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AnnaLift041312 - madagascar
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AnnaLift041312 - madagascar

This is a lift of Ulina's beautiful page "Welcome Lara" https://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=259746&cpage=2&title=welcome-lara&cat=1351.
I was going to go to try to find a sheep to photograph, then I remembered this photo.

Journaling: For a few years, we had two Madagascar hissing cockroaches as pets. The kids named them Ben and Simone. Don mail ordered them. Ben and Simone were vegetarians whose diet consisted of some sort of corn meal. They didnt fly, or bite, or do much of anything except hissssss when they were excited. I could not get used to holding them. As you can see, Olivia had no problem in that area. Ben met an unfortunate end after I treated our dog with an anti-flea medication. He went into respiratory failure. Simone survived and, thereafter, had special accommodations when I treated any of our other pets with flea stuff. In the end, Simone died twice. One cold morning I thought she was dead and was prepared to bury her. Fortunately, I couldnt get to it right away and after the day warmed up she came back to life. Thank goodness I didnt make the mistake of prematurely burying her! Simones second death was her last. We buried her in the backyard. Olivia dug her up a week or so later and was very upset to see that part of Simone was still there. She told me that Simone must not have gone to Heaven. She was beside herself but agreed it would be best to rebury what was left of Simone. The next time Olivia checked, all of Simone was gone (sometimes, even Heaven needs a little help) and Olivia was happy that Simone had finally gone to Heaven. While the kids talked about it, we never were home to any more cockroaches (that I know of, anyway).

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Anna Aspnes
ArtPlay Palette Sting and Bite (mask, transfer, and alpha button) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27680&cat=0&page=1
FotoGlows No.5 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28805&cat=0&page=1
ArtPlay Palette Metro Graffiti (brushes) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=30061&cat=0&page=1
ArtPlay Palette Fotographie (brush/stain) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27643&cat=0&page=1
ArtPlay Palette Why Not (heart overlay) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=29380&cat=387&page=1
ArtPlay Solids Why Not http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=29407&cat=395&page=2
WoodShop Alpha and NumberSet No.1 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/search.php?mode=search&page=1
WarpingFrames No.2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=30331&cat=0&page=1
12 x 12 Artist Edges Overlays No.1 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27968&cat=383&page=1

Thanks for looking :)
I never heard of roaches for pets...but no worse than a snake! I loved your journaling..what a sweet story! As always, an awesome page!
 
I'd better say, first, this page is a delight to the eye.

To the ears, however.....My first run-in with cockroaches was while we lived in Texas for 2 months, and I went to the kitchen one night to see/hear them scurrying for cover when the light went on. I nearly fainted. So. This is a story that shocks me to my wimpy core. Cannot IMAGINE anyone WANTING any kind of cockroach, much less having funerals for them...grieving over them..... Goes to show, you've never "heard it all!"

Like I said, nice lift/page. I especially like your title work.
 
What a wonderful story - children are so wonderful and wondering! Even though cockroaches are my nemesis (here in AZ) I love that they named them and had them as pets! We have left gerbil cemetaries in more places than I want to remember! Our daughter loved them and had them for over 8 years! Some visitors were totally freaked by the little "rodents"!! :0)
 
Wonderful layout and framing and the story is very sweet, but the page makes me laugh. It reminds me of the Cockroach Hotel (they check in, but they don't check out) that I brought my sister when she lived in New Orleans for awhile. I wonder if that product is still on the market. That was a funny commercial.
 
Cockroaches as pets?? Its hard to imagine, but oh I do so love your layout!! Great story, great page!!
 
Well I guess word cockroach doesn't have the same connotations to a child as it does to an adult like me LOL but nice that children care about the creatures of the world whatever they might look like.

Love your design. The title font works perfectly.
 

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