Almost finished !!!

All she needs is another ear and a firm neck :-)

I must admit, it becomes spooky to poke in this head

needle felted Pinky. . . . again ( additional pic)

So far it's going okay except Pinky won't let me look at her head anymore, I have to use my Flickr photo's :-)

Sometimes I want to make something big. . . like life size.

I try to make the owls and gnomes (!?) life size but I wanted really big his time.

Pinky is my ideal model but I think the amount of work to make her really life size is too much right now.

So I decided to make just her head. It might sound creepy to have just a head but I think of it as a portrait, like a painting. 

I made a pattern and sewed it from felt, stuff it with wool and needle felt wool onto the head.

Pinky sighs and I laugh, given her an extra cookie. . . . 

She gave me the stinky eye :-)

So far I'm having fun 

to be continued. . . . .

The complete little owl family

 Above : sleepy baby

 Above: curious baby

 Above: puzzled baby :-)

 Above: Petronius :-)

Above: Mama owl

In my Etsy- shop now :-)

Petronius shows his family. . . . .

From the left to the right:

Mother, Suzanne,baby, Petronius ( in the background and asleep as usual), The Sandman, baby, mother Holle with baby

MOTHER HOLLE ! ! !

The Sandman and Suzanne had been staying for almost a month with Uncle Ukki and now it was time to go home.

During the night he sprinkled his magic sand and during the day they were still looking for Mother Holle.

Well, the Sandman decided to go to his own house and keep on searching from there.

They passed Mother Holle's house on their way home and the Sandman thought he might as well check her house.

FRICKETY FRACKETY FRACK ! ( he picked those words up from a lady in  Sycamore USA ) 

WHOOOOHOOOO ! Hallo Mr. Sandman !

The Sandman fell backwards in the snow and Suzanne's eyes almost popped out of her gorgeous little head.

My goodness Mother Holle ! You are home !
Yes yes, come on in ! I'll tell you about my little adventure over a nice cup a tea.

 Well, Mr. Sandman, I promised you to keep an eye on Petronius. . .oh look at this photo I have of the three of you  . . . . . .

I'm so glad he is such a help for you.

Where was I . . . . .. .

Oh yes, keep an eye on him . . . . . .

One morning I went to your castle to find his bed empty ! That was extremely odd, Petronius would never go out of his bed before noon.

So you understand I had to go look for him and it took me 4 weeks to find him !

He was in hiding you see, because he had fallen in love with this beautiful little owl by the name of Harebell and well you know, she laid eggs and he couldn't leave her of course.

When I found him he was a father of three beautiful owl babies !

Oooooh I wish I took a photo of them ! But the good news: in a few days he will be home again together with his babies !

The Sandman couldn't believe it, Petronius had children. . .. and a wife . .. . . 

He was very very excited and Suzanne laughed so hard he and Mother Holle had to cover their ears !

Mother Holle I'm so glad you are all right and Petronius too, you must have had quite an adventure looking for him. I'll bet want to tell us all about it but for now, we go home and have ourself a nice sleep. 

Uncle Ukki tells the story of Mother Holle

Uncle Ukki moved with the children to his winter-home and one day much to their surprise, a Raven delivered two little mousies onto their doorstep : Baby Sugar and her sister Lola.

Sugar could only sleep if Lola played a little song on her music box.

Of course they were received with open arms and they felt immediately at home.

One night the little ones were nicely tucked in, ready for their bedtime story.

 Uncle Ukki, we are a bit confused ! Ginny said

We don't really understand what the Sandman and Mother Holle got to do with each other.Can you please explain?

Oh my goodness little ones, didn't I tell you about them ? 

Well, it's a long story and a bit complicated but I try to tell it so you'll understand.

Mother Holle is very very old, maybe as old as the world.

She is the patroness of gnomes, spinners and weavers and she used to hang out with Wodan, the ancient German god.

Nowadays she lives in a European forest and she protects the castle of the Sandman. 

She can make snow by shaking her pillow and making her bed

If someone comes looking for the Sandman ( mainly manufacturers of sleeping pills ) she makes so much snow that these people get lost and  give up looking for him.

In ancient times, between Christmas until the first days of January,

she went on a Wild Hunt with Wodan.

They had an army of dead people, animals and fairies and went in  pursuit for the Wolf Fenrir who has eaten the Sun.

They always succeeded, that is why the Sun comes back in January.

During the Hunt Mother Holle also checks if the spinners and weavers had finished their yearly work and haven't been lazy.

Well, she is of course very old and she enjoys her peaceful life in the mountains now.

Her disappearing is very strange, so I hope the Sandman finds her soon. 

Hahahaa, you all fall asleep little ones !

Sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite :-)

 

She must be here somewhere . . . .

Well, the latest tip came from Gabi, she lives in Bavaria, Germany.

Again, the Sandman and Suzanne rushed over there and look at all that snow !

Yes oh yes ! She must be here somewhere ! 

Now it's just a matter of good old fashioned looking for traces and ask the animals around here.