Today is such a rainy day, but I love the sound of rain and feel quite content, although we are all longing for a warm, sunny summer with bright blue skyes to show up.This year we have six hedgehogs coming every day – and night. They eat and quarrel, eat and quarrel and sometimes they are courting. I recognize three of them from last years: Ivar, who is my number one favourite. He behaves like a pet and eats like a horse. And dark, anxious Isabella and beautiful Iris. The boys and I name them all and the names tend to start with an "I" as the Swedish word for hedgehog is "igelkott", except for the little cutie on the picture. We just had to call her Rose-Mary because of her rose coloured – in this case that means very pink – nose (and No, it's not the cat-food she is eating, it is her nose!). She reminds me of some of artist Amy Goodrich's wonderful (mostly teddy bear) creations (Portobello Bear Co. *)
These lovely little animals always show up here in late April/early May and then they waddle around the house night and day until late July, when they usually all of a sudden just disappear. I wonder where they wander...
* The link goes to Amy's own Etsy shop, although her work of art is also available at some exclusive retailers around the world.
Cute little critters! Is it popular for children to have hedgehogs as pets where you live?
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not, really! Hedgehogs aren't very common at all here in Sweden. The population is very low, mostly because many of them get run over by cars. Me and my family are fortunate to have a very natural garden, which obviously is like a paradise for lots of wild animals and birds. And these six little fellows that come here every day have become quite tame as we feed them all the summer!
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