conjoined twins

while there have been several additions to the sock monkey family here at banana hill none are as eye catching as the siamese twins, a & b. a & b are very healthy despite their situation and they are fully functioning together. after several test it was decided that a & b would not be separated because of the many risk that would involve. however, now that they are healthy and have found their forever home we are going forward with several other surgeries to correct minor health issues and bring them a longer, more enjoyable life. those surgeries, which will be documented here on banana hill's blog, include a complete replacement of both twins ears, you will notice that they are deaf - with out any working ear canal; i will also be correction their vision in several steps that start with the removal of the pink button tumors that currently leave the babies with minimal vision and causes them a bit of motor problems.

welcome katarina la pearl!

if you have read this blog for any amount of time you know that while i love sock monkeys i do not love the mass production-breeding of sock monkeys for gifts. unless you know that the person you are giving the monkey to both wants a life-long commitment and can give the proper care to a monkey. you probably know that i came to own several farm monkeys through various donors. we just recently were informed that big mac had met a monkey he grew very fond of and he expressed the desire to have her move to banana hill. katarina la pearl joined us this weekend. katarina is my only monkey who is clothing trained at this point, she also seems to come from a breeder who works with farm monkey as she has been customised to have a thick head of dark black hair. katarina la pearl is very friendly and a wonderful monkey. she and big plan to be married very soon and (i am so excited to say this) they want to start adding to the la pearl-mac family as soon as possible! yay!

above: katarina la pearl

above: kat and big - they are so happy!

pssst!

omg! tonight! tonight i am uploading some LOVELY news! kisses!

adoptables!!!! yay!!!

these and many more monkeys are featured on etsy.com where many talented artist are breeding wonderful monkeys! i don't know any of the breeders or anything about the line, i know that the monkeys i feature on this site are cute, and seem to have good dispostions and happy families...

above: brown & white super monkey by mostlymonkeys.

above: purple passion by dixiexking.

above: leon by cuddlet.

above: stripey girl sock monkey by gimikimi. (love the user name!)

above: red heel sock monkey by dolllady237.

side note: these photos were taken buy the etsy store owners, not me. these monkeys are all cute and seem to be of high quality and good spirits - i do not own any of these or any from these breeders (other than iamsunshine, which i love her monkeys.) please, when adopting a sock monkey remember the commitment and love involved in a pet and adopt responsibly. let me know how it goes and if you adopt one of these, or any other, monkeys send me pictures and links and i will be glad to post them on banana hill.

wow! how long has it been?

i am so sorry my monkey loving friends! this year has been full of insanity and recently we moved so blogging has been the least of the worries. (i mean can you imagine the task of moving 5+ monkeys and keeping things in order???) well, i'm back and i should have a new friend to intro at the beginning of next week, and confetti will be having some recuperative surgery - so stay tuned! oh, and before i forget i will have some VERY affordable adoptables coming up later today! yay!

welcom baby ????? (update) - baby's name is agatha [or agi for short]

our newest bundle of sheer joy has arrived today, and she doesn't have a name! there are two i am throwing back and forth - igga or azure. i love azure, but it seems so obvious and lately i have been dying to name something - ANYTHING - igga. she could be either and i am so overwhelmed by the idea of making a choice!

above: baby curled up instantly in the sock monkey slippers i keep at work. she's so sweet and playful!

a new baby for banana hill!

i have blogged about puncezilla on banana hill once before and i have been waiting and waiting for a monkey from her that i could not stop myself from loving! well, i found the monkey i have been waiting for today. a tiny baby monkey, blue and silver and much too beautiful! payment is made and the beautiful monkey should be here within the week! yay!

above: small blue and silver puncezilla monkey who will be our newest addition!

the whole family - i am sure it will grow soon!

above: fauna, tipi (tee-pee,) ledger, zinger (hiding his face,) geena, stan lee, cinereal, burgeon, baby, and sweetie. (not pictured are lori littleman, big mac, tatter tot or daryl the sock dragon.)

stan lee

stan lee is my first attempt at putting together a monkey. (yes, he was before ledger.) i was on the phone with my friend sherri last night and i was like, "look at that blue monkey." and she answered, "there is no blue monkey." i thought for sure she was being silly but she was right, somehow i had over looked blogging about stan lee. stan lee is a meatball of a monkey and upon his arrival he was quick to get the ooohs and ahhhs of the two banana hill hotties, geena and cinereal. he is an old soul and loved 80's rock and kiss (hello, paul stanley.) while stan insist on playng the cool single guy he seems to be spending more and more time with cinereal; which makes me happy because i see a lot of myself in cinereal and a whole lot of amber in stan!

above: stan lee striking a yeah-you-know-i-rock-and-you-want-me pose! stan's bulk comes from polyfill stuffing in contrast to the smooth easy look you get from cluster stuff. oh, well, you live, you learn!

sock monkey atc's

i hosted a sock monkey swap (that i mentioned on here a while back.) and these are the cards i made and sent to my partner: