Rabbit Blue

But if you're awake 'round half past-two
You're sure to see my Rabbit Blue

— from Marie-Louise Gay's Rabbit Blue

Spent much of a rainy Saturday making a sizeable papier mâchè rabbit in our sunroom, with my lovely daughter.

Seemed like the thing to do. Too wet to deal with the weeds in the back lawn (got to that Sunday), the little one was at loose ends, and her mother was keeping the littler one busy. Haven't really spent a lot of quality time with her lately, either.

The rabbit we did (and are still doing) was Rabbit Blue from Marie-Louise Gay's book, for any of you who might know Canadian kidlit.

For those of you who don't, Gay's books are beautiful things. All watercolor and pencil illustration, but if, when you think 'watercolor' you think 'washed out and overly subtle', you haven't seen this woman's stuff. At once whimsical and vivid. Great stuff.

Anyway. Our paper Rabbit Blue got off to a pretty good start, in the time we had Saturday. Though, since it is a four foot tall rabbit with wings much like those of a bat (and it doesn't have a head yet), in its unfinished state it does look a bit like a scary, headless paper winged demon right now.

We'll work on that.