Well, for those of you following the comments from a few days ago, the mystery is solved--I mis-spelled the dragon's name! It turns out that this is a Minnen Drake, not a Minnendrake--that's why we couldn't find it on Ikea's site. But here is the Ikea picture, and here are mine:

The minnen drake in all its glory:


and Nika showing it exactly who's boss!


We just got back from a two-hour trip into the forest. We spent about an hour of it walking, and an hour just sitting out in the field, soaking up the sunlight, petting Nika (as she hunted for bugs), and talking about the ins and outs of self-promotion (post-novel-sales-and-publication), based on an article I read at Borders earlier today. Interesting, kinda scary stuff.

So just for fun, here's one more Nika + minnen drake picture. Happy weekend!