A birthday, some stitching and a wee baby rhino . . .

If your interest was piqued by the mention of a wee baby rhino in the title of this post, I shan't keep you waiting any longer, but get straight to it  :-)

So last week, in addition to it being my birthday, it was also World Rhino Day so I thought I'd share this pic with you :

Just look at the size of his feet !

 My friend B & her hubby live and work on a game reserve in north-western South Africa, and when this little newborn was abandoned by his rhino mum, B got to look after him for a wee while before he went off to a nearby sanctuary to be cared for until he's big & strong enough to go back into the wild.  Isn't he just the sweetest wee baby rhino you ever did see ?

Rhinos are an endangered species and I salute the efforts of peeps like my friends and so many others who work tireless to stop the poaching and help preserve these amazing creatures.

Right, now - back to my birthday . . .

Imagine my delight when I opened this lovely bundle of fabulous goodies from Sublime Stitching  {thanks Hubby-darling}

- some fun alphabet patterns and a whole bunch of yummy threads,

 which I am having immense fun with already.

Remember my chubby little screen-printed birdie that I made last week ?

Well, I'm pleased to say, he now has an eye, a wing, two spindly legs and some fluffy tail feathers. 

I should get around to embroidering the letters sometime in the week, then I haven't quite decided whether to make a cushion or just leave it as hoop art - what do you think ?

And never one to be outshone by a cute fellow creature, here's the Jerry-dog photo-bombing my pic to take a closer look . . .

I should also point out that once she discovered the little chubby birdie was neither real nor edible, she retreated in disgust.

Linking up today with lovely Chrissie for Stitching Sundays - do pop over and have a little hop around all the other fab stitchy projects.

'til next time,

xoxo