I came home today to a pretty gruesome site — a disemboweled bunny.  Yuck!  Apparently a hawk had been snacking on it and had some leftovers.  Chuck came to the rescue and tossed it out  for the rest of the scavengers.  Don’t worry, we didn’t take a picture.

Here are some wildlife pics from Easter.  (I know I’m late in posting them.)

Isn’t that a gorgeous bird?  He’s been hanging out in our dead tree.  Don’t get me started on the dead tree.  I’m so sick about it.  Hopefully in the coming weeks we can get a new one.

I love this little budgie.  She’s so chubby and cute!

This is our Easter Bunny.  Don’t worry, the hawk didn’t eat him.  He’s a lot bigger than the one this afternoon.

Check out the gorgeous card that Mom sent to us!  It’s so pretty.  I think she should open her own Etsy shop.

So not too much has been going on in the Gibson-Rice Household.  After six months of procrastinating, we finally finished painting our room.  Once everything is back in its proper place, I’ll be sure to take some photos.

I got the latest Somerset Memories and was sad to learn that it is going to a bi-annually publication.  I guess the economy has hurt everyone.

As I was reading the Letters to the Editor, I stumbled across some familiar sounding words:

It didn’t register with me until I came to the line about a “teary-eyed husband.”  I thought, “Holy Cow!  This woman has an emotional husband just like me!  And Oh My Gosh, she works with seniors and — hey wait a minute!”  Boy did I feel foolish.  Foolish, but honored to have my letter in the publication.

Another magazine that I adore is Victoria:

Mom got me a subscription for Christmas and I love receiving it in the mail every other month.  This month they had a very interesting article about Wedgwood.

One of my residents gave me a piece last month (my first) and I enjoyed reading about the history.  I think it’s an ashtray, but I’ll probably use it for buttons or some other small crafty trinkets.  Thanks Mom for the magazine and thanks Evelyn for the gorgeous dish!

I finally finished a submission for Somerset Holiday.  I have no idea whether or not it will be published, but I am very pleased with the outcome.  I’ll just give everyone a teaser:

If you can’t tell already, it’s a Valentine’s Day project.  Originally, I wanted to do a Halloween piece, but it transformed into this.  I’ve discovered that art has a mind of it’s own.  It’s going to be whatever it wants regardless of my intentions.

Hope everyone is well and happy!

Anyway, the check-in is a chance for the kids to let each of us know where they are at the moment. (Life is great.  I broke up with my boyfriend.  I failed my math test.  She loves me.  Etc.)  With my younger students, I do something called “Rose & Thorn.”  They can tell us one good thing — a rose– and one bad thing — a thorn.  Today,  my rose was life is going great.  I really have no complaints and at the moment am drama free.  We dyed Easter Eggs at work and I had a kick-ass sandwich from Crazy Subs.  A good hoagie can make everything okay. 

As far as my thorn is concerned, I discovered a most disturbing article on Jezebel at the beginning of the week.  Incidentally, Jezebel is my all time favorite blog that I love to decompress to.  Their byline is “Celebrity, Sex and Fashion for Women.  Without Airbrushing.”  It’s a riot, and for the most part is fodder for the brain.  However, occasionally, they have some pretty interesting articles.  Take for intstance, the fact that Joann’s Fabric Store is refusing to carry the latest issue of Quilter’s Home.  Now to be honest, I have never even heard of Quilter’s Home — I’m a Quilting Arts gal — but I couldn’t believe why they were censoring this magazine.

Just like the cover says, there was “controversial patchwork.”  According to the article, Quilter’s Home offered to wrap the issue in a brown bag — just like a girlie magazine– in order to protect all those naive crafters.  Hah!

So what did the quilts look like?  See for yourself:

This one is titled “Who Would Jesus Bomb?”

In my opinion, this was the most intense piece.  It is a response to the state flag of  Mississippi.  It definitely evokes some strong emotions.

Yeah, those little blue pills are Viagra.  If you look closer, you can see floating peni.  I think this one is hilarious!  What’s wrong with Joann’s?  If you want to check out the article, click here.

Finally, who’s to say crafting can’t be something more than eye candy?  These quilters have definitely given me something to think about.