Lamb Figurines

 I saw a comment by Christian author Ann Voskamp that had me searching for a lamb figurine to display to remind me that My Shepherd loves and cares for me. With Easter approaching, I thought I would peruse eBay. There should be lots of lamb figures for sale this time of year.

Lambs are naturally cute. How hard would it be to find something that appealed to me? As it turns out, very hard.

 There were the Precious Moment animals with overdone curly coats that looked like poodles. There were figures so sleek that they looked like deer. One stylized lamb's brown texturized coat looked like skeletal ribs instead of wool.

 There were duplicates. One little girl (angel?) with a lamb showed up a dozen times with different paint jobs. She was cute, but the lamb looked mean and ready to attack. I decided it was the way the eyes were painted in a skinny backward slant. 

In fact, who knew facial features could vary so much that the lambs sent very different messages. One with a sappy look seemed like it had eaten locoweed. Another looked like it was grimacing from indigestion. One sneered as if to say you are not good enough for this flock. There was a painted? cowboy boot on one leg of a lamb but not the other 3. What is that all about? There are so many ugly lambs for sale, they outnumbered the adorable ones in my opinion. 

The Lladro statues were fine artwork; I was not ready to pay $80 to $100 to satisfy my whim. After scrolling through 70 pages, I was sick of lambs. I had seen some with humans that were cute, and I decided maybe I was focusing too much on the lambs. Find cute humans holding lambs and I would probably be happy. I did avoid the Mary Had a Little Lamb motifs. I also skipped Baby's First Easter lambs.

 I ended up with a Holly Hobbie with 2 lambs. It is about 5 1/2 inches high so small enough to put on the ledge of my pass-through window from kitchen to study. I will see it there often.

Spring Goodies

 

Rosie the Bunny is ready to greet Easter. She says, "Help yourself to some peanut butter cups."

Today I bought at Meijer some tete a tete daffodils in a pot. I intended to buy tulips but did not like the selection nor the price. 

I can no longer find the dark chocolate Godiva bunny, so I bought a Lindt one instead. I once did a "test" comparing the two and the Godiva was definitely my favorite. 

At least Easter is later this year; maybe we will have a warm day. We can always hope. Spring is very up and down in Indiana.

 A tornado went through nearby Bourbon, Indiana Wednesday night. My sister-in-law lost power but has a generator. She had no damage to her property, but Bourbon had structural damage to homes and businesses as well as fallen trees. We heard on the weather radio alert that a tornado was headed toward Bourbon and Etna Green. Our family members answered the text we sent, and they said they were sheltering in the basement. We had rain, wind, light hail but live further east than the tornado path.