We Do Adventure

It's Earth Day. This is our contribution to environmental awareness. We've written before about the disaster that is the addiction to plastic bags that seems to grip most retailers we've encountered in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Rather than revisit those rants, here is a picture of creative recycling. Rowan spent most of this morning starting work on this as-yet-unnamed eco-bunny. By cutting some of our surplus plastic bags into strips and then twisting them into a simple twine she was able to crochet away. This style of crochet is called amigurumi and if you'd like to see more examples of Rowan's cute creations visit her blog or her online shop . This bunny may yet grow arms and legs and find his, or her, way onto Etsy . Until then, we hope they will remind you to dispose of your unwanted bags responsibly.

So strange things have been going on in our apartment. First funny flowers started appearing, followed by featureless figurines. Then there was a cactus. Finally this! This, friends, is amigurumi. That is not actually her name, more like her genus, although it could equally be family or species. (Taxonomic ranking is not one of my strong points!) This, then, is evidence of Rowan’s latest skill; a skill which I’m reliably informed could lead to some kind of fiscal payoff. To that end it is obviously worth encouraging! My only fear is as Rowan is still in the obsessive-compulsive stage of her relationship with creative croqueting we could become buried under a mountain of woollen wonders if suitable homes don’t start to be found for them soon!