Out To Dry

Out To Dry by Bruce Halliburton

Out To Dry

This is my youngest daughter’s toy rabbit, “Spike”. She won’t go to sleep without him and she always sucks her thumb while stroking his silky washing instructions label with her forefinger. She wore the original label away and we had to sew another one on! Needless to say Spike gets very smelly and needs washing regularly!

Out To Dry belongs to the following groups:

Happy Haven
  • Deborah  Bowness

    Deborah Bowness, 9 months ago

    Brilliant use of selective colouring, fabulous image and fabulous story to go with it!!

  • zee1

    zee1, 9 months ago

    Loving this image and the b/w treatment makes spike stand out even more.

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton, 9 months ago

    Thanks, Deborah!

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton, 9 months ago

    and zee1!

  • DLKeur

    DLKeur, 9 months ago

    Awwww. Yes. Love it.

  • SylviaHardy

    SylviaHardy, 9 months ago

    This is very cute! Makes me smile a lot!

  • halftone

    halftone, 9 months ago

    What a beautiful shot.

  • Bridgett Ferguson

    Bridgett Ferguson, 9 months ago

    Brilliant image.
    I love it! :)

  • Rinkydink

    Rinkydink, 9 months ago

    Firstly – great shot
    Secondly – PLEASE go & rescue the bunny!

  • mpolanic

    mpolanic, 9 months ago

    Poor rabbit. Excellent capture!

  • Lou Green

    Lou Green, 9 months ago

    bless spike ;-) love this image – it made me smile too

  • midzing

    midzing, 9 months ago

    love this,,,, well done

  • Kimberly Palmer

    Kimberly Palmer, 9 months ago

    This is so classic!

  • Alchemistress

    Alchemistress, 9 months ago

    So sweet!!! : )

  • Kalena Hill

    Kalena Hill, 9 months ago

    It brings back memories of the bunny rabbit I used to sleep with as a kid, looks just like it! Great photo! :)

  • Dan Cahill

    Dan Cahill, 9 months ago

    Nice job. Love the selective color. Well done. Congrats on having it put on the favorite gallery

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153, 9 months ago

    Very cute Bruce.

  • erinhagen

    erinhagen, 9 months ago

    This is too cute!

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio, 9 months ago

    This is so adorable and so much more endearing with your beautiful description :)

  • Noor Shazemeen

    Noor Shazemeen, 9 months ago

    It instantly puts a smile on my face. Love the colours.

  • cdwork

    cdwork, 9 months ago

    Wonderful image and story

  • memory

    memory, 9 months ago

    This is so precious.

  • SnapHappy

    SnapHappy, 9 months ago

    love it

  • Deborah Hally

    Deborah Hally, 9 months ago

    sweetness….....great idea and execution!!!

  • Tearyeyedhobo

    Tearyeyedhobo, 9 months ago

    Aw that’s too cute!

  • Lisa  Kenny

    Lisa Kenny, 9 months ago

    Lovely story that goes with this ~ adorable

  • Antanas

    Antanas, 9 months ago

    Fine :)))

  • shall

    shall, 9 months ago

    cool image has a nice retro feel

  • Deborah Parkin

    Deborah Parkin, 9 months ago

    this is great – a mixture of aww and lol!!! Love the treatment too – hope his ears were ok by the way:)

  • Michele Roohani

    Michele Roohani, 9 months ago

    great shot! cute story.

  • Amanda J Slack-Smith

    Amanda J Slack..., 9 months ago

    LOL. Great shot.

  • GracefulShadow

    GracefulShadow, 9 months ago

    :) Nicely done!

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton, 9 months ago

    Wow! I put this image up last night before going to bed and I’m so thrilled to see Spike up on the Hot List this morning! Thanks for your kind words, everyone!

    (Spike is all clean and dry now! :-)

  • Julie Langford

    Julie LangfordGreeter, 9 months ago

    Lovely tones in mono and beautiful selective colour. Love the idea and the story too. Well done

  • ltruskett

    ltruskett, 9 months ago

    I know how she feels. did this myself as a kid. hmmm fond memories. LOL. love it.

  • Catherine Crimmins

    Catherine Crim..., 9 months ago

    fantastic.. very cute picture.. love the story

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns, 9 months ago

    very creative love it

  • johnboy

    johnboy, 9 months ago

    Nice work, Bruce!

  • Owen Cheek

    Owen Cheek, 9 months ago

    How Cool is this…. Fantastic

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton, 9 months ago

    Thanks for the comments, everyone!

  • samuelcain

    samuelcain, 9 months ago

    lovely !

  • tweek

    tweek, 9 months ago

    awwwwww this is so sweet. i love everything abut this. reminds me of my own daughter.

  • Heather Loster

    Heather Loster, 9 months ago

    cute shot. i heard i used to do the same as a child, only with a blanket that had silk around the edges.

  • Martin Derksema

    Martin Derksema, 9 months ago

    Great shot. Love the colour against the b&w.

  • Ellen

    Ellen, 9 months ago

    How nice :)))

  • snurfdood

    snurfdood, 9 months ago

    ouch – poor bunny! I really like the way you have used layers on this to contrast colour and black and white elements . Very clever :o)

  • aljen01

    aljen01, 9 months ago

    I love it, hope you framed this for your daughter’s room!

  • Anthony Hedger

    Anthony Hedger, 9 months ago

    cool shot

  • Kevin  Kroeker

    Kevin Kroeker, 9 months ago

    This is so fantastic… definetly one of the favorites!!!

  • Paul Gibbons

    Paul Gibbons, 9 months ago

    Nice artwork, love the selective colours and story. I Like this.

  • anthonymc

    anthonymc, 9 months ago

    Excellent in all respects.

  • Naomi Frost

    Naomi Frost, 9 months ago

    LOL!!! Love it.

  • Angelique Brunas

    Angelique Brunas, 9 months ago

    Who did think kids and their fav toys could make such a sweet concept.
    I like the color against the black and white.

  • Gerard Rotse

    Gerard Rotse, 9 months ago

    Great picture. Nice rabbit

  • marijkasworld

    marijkasworld, 9 months ago

    I like it. apart from content the colour contrast of the greys and then the browns is terrific..Thanks for fav. one of mine.

  • JustSixties

    JustSixties, 9 months ago

    Great shot Bruce. My daughter has a similar toy which she still has and is hidden in a cupboard in her flat, she’s now 18. Sounds weird I know but I guess no matter how old we get, we still keep hold of childhood toys. I love the selective bw/colour treatment.

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins, 9 months ago

    love it! can certainly relate – my son does excatly the same thing with his toy (lucky we have two)...

  • DaughterEarth

    DaughterEarth, 9 months ago

    great pic!

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind, 9 months ago

    this is very cute !

  • Halcyon007

    Halcyon007, 9 months ago

    The choice of colour with it makes for a fantastic shot

  • Peter Davidson

    Peter Davidson, 8 months ago

    Love this shot!

  • HaRaKiRi

    HaRaKiRi, 8 months ago

    awww, lovely shot, cute and I love the use of colour on black and white

  • Catalin Soare

    Catalin Soare, 8 months ago

    Just lovely!

  • nikirios

    nikirios, 8 months ago

    HA!!!!!! love it!

  • billyboy

    billyboy, 8 months ago

    Well Bruce, if this guy survived, then the ted should be OK! Cool shot, nice selective coloring!

  • aneta

    aneta, 8 months ago

    great picture

  • Hoffard

    Hoffard, 8 months ago

    So funny!!! Well done!!! Love it love it!!!

  • budrfli

    budrfli, 8 months ago

    definitely a smiler! :O))

  • Julie Langford

    Julie LangfordGreeter, 8 months ago

    Fantastic that you added this into this group – makes me smile everytime I see it – A wonderful addition to Happy Haven

  • Charlotte Ottilo

    Charlotte Ottilo, 8 months ago

    LOLOL..Very funny!!!

  • Ginny Schmidt

    Ginny Schmidt, 5 months ago

    Spike seems like a well loved bunny. Good thing he had washing instructions.

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethMontage Magician, 4 months ago

    adorable

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