A Taste For MIniatures

It should come as no surprise that someone with miniature horses and miniature (bantam) chickens has a fascination for miniatures. I've posted some of these photos before, but it's been several years and I thought they were worth repeating. I have collected some miniature food items just for fun. This tiny birthday cake came with four matching cupcakes:

A roast ham and what I think is supposed to be a plate of short ribs with vegetables:

A whole table full of miniature foods:

Tiny bread and butter:

A cup of tea:

Egg, ham, peas and fries:

And chocolate cake, each piece topped with whipped cream and a cherry:

And a marvelously detailed box of chocolates:

Quite a few years ago I carved these Zuni style fetishes from soapstone: A wolf, eagle, badger, wolverine, turtle and bear:

A friend gave me many miniature dogs and cats. The crystal Scottie Dog was in memory of the dog of my childhood, a Scottish Terrier named Whiskers. The tuba playing hound was just so silly that I bought it at a second hand store:

More miniature dogs:

Upstairs, in a tiny china cabinet, are hand-blown animals which my sister gave me as well as a lamb and a lion from old boxes of Red Rose tea. The blown glass rooster was another gift from my sister. Yes indeed, I have a thing for miniatures: