Clive (Dolls for Friends)

This is Clive
He likes to sing
He likes to sing The Doom Song
Goes a little like this

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...feel free to join in when you think you've got a handle on it...

...Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom

Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom...

Buckman Art Show and Sell Donations (Dolls for Friends)

We were approached by the organizers of The Buckman Art Show and Sell to see if we would be interested in donating five pieces for gift bags they were preparing. The bags are to be presented to the events' musical guests at the end of the night. In return for the donation, they would give us some additional press leading up to and during the event, and a bit of all-around goodwill. Given the nature of the art show and sell, we graciously accepted.

We just dropped off the pieces yesterday at the school offices, and we took a few quick snaps before handing them off. These five will be at the show, in addition to one large piece that we sent in earlier for the auction that will be benefiting the school. Of course, these six are in addition to the 50 to 75 pieces Jill and I are frantically putting together to sell at the show. This officially marks the largest lot of plushies we have put together for any show. I just hope we have fingers left after all this sewing.

Syd (Dolls for Friends)

ZZZZAAAAPPPPPPP!!!! Our lights dimmed heavily.

ZZZZZAAAAAPPPPP!!!! Our lights went out.

We rushed outside to see what the commotion was to find this little beauty perched on the bottom of our bug zapper. We were so surprised, and more than a little myphed at what we were looking at. I had to actually consult my rare collection of flora and fauna reference guides to even begin to get a hint of what she was.

It turns out that she's a Northwestern reticulated Electro-Rhopalocera. In other words she is one of the only nocturnal butterflys known to exist. They, like other butterflys, feed on nectar at night, yet they are also able to store large amounts of electro-kinetic energy as defense mechanism against predatory creatures.They are harmless to humans, but could be considered harmful to other animals of a lesser size if construed as being a threat.

After tripping the breakers in our house we brought her in to feed her some mangoes and honey. She has now been with us for two weeks. We call her Syd.

G. Wilikers (Dolls for Friends)

Mr. Wilikers has long been a staple in the upper crust elite of England's finest social circles. Born with the finest pedigree and every opportunity at his disposal, he's made use of his vast wealth (he's a trust fund baby) and knowledge to create a very comfortable and regimented lifestyle. While his proper and methodical habits could be construed by some as being annoying, after a few days they become more tolerable and eventually can end up being quite comforting.

He will keep his hosts up for hours spinning wonderful tales on the history aristocratic life, and he knows the dirt on just about everyone. As a matter of fact it was rumored that G. Wilikers was deemed SO proper and SO wealthy that he was approached as being the original mascot for the world-famous game Monopoly. It was felt, however, that a more "normal and traditional" image should be used, so it was a no go. Oh well.

Wemble (Dolls for Friends)

He's perhaps the most proper rodent you'll ever meet, but what do you expect from a hamster that's been raised in the house of an upper crust English family?

Wemble comes from the best lines of Hamster breeding and speaks with an elegant, refined English accent that calls to mind such screen greats as Sir Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole and Richard Attenborough. Wemble loves his biscuits and religiously honors his tea time.

You can see more photos here.