like!






x-posted to squirrelylove

come see my owlparty, where i post new and lovely things i find on etsy.com...

in my most recent post, a few quaint creatures await your perusal...

http://owlparty.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/welcome-summer-and-new-favorites/

by jamie fales, see her website here....

for more on benconservato, visit his website

i originally drew this for _remains and her group squirrelylove

have you heard about fern animals?



( let me tell you.. )

look at these delightful, eco-friendly wooden cards from night owl paper goods...
squirrel with acorn


fashionably folksy owl


corny raccoon


owl pitcher plant


strawberry bunny

for more, prices and info: http://nightowlpapergoods.com/home.php?cat=11

(i need to place an order for some of these little lovely cards!)

i posted this on my livejournal as well. i left a question there.
"what do you think the meeting is for?"
if you would like to leave your own interpretation, please do so here....

A bird came down

by Emily Dickinson



A bird came down the walk:

He did not know I saw;

He bit an angle-worm in halves

And ate the fellow, raw.



And then he drank a dew

From a convenient grass,

And then hopped sidewise to the wall

To let a beetle pass.



He glanced with rapid eyes

That hurried all abroad,--

They looked like frightened beads, I thought;

He stirred his velvet head



Like one in danger; cautious,

I offered him a crumb,

And he unrolled his feathers

And rowed him softer home



Than oars divide the ocean,

Too silver for a seam,

Or butterflies, off banks of noon,

Leap, splashless, as they swim.

here's an illustration i did for my friend deborah, also known as munano...

Oh, John the Rabbit
- Traditional American Folk Song

Oh, John the rabbit, Yes, Ma’am
Got a mighty habit, Yes, Ma’am
Jumping in my garden, Yes Ma’am
Cutting down my cabbage, Yes Ma’am
My sweet potatoes, Yes Ma’am
My fresh tomatoes, Yes Ma’am
An if I live, Yes Ma’am
To see next fall, Yes, Ma’am
I ain’t gonna have, Yes Ma’am
No garden at all, Yes Ma’am