181: Nilgai

I've never heard of Nilgai before! So majestic-looking...

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181: Nilgai
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180: Newt

The regenerating thing is bananas.

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180: Newt
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179: Nene Bird

I wanna go see the Nene bird...

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179: Nene Bird
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178: Nautilus

These dudes are cool. Also, their shells are amazing

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178: Nautilus
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New Plushies!

New plushies are up in the shop!  It's been a few years since I have made plush, but I have been meaning to bring a new line of them into the shop. I'm pretty excited about these and it's hard for me to pick my favorite. I like that they are kinda sad-faced; it makes them all the more huggable! 

They are printed digitally, via Spoonflower, and are stuffed/sewn with love here in Brooklyn. 

177: Narwhal

One of my faaaaaavorites!

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177: Narwhal
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176: Musk-ox

Hee, it looks like these guys are wearing hairpieces.

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176: Musk-ox
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175: Kiang

Love the stripe down their back and their coloring. 

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175: Kiang
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174: Muntjac

Their little teeth kill me; so cute! Also, I've never heard of these deer before. 

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174: Muntjac
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173: Mouse

Eeep!

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173: Mouse
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Renegade Brooklyn!

Renegade Brooklyn is this weekend! I will be there with bells on (okay, I won't be wearing any bells, that would be annoying!)  Booth #79!

And a little sneak peek of some new things that will be debuting... (and that will be in my Etsy shop next week!)

172: Mourning Cloak Butterfly

So dramatic!

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172: Mourning Cloak Butterfly
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171: Moose

I drove to Alaska once, from NY, and seeing Moose further up north totally boggled my mind. They are HUGE.

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171: Moose
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170: Malagasy Ring-Tailed Mongoose

Mongoose (Mongeese?) always make me think of Rikki Tikki Tavi...

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170: Malagasy Ring-Tailed Mongoose
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169: Monarch Butterfly

That's a crazy long journey for such a 'lil guy!

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169: Monarch Butterfly
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168: Mink

I love these dudes' little noses. 

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168: Mink
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167: Meerkat

Their eyes!

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167: Meerkat
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166: Marmoset

So stinking cute.

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166: Marmoset
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165: Mantis Shrimp

Holy crap!

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165: Mantis Shrimp
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164: Praying Mantis

These dude are pretty scary...ripping heads and limbs off their prey and mates!

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164: Praying Mantis
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163: Mandrill Monkey

They look like they are wearing masks! And their butts make me laugh.

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163: Mandrill Monkey
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162: Mandarinfish

SO pretty!

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162: Mandarinfish
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161: Manatee

Didn't mean to make him look so grumpy...

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161: Manatee
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Mushrooms Out of a Box

So I recently acquired one of these fun "Grow Mushrooms Right Out of this Box" kits and I decided to chronicle the daily growth of the Oyster Mushrooms. Holy cow, they grow so fast! Seriously, nothing for the first 3ish days and BAM, there such a change from the morning to the evening in size. Once they started growing, I harvested them five days later! So much fun and they were super-delicious. After I harvested this batch, I soaked it again in water and turned it around and more are sprouting out from the backside.

First day of growth

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 4

Day 4

Day 5

Harvest

Turned into stirfry! 

160: Eurasian Magpie

Magpies are up there in intelligence with chimps!

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160: Eurasian Magpie
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159: Lyrebirds

They will mimic car alarms!

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159: Lyrebirds
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158: Lovebirds

Some Lovebirds for your end of the week! Happy Friday!
xoxo,
Michelle

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158: Lovebirds
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157: Lorikeet

Rainbow birds are my kinda birds!

**edit** WHOA. Look at their tongues! 

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157: Lorikeet
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Homemade Pasta!

Nik and I received a KitchenAid Stand Mixer with the pasta-making attachments as a very super-generous wedding gift (I do have some posts about my wedding last month coming up in the next week or so! Waiting for official photos!)  recently, so you can imagine my excitement to dig in and play around with them. I went simple for the first time, using Vegan Dad's recipe for homemade pasta, and it worked wonderfully. Seriously, this was so easy. I thought it would be this time-consuming thing that should only be reserved for Sunday dinners or special occasions, but no, this was way easy. I took my time and it was still under 45 minutes, prolly half hour now that I know what I'm doing. Woo! I don't have a pasta drying rack, so I just laid them out on a tea towel and that worked fine. So pretty! I made a simple lemon-garlic-butter sauce and lightly sautéed some asparagus and scallions to mix in. Delicious.

I can't wait to try some flavored pastas, like spinach or sun-dried tomato. And lasagna!

156: Longhorn Cowfish

What funny little alien-fish. I mean, big fish! They seem like they would be little...

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156: Longhorn Cowfish
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Father's Day Cards!

DRAGONS!

YETI! 

Father's Day is coming up (June 16th!) and I have a few new designs in the shop this year.  If you are within the U.S., order by the 8th to comfortably receive it in time.  (Last year's are in there too, if you fancy them more!)

xoxo,

Michelle

155: Lobster

Lobsters freak me out. It's the bite-y claws. In 4th grade science class, we each were assigned live crawfish, from the local lake, to observe or something, and mine always pinched me! I tended to let my partner do all the handling...

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155: Lobster
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154: Lion

Rawrr!

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154: Lion
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