April 28 - May 4, 2013

It has started. You: hear a bird song; don't know what it is; dig out the binos; scan the trees and shrubs; find bird high above your head; see a partially obscured view of its underside; hear it tootle a few more notes as it flies to a distant tree. Urggggggg! 
Here are this week's brooches.

As a kid I watched The Mickey Mouse Club. I would sing with the Mouseketeers, moon over Spin and Marty, and sign off with Jimmy and the gang....MIC...See you real soon...KEY....Why, because we like you......MOUSE. And I guess that's why I have this mouse pin. Sweet memories.

Look at the cat's face. You know it's up to no good and plotting some dastardly deed.

Turtles are a favourite creature of mine. This guy looks like he's swimming, enjoying the sunshine, and heading for a log to join his mates. 

No use looking in Peterson's Guide Book - this one ain't there. Recently bought this brooch. It's a Takahashi-inspired bird brooch - as so written on the price tag. Google here I come.

Yes, j'aime the Eiffel Tower, as most of you know. This one looks like it's in an old-fashioned picture frame, with a lovely wash of sunset colours behind La Tour. C'est belle.

Sprigs of flowers look lovely in vases and in brooches. This one is particularly charming - with the spray of flowers running up through the sparkly horseshoe.

Don't you love amber. Don't you love arachnids - well, maybe not but I like this brooch. It's the season of spiders running around our house, with the cats chasing them around the house. The cats should just come and sit on my side of the bed at nighttime, as the spiders always end up looking down at me from the bedroom ceiling.