When not writing elaborately long-winded posts about my travels through Scandinavia, visits to German wine fests and long weekends in NYC, I like to sit on hay bales in the German countryside and watch the sun set.
No. That isn't just a line from my on-line dating profile.
Though, the number of "hits" I've gotten with that one has been more than impressive. My in-box is full-up. Unfortunately, the responses have all been from violent offenders in maximum security prisons...I knew I shouldn't have added tattoos and knife-play to my interests!
Following up travel posts can be difficult. After the majestic fjords, it's difficult to know which direction to take one's readers. Then, it came to me. I will show you one of my latest crowning achievements. Only this can stand alone with the Norwegian fjords.
A new front door wreath!
A closer look:
Yes. That is a hedgehog. And, yes. There are approximately 57 trillion mushrooms placed throughout the wreath.
I searched and searched for a front door wreath. Nobody, anywhere, carried hedgehog-mushroom wreaths. I know! I mean, what? What??
So far, the response level to my wreath has been lukewarm, at best. Apparently, I live with those who cannot appreciate the best things life has to offer...hedgehogs, mushrooms, gnomes and maximum security prisoners. Sigh.
Not to overwhelm you with even more excitement, but this is my new desk work area. And, by 'desk work area' I mean this is the place where I update my Goodreads books, send Facebook friend-requests to strangers after I've had too much wine to drink and surf the web for photos like this:
Cupcake! Hedgehog! OMG. Heaven!
XX E
I see you have a nice little assortment of mushrooms on your desk. Good. A desk is not a not a desk without mushrooms.
Posted by: kmkat | September 24, 2010 at 09:52 AM
Gee, thanks a lot. A mushroom wreath? Like anyone else could compete with that!
Posted by: The Hausfrau | September 24, 2010 at 10:51 AM
I spotted my first hedgehog last month and nearly chased him down the road. I think I read Mrs Tiggywinkle a few too many times as a child. Goll darn they are even cuter in person though.
Posted by: Kim | September 24, 2010 at 12:40 PM
I love your hedgehog, mushroom door display! I also loved the last image, hedgehog & cupcake but were is the mushroom - it would have made it perfecto :-)
Posted by: Scented Sweetpeas | September 24, 2010 at 01:54 PM
Honestly never gave the common hedgehog much thought until you started featuring them on your blog. They are wicked cute. Cuter than tattoos and knives.
Posted by: green girl in wisconsin | September 24, 2010 at 06:13 PM
LOL E. I wanna see the video of you climbing up on to the haystack.
Posted by: Amelia | September 24, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Amelia beat me. I thought the very same thing ... It's a darn lovely photo though.
Posted by: Paola | September 25, 2010 at 03:35 AM
Yes, did you do one of your signature flying leaps? And if so, how did you keep the bale from rolling away like the runaway pancake? Need footage.
And as much as I adore hedgehogs, that one is a bit too close to the cupcake. (Was he/she helping to put that jigsaw puzzle together? So many questions.)
Posted by: Lynn | September 26, 2010 at 10:08 AM
I like the subtlety of your wreath - the mushrooms are practically hidden, what's not to like! But best of all, I like the Spanish moss. Did you bring it back with you?
Posted by: Julia@kolo | September 26, 2010 at 03:39 PM
That is an albino hedgehog. It is smiling. My day is made.
Posted by: Emma | September 29, 2010 at 04:51 AM
The German farmers don't mind when you tramp through their fields and climb all over their hay bales? What a gracious people they are. Well, except for their unfortunate historical past.
Posted by: Miz S | September 30, 2010 at 05:49 AM