Jack and Stephen to the pole...

[nid_dabeille]

Or about as close as they're going to get for a good long while.  The north pole, that is.

When last we heard from our poppets, they were journeying through the arctic tundra, overcoming great obstacles...

And now, they journey well into the arctic, up above even the arctic circle where no poppet has gone before.

Facing great perils!!!






"STEPHEN!!  Clap on to the ice!   Are you all right???"


"Hold fast and don't move!  I'm coming down!"


"Stephen!!!  Stephen, can you hear me?  Just hold on!  I'll get you out of there!"


"Just one more pull - heave!"


"Stephen, look, a boat!  I'll ask these Eskimos if they can give us a lift.  Hello!  Hello!  Stephen, speak to them."
"By all that is holy, I believe I see the immature spotted seal...!"


"I remember there was a story about Admiral Nelson, when he was a young midshipman in the far north, encountering a - STEPHEN!!!"
"There, honey, there is nothing to fear."


"Come, Stephen, this place is far too dangerous for us!"


"I can't seem to make myself understood.  I asked this fellow for soused hog's face."
"Perhaps it is because you speak the Castillian Spanish, and he speaks the Inupiaq Spanish of Mexican Alaska.  Shall I try?"


"Well, we're safe and sound for tonight in the ice cave.  Let's just hope that it doesn't snow on top of us."
"Amen!"


Note:  Actual poppets were hurt during the making of this adventure.  Stephen Poppet performed all his own stunts - entirely by accident.

Comments

[iansmomesq.livejournal.com]

You're beyond cute.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks!

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

And YAY, polar poppets!

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And HEE, my favorite icon EVER.

[ozfille]

Stephen poppet is following his natural instincts by sea it seems. He is usually more sure-footed by land but then he is a creature of the warm south and not the frigid north and so ice is as strange to him as the sea. *g*

An epic poppet journey indeed! *g*

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Well, it was actually the frozen arctic ocean, so I suppose it's natural that he should lose his footing. The ice IS the sea! In that first fall, I wasn't meaning for him to be fallen at all. I had just posed him standing next to Jack when he toppled over and landed like that, his hand stuck in the snow midway down the crevasse! In the other fall (where he's pictured head-down), I was trying to pose him again but the ice was too slippery and there was no foot-hold at all for him, poor dear (nor for Jack.) Also my little fingers were getting frozen, or my mittens were making me clumsy if I kept them on. How I suffer for my dear poppets! But I love them. :D

[shipotl.livejournal.com]

Looks like you are having a great birthday day, even if the poppets are keeping you busy chasing after them.

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am. :D

[kindstar.livejournal.com]

What an exciting life Jack and Stephen have with you! A very happy birthday, and I hope someone finds you a wonderful birthday cake. If not, they can at least fashion one for you out of snow. Hope you have a wonderful day!

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rum-inspector.livejournal.com]

aww :D

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

:D

[agentxpndble.livejournal.com]

I can't believe how awesomely lifelike those snow shots look! Way cool!

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[zed-pm.livejournal.com]

So cute! I love their new expedition. :)

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! So do I. Stephen's not so sure... :D

[kiramowett.livejournal.com]

So adorable! Looks like they had a good time.

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

I think they did for the most part! Stephen perhaps a little less than Jack...

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Yikes...it looks like they had a narrow escape from that polar bear. Thanks for sharing their latest adventures! (And what beautifully-curved shapes in the snow, especially the 2nd and 3rd full-size photos!)

Also, I posted this (http://ldhenson.livejournal.com/200733.html) in my LJ for you yesterday, though as you're traveling you may not have gotten to see it.

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Hee, i'm glad you enjoyed it! And yes, those ice shapes were amazing!

And thank you for the birthday wishes! Yes, I haven't been able to read my flist much, so I missed it. But thank you for pointing it out to me!

[kindstar.livejournal.com]

I was just reading about a volcano becoming active in Anchorage (which you seem safely away from), and I Googled for a map of Alaska because I wasn't quite sure of the location of Anchorage. What was funny was that one of the ads that popped up on the page read, "Vacation in Barrow!"

Not having heard for a bit, I'm thinking you are finally very busy. Hope you are well, safe and happy, and having a wonderful time!