new gal in the neighbourhood....

Here's the little girl.   Soft sage/mint green .... with milk chocolate toesies....

Mostly I do browns and natural whites when it comes to needle felting ....so this is a bit of a departure.   Every so often I do a pastel.  This is a New Zealand Romney wool  ...hand dyed, but not by me.

As you can see...not beary big...

hello little lady .....

Hi.... what's your name?

How can you not know it? ...

Never mind.... we'll find out later....  everybuddy eyes front for the group photo......

Bear making is such fun!

not much snow...

....but....lots of wind!

so... no photos of my poor daffs bending under the weight..although I bet they got whacked flat with the wind.  It's rotten out there...so I didn't bother to go out and climb up to peer over the top of the patio wall.  They are on the other side.  Maybe later...the sun is trying to poke through....but, the wind is still about 60 kph.  It's been wild all night and half a day now... some slushy snow...and frozen water in spots.  Wear a helmet if you go out Yvonne!  (She fell two days ago and whacked her head) ... ouch.  Knowing what I know about concussions.... and my poor sister's plight after her fall all those years ago ... I worry about us all.  It's dangerous out there people!

So, hanging out inside is the order of the day.  And...for some reason I managed to get a decent night's sleep, so I'm getting a few things done.  Got up at 6:30... unheard of for me.  I'm more the 8 to 9 o'clock person... cuz I don't get to sleep before 2 a.m. most nights...even if I go to bed at 10:00 ...which is more frustrating than I can tell you.  Well, more frustrating than I can tell without some very colourful language!

I've been working on this little guy...

I've had his eyes in and out several times.... just couldn't get them looking quite the way I wanted...

Close...but, not quite.....

Finally.... today.... 3rd time lucky....

Otis  ..... 

Otis and Frikkles ....