Apple cottage progress

Midst of illness and other things I saved time to make progress with my hedgehog cottage.

Unfortunately, since than the bench was broken to elements by my son...

In these cases he always says, why don't you put it higher...a 3 years old lawyer:)

Hedgehog Grandpa

Look who smokes a pipe on the bench!

Hedgehog Grandpa finished.

Unfortunately Hedgehog Granny  has became a victim of my three and a half years son.

Now, with curtailled of her quills, and her arms, waiting for the hedgehog first aid ...

Bench

  First time in my life I have worked with wood, I feel sorry for the kitchen knives, but ultimately successfully sliced a small piece of wood, and an ice cream stick (recycling:)

A little sanding, a little painting, sanding again, and voila: you can see Mr Hedgehog's bench, on which he's so willingly smokes his pipe in the afternoon.

You surely noticed that I didn't shoot my photos in my small "garden studio", because the rain falls steadily for days, so unfortunately I had to make the best of  the room lights.

Hedgehog Granny

Here comes the autumn, and my favorite fruit, apple. About the apple, hedgehog came into my mind .

Can you follow me? :)

Who knows me well , knows that I am a big child in my heart, I love tales , story-books, especially if they are beautifully illustrated.
 

Can you imagine a scene where Hedgehog Granny is just baking apple pie in the apple-cottage, while Hedgehog Grandpa resting in front of the lodge on a bench, smoking a pipe ...

 Well, I can!

Indeed, I would like to make it.

 

That would be my first complete scene in miniature.

Although I'm quite scattered, but I'm starting it!

 

Come with me!

Here is Hedgehog Granny:

And the apple-cottage in preparation:

(Made of plaster, the victim (the base) is one of my little girl's pink balloons...)

Thai kitty

Finally I've painted ...

He was waiting so patiently on the shelf, his unpainted eyes were begging me every day, so I started out:)

Here comes the pictures:

We have a cat like him long ago, and he was the smartest, cutest can I've ever known!

I miss you Mengrai !

Traveling Doser

We have a very dear family friend who now works far away, in the Netherlands.

Today her mother is travelling to her, and we sent her a little pack. 

In the package, next to the Twilight-Breaking Down book and a  Jacob movie cup (do not laugh...) is traveling mini-Doser, his beloved american bulldog dog's small replica. 

  I worked from photos, on my phone you can see the original Dozer, himself:)

Perhaps now she allready opened the package:)

We send you kisses Dius, and awaiting for you to come home!

Cala

Remember those beautiful roses, what I received  from Bözse, not so long ago?

They looked at me so lonely, so I made them Cala-company!

Even now requires a little green, but maybe you got used to , that I show you everything in semi-finished:D ...