Flip Friday

Well, as always, it's been an exciting week at the Lilypad.

Last week, a Fresh Rabbit.

This week a Fresh car named Seven.

(By the way, for those of you who wondered about Seven's name, she is named after the Star Trek Voyager character, Seven of Nine.  Seven of Nine was once part of the Borg Collective, but she becomes disassociated from the Borg and begins to rediscover her humanity through a variety of means.  We chose this name for a few reasons:

1.  Because we are obviously major geeks
2.  Because we want to maintain the mix of machine with humanity, meaning, we want to be resposible stewards in our car ownership
3.  Because Seven's awesome green color is called "Alien."  How could we NOT choose a Star Trek related moniker?)

Anyhow, Fresh Rabbit.  Fresh car.

With all of this Fresh stuff, the Mini Cat wanted to remind you that it wasn't that long ago that he was still fresh, and that, well...he IS still fresh.  Because of that, he wanted his own movie.

Curtain Cat from marcy hall on Vimeo.

And, then, of course, because it is Flip Friday, there MUST be a Rabbit Movie.  Miss Blueberry was sleeping during movie making time and chose to let Miss Zoe, Resident Rabbit Superstar, star alone in this week's movie. 

Zoe was, of course, happy to do this, though being a Good Sister, She did at least try to share the Responsibility.

You may recognize a certain cat making a cameo appearance at the beginning of the Rabbit Movie.  Zoe would like you to ignore that part of the movie if you could, please.

Miss Zoe (with a side of Toby) from marcy hall on Vimeo.

All of us here at the Lilypad wish you a happy weekend!!  Here's to Fresh (and maybe Not- So- Fresh) Things!

Big News at the Lilypad!

And you thought we had Big News last week!!  Well, we did.

If you read last week, then you know that last week's news consisted of welcoming This Rabbit...

...into the Lilypad fold (WELCOME LITTLE BLUEBERRY!!)

But today's news might knock you over, which is what happened when This Rabbit heard the news (and I don't mean about Blueberry!)

"Whoa!!!! WHAT???"

Today's news is Big, but not in a Mammal way.  Well, at least, not in a Small Mammal way.

Today's News is Big in a Large Mammal way.

Here-- let me give you a hint...

We here at the Lilypad have been car free for the last nine years.  It has been difficult.  It has been delightful.  It has been a pain in the butt.  It has been easy.

Not having a car is a series of paradoxes.

When we first gave up our car, we did it for a lot of reasons.  As artist/ writer/and now dancer types, we didn't want to be tied to the financial obligation for one thing.  Also, the war in Iraq was just beginning and not having a car was our own little protest. 

But, as the years went on, it got more difficult to get around without relying on others, which was never our intention.  Our local bus company, struggling with drops in ridership, reduced its service, making it impossible for me to ride home from my night shift at the library and also making it difficult to get around on weekends either to get to and fro work or to get out and enjoy music or other activities.

Of course, our bikes were always good for these tasks in the moderate weather.  But, let's face it-- we live in Erie, PA.  We love it here, and this is no way a dig on our weather, but we get a lot of SNOW!  and ICE!!  Both these things put a damper on biking for many months of the year.

We could deal with all of this stuff, though.  And we have.

Except, now things have changed:  The Chick has started living a different kind of life.  We both have changes coming that require more mobility.

And so, the time seemed right.

We have gone back and forth on this decision so many times, that, truthfully, neither one seems totally right.  But, we feel like we've learned enough in the past nine years to be responsible car owners, and that's important to us.

Here we go, then, on a New Adventure!!!  MAMMALS ON WHEELS!!!!

The Lilypad with her New Addition, the Kia Soul named "Seven"