granny's (MIL's) birthday again ... tomorrow ...

i really love these pictures myself though ... i had two large ones printed for the girls to give to her ...

monkeh gets a ride in the trike ...

monkeh gets a ride in the trike ...
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

a new friend and child minder has arrived at our house, and caused mary to learn how to shout , 'monkeh, monkeh!'

he is hand knitted by my sister lisa ... have i said i can't knit? i cant do even rows never mind the sort of knitting that gives our simian friend his great face !

thanks lisa ....

my sewing machine is in the hospital ... sewing machine man is waiting for new parts ...

so i will just have to knuckle down and sew all these body parts together ...
these will become jointed raggyrats and some colourful rabbits ...

i miss my sewing machine - once i even borrowed one while mine was inthe shop !

another plush team challenge - 40 years since woodstock 69

"Among the countless iconic images to come out of Woodstock, one that stands out is that of a colorful micro-bus painted with all the symbols of the peace-and-love generation that has become known as "Light."

Light was a group that included a singer by the name of Robert Grimm, who would later become one of the Four Seasons. It was Grimm who commissioned Dr. Bob Hieronimus to turn the band's drab tour bus into something more ... say, magical."

a rat bag who lives in toronto ....

Mouse at Little Shop of Allergy Horrors 001
Originally uploaded by peromyscus

...let me see a pic of himself ... click through to flickr to see what he's up to there !

Artwey 09 - the one where i dress up as a lobster ...

photo by kimberley mackeown
thanks !

Artwey - launched at pilgrim house, Spirit of the Sea Maritime Festival ...

i spoke to ruth meech about Artwey and she agreed it would make good reading and we will eventually be featured in the dorset echo magazine ... she put an article for us in the echo newspaper, and featured my Shimmery Fish plus a picture of andrea from the files.


remeeber when i started blogging? i was working on three big marine-themed projects, two puppets and a lobster costume. all came back to me to help promote artwey, and my work too.


the tompot blenny's top-knots have drooped a bit in the last two years! Thanks to Coastlink for the loan of puppets and costume.


and here is some of my work at Pilgrim House.
i shall have to show you my new goat sign properly, and the story behind it ...


nopt the plush team cards and the new Artwey postcards ...