The Nutmegs and I were out foraging this morning, and we came upon something curious. I should say they came upon something curious, because it was so small I probably would’ve missed it.
The Nutmegs were astonished, and Papa explained that he hadn’t seen these since he was just a mouseling. Hadn’t seen what, exactly? I still wasn’t sure what we were looking at.
“They’re mouse wings,” Mira explained. She’s a huge book nerd like me, and she’d read that a certain species of mouse, Musculus angelica, is born with furry wings.
At first I was horrified: “How did these wings get separated from their mouse?”
“Oh no,” Papa said, “It’s not like that. At various points of development, the mouse outgrows the wings and they shed them.”
Whew.
(Okay, so what are they actually? They’re pussy willow buds, but when I saw them littered on the sidewalk this morning, my mind immediately went: mouse wings!)
February 28, 2017 at 12:04 am
“mouse wings” … to cute !! one of my spring favorites E
February 28, 2017 at 1:27 am
Cutest freaking thing ever. Amazing how you see the world different when we make minis.
Hugs!
-the other mo
February 28, 2017 at 1:10 pm
OMG that is so great and beautiful !!!
February 28, 2017 at 3:07 pm
That’s so cute! 😀
March 1, 2017 at 12:00 am
Thanks, Other Mo! ;D
March 1, 2017 at 12:02 am
Thanks! <3
March 1, 2017 at 12:02 am
😀
March 1, 2017 at 12:04 am
That is really cute and you have a great imagination. I’m thinking you should do a children’s book. You could have the Nutmegs and their adventures.
March 1, 2017 at 6:04 am
OMG that’s so precious. I never thought of them looking like that before, but oh my, they are soooo very soft. Just like little mouseling wings. :}
March 14, 2017 at 4:33 pm
Oh my, that would be so very very fun! 🙂
March 14, 2017 at 4:33 pm
Aren’t they just adorable? And yes, soooo soft–I was petting them the entire way home from our walk. 😉