"Jane"

Jane is Everly's piano.

She was a hand-me-down from a friend.

She is not a child-sized piano, but rather a small one.

She was made around seventy years ago as a household piano, but has a regular sized keyboard. 

She is a Gulbransen.

She is rather scratched and mice ate the ends of her keys, but this helps Everly remember which key is which.

She is of a lovely dark brown color.

She has a matching seat, but it is quite broken and two milking chairs look quite cute in front of it.

A ceramic pelican lives atop her.

Jane can often be found open with several ajar music books, being used as a hat rack or a device to entertain small children.

"Flutterby"

Flutterby is Everly's tree swing.

She is lovely and romantic.

She is in Everly's meadow, under a magnificent oak.

She has a vine of silk sunflowers growing up both ropes.

She has Everly's name on the seat.

She provides many whimsical moments.

She can often be found rocking in the hot breeze.

"Edgar"

Edgar is Everly's typewriter.

He was a gift from her parents for her 17th birthday.

He is black with glass keys.

He requires no electricity.

He is probably about 70 years old.

He makes lovely stamps on paper which sometimes turn into poetry or coded messages.

He and Merryrose experience very little jealousy, to our surprise.

He lives atop Alcott where Copin used to live (may he rest in peace.)

He is a little bit difficult to type on, but Everly's getting used to it.

He is in need of a new ribbon.

He can often be found looking coy.

"Merryrose"

Merryrose is Everly's laptop.
She is a pink Dell Inspiron.
She is very cute and helpful. She is the treasurer of most of Everly's latest stories, poems, posts and conversations with faraway friends.
She has shiny silver keys.
And a cordless mouse that doesn't squeak!
And comes everywhere with The Pleasants.
She makes a lovely clickety-clack.
Merryrose can often be found open on Alcott the desk, warm from recent use and out of her carrying case.

"Alcott"

Alcott is Everly's desk.
It used to be her mother's, and then her sister's and today it is very much hers.
It is very special to Everly. It is much like a big rectangle made of dark wood with knobs that look like muppet eyes.
It is named Alcott after the Alcott family of Concord.
"Alcott" means "cottage."
Alcott is where Everly writes most of her blog posts, letters, stories and poems.
And where she doodles.
And chats with faraway friends.
For Alcott is also the home of Merryrose; Everly's pink laptop.
Alcott can often be found being messy, carrying Edgar the typewriter on his back or rattling as Everly erases something.

"Sprite"

Sprite is Birdie's parakeet.

She is named Sprite after the popular lemon/lime soda due to her coloration.

She likes bells and loud music.

She dislikes change.

She likes Birdie.

She dislikes most other living beings.

She likes cuttle bones.

She dislikes Teflon.

She likes to wear her golden hat which we had mistaken for a bell in the past.

I think it is symbolic of her treasure of knowledge stored in her little bird brain.

Sprite can often be found conversing with the wild birds through a window, bobbing her head or transporting seed shells from her dish to her water. We've yet to discover the purpose of this ritual.

"Copin"

Copin is Everly's accomplice who happens to be a hamster.

His name is pronounced cop (like a policeman) in (like, the opposite of out.) Cop-in. Copin.

It has absolutely nothing to do with Copenhagen.

He was named after a little boy who likes to dig tunnels in this book.

He has had his portrait sketched many times (often with a tiny pipe in his mouth) because he is a greatly esteemed hamster.

He journals secretly at night and refers to himself as "the highly intelligent hamster."

He often runs on his wheel in preparation for a marathon.

He sometimes looks like Buddha.

He is a contortionist.

He struggles with is weight.

Go figure.

He can often be found grooming himself, roaming the world in a plastic ball or snoozing in his hut.

Update:
Dear Little Copin died at just over three years old on 7/2/2009

"Claire Winters"

Tales of Claire Winters can be found here.

Claire is fifteen years old in the year 1886.

She attends Beekman Boarding School in Beekman New York.

Her parents are Geoffry and Mary Ann Winters.

Geoffry Winters is the governor of Connecticut.

Claire can often be found sitting in her favorite classroom (history class,) chatting with Trudy Richards in their dormitory room or writing letters back home.

"The Quillers"

The Quillers or Members of The Quill Club are Everly's four dear, dear friends.

Tessa:
Tessa and Everly became friends when they were twelve and were both invited to the same birthday party.
Once the hostess went downstairs to drink tea and watch Monk with her mom, Tessa and Everly were forced to socialize and really hit it off when they discovered their common ground: writing stories about mice.
Tessa likes pink and yellow, being active, writing novels, talking on the telly, scrap-booking and daydreaming.
She is very ambitious and well-rounded.
She can often be found jogging the country roads.
She blogs here.

Zayda:
Zayda and Everly became friends through Tessa.
Zayda likes taiquondo, eggplant purple, reading, rain and chocolate.
She gives really good back rubs and birthday presents.
She is can often be found in her room reading by lamplight.
She blogs here.

Elizabeth:
Elizabeth and Everly became friends when Everly was invited into The Quill Club.
She likes fairy tales, antiques, shoes, ice cream,pass-along-stories and playing hide 'n' seek in her neighborhood.
She is very cute and bookish and can often be found making mud houses or playing her tin whistle.

Skye:
Skye is Elizabeth's older sister.
Everly and Skye became friends via Elizabeth.
Skye is very entertaining and spontaneous, especially at two in the morning over a dr. pepper and a candy bar.
She is a fast reader and good at doing impressions of movie characters.
She likes animals (particularly wolves), LOTR, and "writing," directing and editing movies.
She can often be found on her computer adding "kabloom!" into a tragic death scene.

"Francy"

Francy is Birdie's Papillon puppy.

She is two years old.

Most people can be quoted as saying:

"That's the fastest dog I've ever seen."

She is very destructive to anything that is given to her.

She is very sorry when she is bad and shows it very, very cutely.

She has ears like butterfly wings.

Her parents used to be kept in the breeder's house, but they had to be put out because they couldn't keep them off the stove.

She does her "zoomies" which is laps.

Don't get in her way.

She can't often be found.

"Molly"

Molly is Sabrina's poodle.

She is ten years old.

She is the daughter of two toy poodles who weighed four and six pounds.

She's definitely not the runt at a whopping twelve pounds.

She used to herd cows on our ranch.

She was best friends with August, our beloved Shetland Sheepdog who belonged to Joey and now lies, missed, in the pasture.

She is very loyal to Sabrina. Very.

She has attachment issues, as in, becomes depressed when Sabrina goes to the mailbox or, worse, the grocery store.

She loves chasing raccoons and playing with Francy, her apprentice.

She is called "Molly-moo" or "The farm poodle" or "The silent sister."

She likes to travel.

She doesn't like to wear shoes.

She can often be found following Sabrina around, watching for racoons or play-fighting with someone else.

"Jubilee"

Jubilee is Everly's youngest sibling.

She is six years old.

She was adopted from Haiti.

It has been said that when she grows up, she could be anything she liked.

She is brilliant and cute and hilarious and dramatic.

She is more muscular than Everly ever dreams of being.

She loves to sing The Beatles and Mika.

She dances like nobody's watchin' (especially when someone is.)

She loves Charlie and Lola and books by Eloise Wilkin, A. A. Milne or Kevin Henkes.

She loves pink.

She could pretty much learn to do everything if she didn't have to stop every now and then to show the rest of us how.

She is adorable.

She can often be found riding her trike, rocking baby dolls or cuddling with a sister.

"Willin"

Willin is Everly's youngest brother.

He is eight years old.

He was adopted from Haiti.

Beyond his pretty face there is a mind which is always pondering the way things work.

He is fascinated by vacuum cleaners.

He can often be found in la-la-land.

He is very observant to things like the flea on the ceiling across the room, and very oblivious to things like, if he's wearing pants.

He loves green and green things like frogs.

He's learning to eat some green things too though.

He is a genuine hoot.

He is extremely inquisitive and can drive you mad with questions.

He is the real six-fingered man.

He can often be found gazing out the window, talking to himself aloud or sqauting in the dirt and digging with a plastic spade.

"Samuel"

Samuel or Sam is Everly's younger brother.

He is ten years old.

He was adopted from Haiti.

He is our athlete, being naturally capable in every sport he's tried.

He particularly likes soccer and basketball and football.

He sometimes helps Everly with her math.

He is sometimes called Little Man or other nicknames which I will not disclose.

He likes to draw things like cars and boats.

He is very quick to learn and patient with Willin; his shadow.

He tells really funny jokes and stories.

He and Everly often karate chop each other during kitchen cleaning time.

He can often be found watering plants, using up graph paper or singing in the shower.

"Birdie"

Birdie is Everly's younger sister.

She is fourteen years old.

She is the violet in her rainbow.

She is very fairyish and old fashioned.

She loves to read and garden and play with her dog Francy (who is a Papillon and can fly like one.)

She often casts spells with her six-inch crystal blue eyes.

She is learning to play the guitar.

She loves fairies, horses, photography, Lucy Pevensie and nooks and crannies.

She can often be found looking picturesque.

"Bunny"

Bunny is Everly's younger sister.

She is fifteen years old.

She was adopted from Haiti.

She likes to laugh, sew, play with dolls, braid hair, read, draw and get involved in church activities.

She is great at making friends, jumping rope and playing jacks.

She falls as fourth oldest and fourth youngest.

She is very determined and can often be found doing the impossible.

"Rita"

Rita is Everly's psuedo sister.

She is eighteen years old.

She is Sabrina's "peep" or, in other terms, kindred spirit.

She is what Diana Barry is to Anne Shirley, if not more so.

She loves Shakespeare, geography/travel, poetry, good movies, music (particularly Coldplay) and playing the piano (really well.)

She is creative and out-going.

She blogs here.

She lives in the same town as the Pleasant family and often in the same house.

She is an odd duck but we wouldn't have her any other way.

She is known to make half-comments.

She is writing a screenplay.

Her parents are "Rita's Mom and Dad."

She can often be found hunting for new musical artists, cracking up with Sabrina or eating foods which you've probably never heard of.

"Sabrina"

Sabrina is Everly's splendid eldest sister.

She is nineteen years old.

She is very responsible and mature, but, unlike Meg March or Susan Pevensie, she is also one of the goofiest of the Pleasant children.

She loves music, particularly that to which she can boogie down.

Rita is her "peep."

Sabrina is a trailblazer for the rest of us.

She is also a splendid chef.

She read Ben Hur when she was twelve.

She has a loyal farm poodle named Molly or Molly-moo.

She blogs here.

She is learning to play the guitar.

She studies linguistics, cultural anthropology, geography etc.

She speaks fluent Haitian Creole.

She can often be found listening to her ipod, writing in her journal or roaming Hastings with Rita.

"Joseph"

Joseph or Joey is Everly's eldest sibling.

He is twenty-two years old.

He is considered very brave for living with four teenage sisters (and another teenager who acts like a sister) (and another sister who acts like a teenager.)

He is sometimes referred to as Joey-woey-poey, Sir Thinksalot or The Boy.

He has a blog here where he writes articles about politics, philosophy, religion and more.

Most of the smart things Everly says come from him.

He can often be found weed-eating the lawn, directing movies, distributing nicknames, putting Christmas lights on the roof or seeing to it that all of the children love classic rock.

"Mommy"

Mommy or Mrs. Pleasant is Everly's beautiful Mother.

She has been awarded with The #1 Mother Award by pretty much everyone who's ever been to her house.

If you've ever said to yourself "The eight little Pleasants are really good kids" then you can credit that to this lady.

She loves sage green (or "mommy green" as it is known in the Pleasant household) and birds and the 70's station and reading aloud to eight very grateful children. Her green thumb makes others green with envy. She loves her plants and walking among them, seeing that they are all comfortable. She cooks wonderfully though she isn't particularly fond of it. Her way with laundry is a great mystery.

She grew up in Texas.

She has one brother and three sisters.

Her parents are "Mema and Papa."

She can often be found kissing ouchies, dead-heading Geraniums or drinking blond coffee.

"Daddy"

Daddy or Mr. Pleasant is Everly's incredible father.

He is the best father ever to blow up a bike tire or swat a roach.

He works at an Emergency Room where he saves lives all day.

He has two sisters and three brothers.

His parents are "Granny and Grampy."

He was born in Southern California and then lived in Michigan before moving to Texas.

He hopes to someday set up clinics in Haiti and tend to them by boat.

He is often the umph that keeps Everly going and is a big reason why she writes.

He can often be found tickling small children, working really hard or making up recipes.