When Aunt Mel was a child, she begged for a horse but never got one of her own. So when she graduated from college and got her first job, the first thing she bought was a horse – GiGi. Aunt Mel’s friend, Lisa, grew up on a big horse farm. Her family bred and showed prize Arabian

Lyndon was an unexpected addition to Aunt Mel’s farm. One morning Aunt Mel woke to find this huge, black hairy pig building a nest in her flower garden. When she approached the busy pig, it would squeal loudly and stomp on the plants. Aunt Mel was terrified. She went in the house

Alex was that once in a lifetime, very special dog. And how Alex came to be part of Aunt Mel’s life is also special. Aunt Mel and her boyfriend Chris decided they wanted to get a dog. Chris liked to duck hunt so he wanted to find a black lab puppy. So they began to inquire about

Whitey is a huge, white cat with brilliant blue eyes. And he is completely deaf. Whitey doesn’t hear a thing but this handicap does nothing to deter him from his singular goal in life – to catch a bird. Whitey spends hours sitting below the wild bird feeder hunting birds and he

When Aunt Mel bought her farm she didn’t have any cats. You simply can’t have a farm without cats. They help control the mice and rat population in the barn. A friend called one day and said her sister found a cat in a tree in their yard. They didn’t want the cat but wanted to

Joe is Aunt Mel’s little brown pony. Joe has a white blaze down his face, but it’s a little crooked and ends over his left nostril. He has four white feet and a thick blonde mane and tail. In the summer, he is dark brown with darker dapples. In the winter his hair is three inches

Public Art Commission by Melanie Eberhardt for the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. "Beckoning" is a summation of activities at the port with a twist, native wildlife (whales, seals, dolphins) are substitutes for ships. On permanent display at the New Port Security Building in