Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Honey Bear
Basil finds friends everywhere! Some are more cuddly than others, but he hugs them one and all.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
A Mouse for Mousie.
Mouses are everywhere! There are city mouses and field mouses, sewer mouses (eeew...) and jungle mouses, door mouses and church mouses, and sugar mouses, marzipan mouses and chocolate mouses! Mmmm, chocolate mouses! Mousie had never met a chocolate mouse until he went to Burdick's in Boston. There he came nose-to-whiskers with tiny chocolate mouses galore! (...as well as a delightfully cheeky little penguin...but that's a different story.) A little white mouse with almond ears and a purple tail wanted to follow Mousie on mini-mouse-ventures. 
He looked up to Mousie and tickled Mousie and wrestled with Mousie, and Mousie was very happy to have a mousy friend (he has so many friends of other fuzzy species already, but no other mouses...) 
But unfortunately, this story has a plaid ending: mini-mousie melted!
He looked up to Mousie and tickled Mousie and wrestled with Mousie, and Mousie was very happy to have a mousy friend (he has so many friends of other fuzzy species already, but no other mouses...) 
But unfortunately, this story has a plaid ending: mini-mousie melted!
Is a Mouse a Type of Fruit?
Autumn is harvest time, when all creatures - large as a house or small as a mousie - enjoy Mother Nature's fruits to the fullest. Sometimes the fruits are so good it is hard to stop eating them. Sometimes they're so fantastically delicious that we just want to become them so we, too, might be so plump, juicy and radiant, and praised, admired, and desired.
Mousie went on a harvest this weekend. Admittedly, he had some help - the fruits were not just amazing, they were bigger than him! For as much as a house-mousie as he may be, Mousie does so enjoy scampering up and down trees - balancing on tiny branches, being tickled by leaves, and chattering with the goofy and perplexing ants. And the trees are so full of deliciousness! Enough to feed Mousie silly for years! But the fruit is also so very pretty, resplendent in the colors of ripeness and sweetness. Even though the day was chilly and grey, Mousie felt warm and cozy when he found this Ginger Gold apple.
But when Mousie found a tree full of peaches, he went just a little nutty (which certainly amused the squirrels...) There were so many peaches! And they were so ripe and fuzzy and glowing! Just look at this one:
And then Mousie found a branch of peaches that seemed to have something missing. 
Or rather, this particular branch seemed to be waiting for something. And, in this moment, Mousie lived the dream. He became, if only for a moment, a peach - fuzzy and wonderful and totally happy.
Mousie went on a harvest this weekend. Admittedly, he had some help - the fruits were not just amazing, they were bigger than him! For as much as a house-mousie as he may be, Mousie does so enjoy scampering up and down trees - balancing on tiny branches, being tickled by leaves, and chattering with the goofy and perplexing ants. And the trees are so full of deliciousness! Enough to feed Mousie silly for years! But the fruit is also so very pretty, resplendent in the colors of ripeness and sweetness. Even though the day was chilly and grey, Mousie felt warm and cozy when he found this Ginger Gold apple.
But when Mousie found a tree full of peaches, he went just a little nutty (which certainly amused the squirrels...) There were so many peaches! And they were so ripe and fuzzy and glowing! Just look at this one:
And then Mousie found a branch of peaches that seemed to have something missing. 
Or rather, this particular branch seemed to be waiting for something. And, in this moment, Mousie lived the dream. He became, if only for a moment, a peach - fuzzy and wonderful and totally happy.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Summer Hugs
Summer is the season for many things. Most especially it is the season for frolicking outside and eating outside and being silly outside. The important word here would rightly seem to be "outside." Going on adventures to seek friends and smells and treasure of all kinds, outside. Summer is Mousie's favorite time of year, along with autumn, winter, and spring, but we'll get to those in due course. For now, let's talk about summer.
What does summer bring?
No, I'm not talking about bugs or thunderstorms or sweltering heat - these only happen occasionally and usually can be avoided, especially by a resourceful mouse.
Foods? Mmmmm - fresh peaches and cherries and melons and nectarines and blueberries and strawberries! Oooo, strawberries - they even taste like summer, which really actually tastes like cotton candy. Mousie loves strawberries. They're just the right size to hug! So Mousie went on an adventure and found the perfect gem of a strawberry, hidden in what else but a leafy strawberry bush. And he hugged it.
What does summer bring?
No, I'm not talking about bugs or thunderstorms or sweltering heat - these only happen occasionally and usually can be avoided, especially by a resourceful mouse.
Foods? Mmmmm - fresh peaches and cherries and melons and nectarines and blueberries and strawberries! Oooo, strawberries - they even taste like summer, which really actually tastes like cotton candy. Mousie loves strawberries. They're just the right size to hug! So Mousie went on an adventure and found the perfect gem of a strawberry, hidden in what else but a leafy strawberry bush. And he hugged it.
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