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!
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Deborah Bowness
Brilliant use of selective colouring, fabulous image and fabulous story to go with it!!
zee1
Loving this image and the b/w treatment makes spike stand out even more.
Bruce Halliburton
Thanks, Deborah!
Bruce Halliburton
and zee1!
DLKeur
Awwww. Yes. Love it.
SylviaHardy
This is very cute! Makes me smile a lot!
halftone
What a beautiful shot.
Bridgett Ferguson
Brilliant image.
I love it! :)
Rinkydink
Firstly – great shot
Secondly – PLEASE go & rescue the bunny!
mpolanic
Poor rabbit. Excellent capture!
Lou Green
bless spike ;-) love this image – it made me smile too
midzing
love this,,,, well done
Kimberly Palmer
This is so classic!
Alchemistress
So sweet!!! : )
Kalena Hill
It brings back memories of the bunny rabbit I used to sleep with as a kid, looks just like it! Great photo! :)
Dan Cahill
Nice job. Love the selective color. Well done. Congrats on having it put on the favorite gallery
greenfrog153
Very cute Bruce.
Erin Hagen
This is too cute!
funkyfacestudio
This is so adorable and so much more endearing with your beautiful description :)
Noor Shazemeen
It instantly puts a smile on my face. Love the colours.
cdwork
Wonderful image and story
memory
This is so precious.
SnapHappy
love it
Deborah Hally
sweetness….....great idea and execution!!!
Tearyeyedhobo
Aw that’s too cute!
Lisa Kenny
Lovely story that goes with this ~ adorable
Antanas
Fine :)))
shall
cool image has a nice retro feel
Deborah Parkin
this is great – a mixture of aww and lol!!! Love the treatment too – hope his ears were ok by the way:)
Michele Roohani
great shot! cute story.
Amanda J Slack...
LOL. Great shot.
GracefulShadow
:) Nicely done!
Bruce Halliburton
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
Lovely tones in mono and beautiful selective colour. Love the idea and the story too. Well done
ltruskett
I know how she feels. did this myself as a kid. hmmm fond memories. LOL. love it.
Catherine Crim...
fantastic.. very cute picture.. love the story
Jeff Burns
very creative love it
johnboy
Nice work, Bruce!
Owen Cheek
How Cool is this…. Fantastic
Bruce Halliburton
Thanks for the comments, everyone!
samuelcain
lovely !
tweek
awwwwww this is so sweet. i love everything abut this. reminds me of my own daughter.
Heather Loster
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
Great shot. Love the colour against the b&w.
Ellen
How nice :)))
snurfdood
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
I love it, hope you framed this for your daughter’s room!
Anthony Hedger
cool shot
Kevin Kroeker
This is so fantastic… definetly one of the favorites!!!
Paul Gibbons
Nice artwork, love the selective colours and story. I Like this.
anthonymc
Excellent in all respects.
Naomi Frost
LOL!!! Love it.
Angelique Brunas
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
Great picture. Nice rabbit
marijkasworld
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
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
love it! can certainly relate – my son does excatly the same thing with his toy (lucky we have two)...
DaughterEarth
great pic!
Lucindawind
this is very cute !
Halcyon007
The choice of colour with it makes for a fantastic shot
Peter Davidson
Love this shot!
HaRaKiRi
awww, lovely shot, cute and I love the use of colour on black and white
Catalin Soare
Just lovely!
nikirios
HA!!!!!! love it!
billyboy
Well Bruce, if this guy survived, then the ted should be OK! Cool shot, nice selective coloring!
aneta
great picture
Hoffard
So funny!!! Well done!!! Love it love it!!!
budrfli
definitely a smiler! :O))
Julie Langford
Fantastic that you added this into this group – makes me smile everytime I see it – A wonderful addition to Happy Haven
Charl045
LOLOL..Very funny!!!
Ginny Schmidt
Spike seems like a well loved bunny. Good thing he had washing instructions.
MuscularTeeth
adorable
momma2four
Soo cute! Love this!
josiem
great capture!
love the use of selective colour!!
Rich Gale
great work very well done.
crackgerbal
hehe poor rabbit!
Sharon Mau
Oh so sweet. It reminds me of my daughter’s Giggle’s and Fufu bear. She loved them so much.
Elana Bailey
Fab story and capture. My sister had a cotton handkerchief (called ‘nankie’ instead of hanky) that she carried everywhere. She would twist the corners of it, so that it wore away. My other sister had a Scooby Doo stuffed animal that she would carry around under her arm, so that his neck was thread bare. Mum had to sew him up. I had a Rupert the Bear….
Lorena Maria
Awww….Awwwww
woof
LOL!!! LOVE THIS!!! what a great capture!! my daughter has a very small baby’s pillow with bears on it that my mother gave her when she was 3 or 4… she’s 22 now and guess what, yes she still has this pillow. ;)
christinedhall
fabulous!
Tadoette
fine photography!
ZoeMcduncan
congratulations…very cute
rodeorose
Terrific shot. Well done on your Frontpage Feature!
CapturedByKylie
Congratulations on being featured on the home page.
September 17th 2009.
PPPhotoArt
absolutely awesome shot and lovely story
congratulations on homepage!!!
Chris Fawkes
Great shot.
Jennifer Suttle
I really love those striped socks.
CJ Bookholt
Sweet little guy!

Anastasiia Kuc...
this is cool! congrats on being featured!
Susan Kimball
Congrats on your HP feature, great work!!
Jayne Logan
This is clever! I like this shot and story .. congrats on your HP feature!!
Karen Tillotson
Oh so cute…a precious image…brings back very fond memories of my four with their little “lovies” that they dragged around…. =D ..And congratulations Bruce!!!!
jillijude1
aww mommy thats adorable :)
Jelynn 13 days ago
lol ive got a same story as what u have lol! well done!