In Memory of Tarcil and Penny

It has been one year since Tarcil passed away.  He was a special hamster who was loved by so many!  He became friends with our cat, Penny, who passed away earlier this year.  It's crazy to think they are both gone, but thankfully, they will never be forgotten!  I have SO many pictures and even some videos to remember them both.  I even published 4 eBooks that are available for purchase.  You can find more information about them below.  Enjoy!!  :)

Tales of Tarcil: Costume Edition

This was published in early April 2015 in a printed form.  It is now available as a eBook for $2.99 on Amazon! :)  This is a full color book of Tarcil in various costumes and includes a little description of each!

Tales of Tarcil: Costume Edition 2

This eBook was published in February 2016!  You don't want to miss the sequel to the original costume book!  This eBook is even better than the first with 40 pages of Tarcil in adorable handmade costumes!  Read the stories of each character he dressed up as!  You can purchase this eBook for $2.99 on Amazon!  :)

Tales of Tarcil: Tarcil and Penny

This eBook is brand new!  Inside you will find exclusive pictures of Tarcil and Penny together that aren't posted anywhere else!  The interesting story of them meeting and their crazy friendship is written among numerous photographs of them together.  This eBook is over 50 pages and is now available for $3.49 on Amazon!  :)

Tales of Tarcil: Costume Edition 3

This eBook was published in April 2017! You don't want to miss the final costume book! This eBook is 60 pages of Tarcil in adorable handmade costumes! Read the stories of each character he dressed up as! You can purchase this eBook for $2.99 on Amazon! :)

Thank you all!  :)

Easter Bunnies

I love Easter!!  It's filled with so much hope and promise!  It also tends to make me anxious for warmer weather!  I love seeing all the little baby animals that are born in the spring.  A couple years ago, I got to watch a family of baby bunnies grow up in our yard.  Now that we have a dog, I think they prefer our neighbors' yards instead.  :)  Nenya is doing her best impression of a baby bunny.  I think she did too well at standing still.  She never once tried to hop away.  :)

Narya is so small that these bunny ears didn't fit her very well.  She still looks so cute though!

Vilya wouldn't stop walking around, so it was difficult to get a good picture of him, but I did manage to get a couple.  :)  He's so adorable! 

LOVE

These are the last pictures from my series of LOVE!  And don't you just LOVE these pictures?!??

Nenya thought for sure that one of those hearts just had to be edible.  Haha!  I think she was disappointed that none of them could be eaten.

Narya happily ate her pecan, and then she had to check to see if she could eat the flowers too.  Hahaha!  Look at her little tongue!  

Vilya didn't seem to care about the hearts or the flowers.  He also didn't really care about posing for pictures, so I just got this one shot.  He is so cute though!

Hearts

I am extending my Valentine's Day photos through the rest of this month, because frankly, we all could use more love in our lives.  :)

Nenya didn't want her carrot, but she was happy to pose for me.  What a gorgeous girl she is!  I love her!

My tiny girl, Narya, gobbled up her carrot and then wanted to check to see if the hearts were edible too.  Hahaha!  Look at that precious face!  I love her!  

Vilya didn't want the carrots or the hearts.  He just wanted to meet the ladies.  I'm sure we all agree that he is a handsome guy, but he's staying single.  Haha!  I love him!

Be My Valentine?

Happy Valentine's Day!  I love my fluffy little hamsters!  And even though they aren't all that great at doing photo shoots, I love taking pictures of them.  I have consented to the fact that I won't get any pictures at all unless there is food involved.  And even with the food, they still might decide they suddenly aren't interested in food.  

Nenya surprised me the most during this because she normally grabs any food around as quickly as possible and runs everywhere.  Her nickname is fatty, but on this day, she barely touched any food.  Thankfully, she held still long enough to get pictures.  In fact, I got through her pictures faster than any of the others because she did exactly what I wanted on the first try.  She's such a good ham when she wants to be.  :)

Narya was more interested in the food than I expected.  She rarely shows interest in food outside her cage and even in her cage.  She just doesn't have the food drive the way most hams do.  That might explain why she stays so tiny.  Haha!  I was happy that she at least tasted the foods I offered.  She took the whole piece of spinach and had a nibble of the strawberry.  She's so sweet.  I have the most pictures of her from this photo shoot because she is the easiest to photograph, and I can't stop myself from getting all the cute pictures!

Vilya was probably the hardest to get pictures of.  He just doesn't hold still.  He is a curious and confident guy so he likes to explore.  He also didn't pause very long for all the food like I had hoped because he was more interested in looking for the ladies, so most of the pictures I have of him are slightly out of focus.  Oh well.  He is still so adorable!  :)

Blue Bowl

These are some more pictures from a couple weeks ago.  Being reminded how cute my hamsters are certainly motivates me to take and share more pictures of them with you all.  Aren't my little hams adorable??!!??

Narya continues to prove that she is the best at posing.  I mean, of the three, she is definitely the easiest to get good pictures of.  Isn't she so precious?!

Oh Vilya.  Such a stud.  Seriously, just look at that smug little smirk on his face.  

Vilya's Birthday Celebration!

Are you ready to hear the secret??  So I don't actually know when Vilya's birthday is, but I have declared today, January 29, 2018 to be his first birthday!  :)  Of course this means that he gets extra spoiled today.  This also means the other hams get to join the celebration by being extra spoiled too.  :)

Seeing Vilya in his party hat as the birthday boy reminds me so much of Tarcil!  Vilya was so chill and happy to eat all the yummy food I had for him.  And of course by eat, I mean shove it all in his cheeks.  Hahaha!  He really enjoyed being spoiled for his birthday.  I do wish that Penny could have joined the celebration.  She was always so happy to see the hams and was so gentle with each of them.  She truly was a special cat who is dearly missed.

Doens't Nenya look so dreamy??!!?  So to give you all full disclosure, I took exactly two pictures of Nenya, and this is the only one worth sharing.  Nenya was way more interested in exploring than eating food, so she didn't stay at the table for long.  She enjoyed her yummy treat when she went back into her home.  :)

Oh Narya.  So here's the story of Narya's first experience at a party.  Narya saw the food and instantly picked up as much food as she could with her tiny paws with the intention of shoving it all into her cheeks.  Well, I don't think she anticipated how much food there was or the weight of all that food, because she quickly toppled off the chair.  However, she held onto the food through the fall and continued with her plan to stuff her face.  She was the only ham to sniff the flowers which I thought was so sweet.  :)