{"id":4330,"date":"2018-03-03T19:07:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T22:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandybeachgirl.com\/?p=4330"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T18:30:28","slug":"wellington-easter-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandybeachgirl.com\/?p=4330","title":{"rendered":"WELLINGTON Easter Bunny"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In 1993, as some of you already know, I began a journey with a very special rabbit. He was originally a stuffed animal I made for our five children for Easter as funds were tight for store bought treats. But he was not content to be just any stuffed animal. He needed a name. Actually he had a name. “It’s Wellington,” he told me. He had a story. I must write it he told me. And so I did.<\/p>\n

Thirteen books and a hundred plus illustrations later we reached the end of the book arc but not the story. World wide publishing has yet to come but it will. As I pull out paper Wellington files and dig into the computer for digital files because, even though his story reaches far beyond Easter and embrace no religion, Wellington is the Easter Bunny and spring is his season, I\u00a0find this rare picture of the actual Wellington Rabbit and a few cards which I pasted below that he sent to us after he moved to Idaho. His story is in the preface to book\u00a0 V, Lost and Found. Meanwhile ALL of the thirteen Wellington books are now online if PDF format for your instant enjoyment year around. Just click on the Wellington link at the top of my blog, or in the Pages list to the right.<\/p>\n

And now Wellington has his own website!\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0He writes letters when the mood strikes. And all of the books are linked there as well as here.<\/p>\n

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