
Blustery, balmy greetings collectors! It's Sara on this first day of December and our third day of 20x200 giftable goodness. Today's edition from Sharon Montrose just might be the perfect thing for the animal lover on your list. Ever seeking the sweetest of furry friends to photograph, Sharon's Baby White Tiger No.5 features an exotic, one-day-will-be-fierce feline, humbled by over-sized paws.
While I'm not one to fall for Jen's fuzzy animal hijinx, I'll grudgingly admit her links and Sharon's works have oft put a smile on my face. And, I know a handful of little people who would love to see these prints upon their walls and probably at least a couple young-at-heart adults who, like Jen, have a soft spot for creatures great and small. I'd make a bet that you do, too. There's good reason for the abundance of the four-legged and feathered kind in 20x200's archives. Among them, Sharon's menagerie is perennially popular, Baby Giraffe No. 5, Lamb No. 3 and Piglet No. 2 are all disappearing quite fast.
So, while I was tempted to leave you with that poem in which the tiger eats the zebra, I'll part with this--perhaps more appropriate--selection by Rachel Field, which reminds me of the best thing about these prints as gifts: there's no walking, feeding, or cleaning-up required. Just gift-wrapping--which we're more than happy to help you out with and for only $5!
The Animal Store
If I had a hundred dollars to spend,
Or maybe a little more,
I'd hurry as fast as my legs would go
Straight to the animal store.
I wouldn't say, "How much for this or that?"
"What kind of a dog is he?"
I'd buy as many as rolled an eye,
Or wagged a tail at me!
I'd take the hound with the drooping ears
That sits by himself alone;
Cockers and Cairns and wobbly pups
For to be my very own.
I might buy a parrot all red and green,
And the monkey I saw before,
If I had a hundred dollars to spend,
Or maybe a little more.
- Rachel Field
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