Bunnies and Pillows

   

Watership Down on the Wine Hutch

  Upon getting the Easter decorations ready to put away this past week, I realized that some of their stories should be told.

     There are two collections of ceramic bunnies – both of which were gifts from my Mom. There is an almost complete set of Watership Down rabbits – a new bunny would come in the mail every spring, this was back in the early '80's. I put them on the hutch which is where rabbits are supposed to be – but in our instance, it is a wine hutch! I read the book Watership Down when I was a kid and enjoyed it – I guess that is what inspired Mom to get the figurines for me.

 

Mom's painted Easter rabbits

    Many years later, Mom took a ceramics class, maybe even a few, in Florida. And she painted many lovely objects, including Easter rabbits. Mom always put her initials somewhere on her works of art and sometimes the date too. I now have the rabbits that she gave to me, and the one she kept for herself, and the one that Mom painted for my grandmother. They brighten up the house after a long winter and remind me of other Easters and family gatherings.

Mom's initials on the feet!

      My sister-in-law, Michelle, who is Eric's wife, has many hobbies including gardening, needlepoint, and sewing. Over the years she has sewn pillows and bunnies for Easter. As Sarah and Amanda moved out of their mother's hutch and into their own places, the pillows and rabbits with their names on them went along with them. So my own collection diminished – but now I have Mom's and my Grandmother's Easter pillows – and again, when I put them out, I feel like I am channeling the whole family into the room with me!

Aunt Michelle's Pillows and Bunnies

      This week I purchased some pretty boxes to store the Easter decorations in between seasons – the decorations have always been carefully wrapped and nothing has broken – but the festive boxes give them even more respect!

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