Baxter our Christmas Owl

[JanaBanana]

:)) I thought you all might enjoy this... last year we had a Barn Owl make its home up in the outside peak of our home.. if you notice on my website, the largest wreath way up high..right under the roof there he found a place to come in out of the cold snowy weather... he would sleep there all day and at night go out hunting for mice.. I named him "Baxter" our christmas owl... Im REALLY hoping he comes back this year too, because as soon as the weather cleared he never came back? Here he is...
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6433/baxterbarnowlyv6.jpg

[Jinglebelle]

I love Owls almost as much as I love Christmas!! I have my den totally decked out with all kinds of statues, pictures... and anything else I find with Owls on it. I even have an Owl purse... it's too cute!!

Baxter is adorable... I hope he comes back!!

[JanaBanana]

Really? How cute! I havent ever heard of anyone collecting owl things.. neat :)
He is a cutie... If he comes back I will get more pics.. I have more somewhere on a disk here.

[Jinglebelle]

After I quit slacking off and get the review posted, I'll come back and share some pic's of my Owls!! :D:D

[JanaBanana]

Oh yes do :D Cant wait to see :D

[JanaBanana]

Jinglebelle~ I just received the Terry's Village Autumn 2007 catalog and they have the cutest Owl candleholders....
Here is a link to see them

http://www.terrysvillage.com/tvweb/application?namespace=search&origin=searchMain.jsp&event=button.search&Ntt=VT-93%2F602&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&N=0&x=7&y=11 (http://www.terrysvillage.com/tvweb/application?namespace=search&origin=searchMain.jsp&event=button.search&Ntt=VT-93%2F602&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&N=0&x=7&y=11)

[Jinglebelle]

Wowl! THANKS for sharing the link Jana!!! They're owlesome!! They are so cute, I love them!! I'm going to ask Santa for them!!

Ok, sorry it took me so long to get back to you with these pic's...

This is my owl purse...
http://www.jinglebelljunction.com/owls/OWL007.JPG

This is an owl that I drew with a black ink pen. I colored it with crayons and colored pencils then cut it out. Then I glued black construction paper to a small board, then decoupaged on my owl. To finish it off I sprayed it with clear coat.
http://www.jinglebelljunction.com/owls/OWL005.JPG


I can only post 2 pics... so I'll add more in my next post...

[Jinglebelle]

OK, heres more...
The first one is my Owl bobble head... isn't he cute??
http://www.jinglebelljunction.com/owls/OWL001.jpg

http://www.jinglebelljunction.com/owls/OWL002.JPG

Here's some more...
http://www.jinglebelljunction.com/owls/OWL003.JPG
http://www.jinglebelljunction.com/owls/OWL004.JPG
http://www.jinglebelljunction.com/owls/OWL006.JPG
http://www.jinglebelljunction.com/owls/OWL008.JPG

[MrsH]

Wow. Baxter is adorable.

[JanaBanana]

Thank you MrsH :)

Jinglebelle!!! That is quite the collection you have there :D
I love it! Thanks for sharing...

[Cedarfarm]

JanaB, love it! "Baxter" is a cute name...I love owls, sometimes we have a great horned owl in our barn, usually in the spring. Once I saw the silhouette of it, you could see the tufts of hair coming out of the side of the head and it was very big. My mom collected owl stuff, we would buy her owl stuff every year for Christmas until she had to put a stop to it! lol.

[JanaBanana]

Thank you :) I named him that.. kind of make him a part of our family that way :D

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:hello: That's cute, Jana - I have plenty of different birds around here, see the odd falcon, but haven't seen an owl of any sort since I was a young.

:)) "To Wit, To Woo" Wise Old Owl used to say before answering a question on Mr. Dressup, a Canadian children's show from a way back. The picture of the owl in Jingle's photo reminds me of the Wise Old Owl. His eyes would roll around while he answered questions.
I only have two owls, one has multi-coloured drips of glass inside it, it's rather heavy and clear so you can see right through (maybe crystal), and I also have a small slate carving of one.

[Merry Sage]

Owls are cool. I hope Baxter, where ever he/she is, is doing fine.

"Too Wit, Too Woo" is what Brown Owl used to say when I was in Brownies. cheesy I remember Mr Dressup (the late Ernie Coombs) and his puppet friend Casey too.

There's a World Owl Trust here in England too. WOT (http://www.owls.org/) and you can listen to owl calls here; Hoot! (http://www.owlpages.com/sounds.php)

[Billy Battles]

:)) "To Wit, To Woo" Wise Old Owl used to say before answering a question on Mr. Dressup, a Canadian children's show from a way back.

I'm from MI I used to watch Mr. Dress Up when I was a kid on CBC. Can't forget Casey and Finnegan. How about the Friendly Giant.

[JanaBanana]

Thanks for the link MarySage :)

[dvdguy]

im sure when the wife finds those links ill be listening to hootingcheesy
Shes a bit of a bird lover

[lmartin]

Wow, Jana! The pictures on your site are just GORGEOUS!
(Am just going to HAVE to get the hang of this digital camera
so I can share some Christmas pictures this year!!!!)
Linda

[JanaBanana]

Thank you Linda :)
Cant wait to see your pics too!