As I wrote in an earlier blog, my wonderful daughter Nico got married on June 21 (here’s a photo!)
What many do not know…is the mystery of the wedding topper. Yes, there was a mysterious occurance just weeks before the wedding. Nico had made a wedding topper of herself and Jeremiah for their cake out of sculpey. It was adorable and she left it in her room, here, on her desk.
Our house is an old farm house. We have many rooms and two attics, or the “hattic” (house attic) and the “battic” (barn attic) as my husband calls them.
In these two attics a variety of sneaky, unseen creatures seem to reside that only come out when no one sees them…or at inopportune times, like the bats swooping round our bedroom while we were reading in bed.
And, don’t forget, we have 3 cats who are supposed to protect the house from invaders!
At any rate… in getting things ready for the wedding, I went to check on the wedding topper…and, OH, NO! It was not on the desk… it was on the floor! And the heads were missing!!! AAARGH! What to do? Who was the culprit? Not long before, I heard squirrels in the wall, so, it seemed like they were the most likely suspects!
I called Nico and told her my suspicions. Where would we get a cake topper as unique and special as hers? After being aghast at the implications of headlessness…her wish was to have ME make two squirrels as cake toppers.
How to do it? I make jewelry out of sculpey…but never figures even though I have a long history and early career of working in clay and selling the art I used to make. Clay is far more pliant.
What else. I used to make stuffed animals. All by hand. How often have I wished I was techy enough to figure out sewing machines! So, I sat down and drew up a simple pattern, and bought some material suitably squirrely…
I stitched them up, and, they seemed passably squirrel like.
Hooray! The day was saved! They were a big success! Not only did they preside over the cake:
but they also got to go on the honeymoon road trip!
Squirrels in New Orleans
On their own pillow in a fancy hotel.
It was a happy ending for all.
September 7th, 2008 at 5:37 am
“not long before, I heard squirrels in the wall…”
It’s so nice to know I’m not the only one who can recognize the sound of squirrels in the wall.[Me too, old farmhouse and two attics.]
Years ago I opened the ‘lower’ attic door and a red squirrel charged out at me, chattering and bristling. I screamed like a girl!
Few cats could stand up to an angry squirrel but, I must admit, your felines look extremely relaxed.
Margaret
September 7th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Haha, Margaret. Screamed like a girl! That cracked me up! Yes, squirrels have this entitled attitude to old farm houses,as do those bats,unfortunately…!
Steph
September 8th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I can also relate. We have squirrels in attic, bat or two occasionally, chipmunks in garage, mice in basement…..also carpenter bees! oh, and dry rot, mold and mildew…ah, wilderness!!
September 15th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Carpenter bees! At least we don’t have those. Though our garden was swamped with horrible japanese beetles!
Steph