The Tour of Bunnies

This past Sunday Ken and I went down to the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, MO. During the Easter season the Plaza is transformed into an Easter Wonderland. March 12th was this year's debut of Nicholas and his friends--they are larger than life, standing approx. 7' tall bunnies. They are made from Plaster of Paris. These colorful bunnies line the sidewalks and corners of the Plaza. This tradition began in the 1930's to battle the Depression sales slump. The bunnies started their careers at another JC Nichols development- Crestwood Shops. They moved to the Plaza three years after being on display at the Crestwood Shops where they have been a Springtime tradition.

"Hi, My name is Brian and I am one of the Easter

bunnies here on the Plaza. A nice couple came by

and took my picture and all my friends here.

Continue on and you'll see all of my friends.

Have fun!"

"My name is Kate and that is my friend Melinda,

she dropped by for a visit."

"I'm Lee and I'll be welcoming you to the

Plaza III Restaurant. Yum!"

"Oh, Hi--I'm Ellyn and I'm here with my friend

Ken, he has dropped by to help me decorate my

eggs. He did a great job BUT he is VERY messy.

I guess that's a boy for you." :) :)

We pause on our bunny tour to see one of the many

sculptures that the Plaza features. This one is "Quiet

Talk" showing a quiet moment between Mom and

daughter.

"Amy here and I get to see all sorts of traffic down

here on the Plaza. I've been sooo busy with these

darn eggs that I haven't been able to do any

"SHOPPING!" I don't have much time or I'll be late!"

Here we have Neptune's fountain. It has not been

turned on so you can't see how spectacular it is

when it is flowing.

Kansas City is known for it's fountains and this

would be one of them.

"Hi, My name is Sue and I get to greet the many

people who come to the Cheesecake Factory.

It is over my left shoulder through those gates.

I'd love to eat there, maybe one day.........."

"I'm Peter--original name for a rabbit don't you think?

My friend over there is Ken and I guess that lady with

the camera must be his wife. I heard that they were

down here taking pictures of us.

I'm on the other side of the gates from Sue. I help her

with greeting the people but sometimes she gets sooo

busy chatting, that she forgets to greet everyone.

I tell ya--women!"

"WELL HELLO, My name is Nicholas and I stand

at the corner of JC NICHOLS PKWY and 47th

Street. This is a busy corner due to all the

visitors from the east and the north parts of

town. The things I could tell you that I've seen

from this corner." I hope you enjoyed the tour

and will come see us if you are in the area.

We will be here through April 5th.

Come back Sunday and you'll get to meet one

more of my friends, somehow she got lost today." ~Keep on Dreaming~

Garage Sales are here! Saturday's sale provided me with a fuzzy scarf, two pack- ages of trim (the white one has daisys on it) and three two Easter flags and one St. Pat's Flag to hang out- side. ( I didn't get pictures because they are great big ones)

The next sale was at a church . EVERYTHING was 1/2

OFF! I got this lovely pink tablecloth. It may appear on

the Easter table!

This is two pieces of white linen with a scallop edge. Not

sure what I may do with this. Hum.........

These are two round framed pictures with churches and

lakefronts--they will go on our "church wall." When they

are hung up I'll show them to you.

As you can see Ken is soooo happy with his new

tie holder!

Here we have a wreath purchased solely to be hung

outside. It WILL get a revamp.

I waas sooo excited when I saw this--I have two plates that

I may use in this or I may have to look for a couple. I'll let

you know. :)

You've seen this chair a couple of times recently. It

volunteered to model the blue seat cushion that

I also picked up. Ken also got a big lamp with a bendy

neck that he will use downstairs.

What fun we had!!!!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Happy, Happy, Happy

It's FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great weekend. :) Just wanted to show you what I won! A book from Joy at "Books and Life." She included a nice note and a bookmark. Thanks~~~Joy! Can't wait to start reading it.

~Keep on Dreaming~

The Latest at Target

Image courtesy of google--

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Target one of our favorite store has a new line

that they have debut recently. It is called Liberty

of London. It is an exclusive collaboration for

Liberty and Target.

They have a WIDE and I do mean wide variety of

goodies for Spring. There are teapots, bikes, piggy

banks, picture frames, clothing bags, gardening items

bedding, stationary and much much more.

AND as I was reading my April issue of Country Living,

guess what I saw? An article on florals. Much to my

surprise it featured items from the Liberty line.

The left photo shows fabric from the Liberty line. It

runs for $42.95 per yard! This will not be a purchase

I make anytime soon.

The right photo shows their mug, teapot and canisters.

Left page top row--gloves and planter.

Middle row-planter

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When I was in Target recently, I wandered around

checking out everything in the Liberty line. You'll

need some time to locate these things but it's fun to

see all that is in the line.

Some of you have mentioned this on your blogs so

I had to check it out myself and then seeing it in my

magazine was great too!

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Thanks to all of you for the lovely comments in regard

to my post from yesterday. It is soo nice to have such

supportive friends! Love you!

~Keep on Dreaming~