Meet Monty Mouse, a most superior mouse.
I first saw him a few days ago sitting on a Persephone book (that was him, not me, and I think it was a Dorothy Whipple, which shows what excellent taste Monty has). He was in Rebecca's new online shop, and I just had to buy him. After all, who could resist a bookish mouse with a smiling countenance and a very smart reversible waistcoat which you can take off?
Monty arrived today beautifully wrapped in tissue paper and fine brown ribbon, but as soon as I took him out of the box he looked at home here in the study. He's got his ear to Warren Buffett as you can see in the picture below, though Haruki Murakami and Joyce Grenfell make interesting neighbours, too.
But then I thought he could do with coming closer to the action, so I moved him first to one of the (many) TBR piles, and secondly to the Cornflower Desk of Power itself, which is where I think he will stay as he makes a charming companion.
But we mustn't forget his creator. Rebecca has long entertained and inspired me with her skills as (and you'll see this on any visit to Poshyarns) she is as adept with the camera as with the knitting needles, the clay - for she's a potter too -, the makings of a quilt, or a length of linen and a spool of thread, and she bakes as well! She has an artist's eye and a craftswoman's hands, so I'm delighted to own a piece of her work and I wish her every success with all that she does.
Monty seconds that!
