Hypergrooming Paintings

Hypergrooming

oil glaze paintings, series of 6 4" x 4" paintings; 2006

Hypergrooming: Tweezers

oil glaze painting, 4" x 4"; 2006

Hypergrooming: Eye

oil glaze painting, 4" x 4"; 2006

Hypergrooming: Nail Clipper

oil glaze painting, 4" x 4"; 2006

Hypergrooming: Hand

oil glaze painting, 4" x 4"; 2006

Hypergrooming: Pimple Popper

oil glaze painting, 4" x 4"; 2006

Hypergrooming: Nose

oil glaze painting, 4" x 4"; 2006

Skunky Sweatshirt!

Autumn temperatures call for bundling up, and the Caveman was lacking some much needed sweatshirts for outdoor playtime. However, he was not impressed by my purchase of a cheap, plain, sage green sweatshirt from Big Lots. The Caveman and Dreamer are both lovers of animals, so, with the scrounging up of some black and white knit fabric scraps from the recesses of my sewing cabinet, the skunk motif was born! 

1. Cut out the skunk components

2. Arrange and pin fabric pieces to the center front panel of the sweatshirt. Tip: be certain to use as many pins as it takes to hold down the design and avoid the fabric moving and pulling while sewing. 

3. Sew the edges of each fabric piece using a zig zag or blanket stitch.

4. Attach a button for an eye.

5. Wear!

The Little Farm on the Hill!

Over the Dreamer's fall break, we had the opportunity to visit a wonderful friend on her little farm! She has a beautiful farm consisting of eight wooded acres complete with pigs, chickens, and pygmy goats. The Caveman and the Dreamer enjoyed playing with my friend's happy an animated son, swinging on the tire swing, transforming into woodland creatures via felt masks, taking a jaunt into the forest, feeding the animals, petting the hogs, and loving the chickens.  The Dreamer was even given the honor of naming Ginger Belle, one gregarious red hen. At night, after an epic bedtime battle with the insomniac caveman, adult conversation, accompanied by needle-felting was much enjoyed. We even needle-felted a pocket-sized version of Jessi Pearl, the sow who stole my heart!

Front Porch Antics

Tire Swing

Little Creatures of the Forest

Over the River and Through the Woods...

Chickens Eating from our Hands

Sweet Ginger Belle

The only thing we didn't have time to do was go searching for earthworms...

For more adventures from the Little Farm on the Hill, visit Oh Boy, Cato!!