be kind to animals

Yesterday was the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.

Not something people other than Catholics (and Anglicans) would know, or be expected to know.

St. Francis is the patron saint of animals and the environment. I don't know too much about him myself, only what I've learned from the little research I did today.

But his policy of being kind to animals, even to  a wolf,  'the fierce wolf that had ravished' the flocks of the people of some part of Italy 'because through hunger "Brother Wolf" had done this wrong'? 

That's got to make you think. 

Ours is a stewardship of the earth. 

#shadeofgreen- be kind to animals. Let them have their space. And may the tigers you befriend come to your funeral!
 

in memory of Ming, Simba, Rachel, Mumu, Kiko and all other beloved animals

(quotes from http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm)

flotsam

Sputnik II has a friend!

I thought I’d get to work on my ‘orders’ (so far two people have asked for/implied that they want turtles).

Sputnik is a starfish gone bad. Flotsam is a turtle without a carapace.

Satin scraps are fun to work with. I would’ve used sequins I’ve taken off other stuff, but I couldn’t find my collection! And THIS is why cleaning your room is not a good idea!

flotsam and entrails

la petite (and my dirty paint-stained pants)

meet the turtle

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Last night on my way home from work, I saw a turtle/ terrapin/ tortoise trying to cross the road. Unfortunately I couldn't stop to help it, but other people were doing their best to avoid it, so I live in the hope that it got across safely.

Did it influence today's post? Read on....

I decided to make something for my little cousin. A pretty starfish with silver sequins.

That's what Sputnik II started out as. Then I realised he looked nothing like a starfish. He did however look like a shell-less turtle. I provided him with protective covering et voila! Behold- my first ever satin soft toy! He looks a little like a Muppet :)

Needless to say, I'm keeping him, and will make my cousin something else to go with the little pink bag I have stitched for her.