Black Footed Ferret reintroduced in Canada!!

This is a great article full of adorable photos! Check it out!
It was featured in a recent Canadian Geographic magazine.

My little "helper"...

So this morning my parents left for Vancouver to visit my sister for a while, leaving me in charge of the 3 ferrets, 2 dogs, and 2 horses. My brother promptly arrived to drop off his dog, Guiness, so that I wouldn't get too lonely. Thankfully, because it's Canada Day, I have today off to spend with my furry family.

Now, because my parents were gone, I thought it would be a special treat for the ferrets to get to run around upstairs (which they normally aren't allowed to do). Things went smoothly at first, so I decided I would be safe to leave them unsupervised while I hopped in the shower.

WRONG. When I got out I found Jean Luc digging frantically in the Aloe Vera pot! He had uprooted about 6 Aloe babies, and dumped all the soil on the living room floor! I'm sure my mom is cringing if she is reading this.

In all fairness, I had been meaning on doing this myself, namely, removing the Aloe babies and transferring them into their own pots to be given away. So Jean Luc was really just helping me *g*.

Too bad I didn't take a picture of Jean Luc before throwing him in the shower, he looked like quite the little rascal, with his muddy paws and face. He had rings of dirt around both eyes from sticking his face right into the soil. Alas, at the time I didn't find him cute.

The New Toy

A few days ago I received in the mail a parcel from Natalie Fontane, the creator of Scrivener's Retreat. Natalie has a wicked sense of humour which comes through in her business of creating handmade plush toys for ferrets or other carnivorous pets.

I had recently painted one of her ferrets, J-Ho, onto a canvas bag for her (which she aptly named the Ho Bag) and she kindly agreed to send me a surprise toy for my three ferrets to enjoy (a.k.a. destroy).

I won't keep you in suspense- she sent us a plush T-Bone Steak with a squeaker inside! This is the first squeaky toy that my boys have encountered, and they love it when I squeak it for them (or they hate it- either way they attack the thing). They haven't figured out how to make it squeak themselves yet, so for the time being it is a toy reserved for ferret/human playtime. And seeing as how their human is currently occupied at the computer, the ferrets are decidedly NOT playing with their Steak, in favour of a Stinky Old Boot of my dad's.*g*

To see Natalie's shop, check out her blog, where she has posted links to her webshops. http://scrivenersretreat.blogspot.com/

In the Beginning...

Welcome to my first ever blog post. As I'm no longer using the FBook, I wanted to have a place where I could post pictures and items of interest, so that family, friends, and likeminded people could see what I'm up to and what interests me.

First off, I'd like to post a link to my Etsy shop. I'm constantly jumping between different crafting hobbies, so there is usually quite a variety of handmade items available.

I currently have several hand-painted ferret items for sale, which sell quite well (that is to say- occasionally).

So please take a look at the items which I currently have listed. You should be able to simply click on any of the pictures to the right of the screen and you will then be redirected to my shop.