Flash Friday 55 #7

The rabbits outside were too fast and shy to paint. Foraging afield, the baker’s boy found a baby one. Hand fed, it lived in the artist’s studio. The hare thrived and they trusted each other. Sleeping in the sun the rabbit lost himself in dream while the artist found him with his brush on paper. 

Oh, yeah and Flash 55 Friday has it's command post 

at the GMan's blog.

Daikon Outside

Daikon got to go out in the Blueberry Bunny Park today. It is a bit smaller than in the past because some of the bushes are still else where being  protected from the birds. Despite the diminished size all the bunnies still consider it plenty of fun. Daikon needed no coaxing or explicit directions to make his way outside. Although outdoor hazards for bunnies are to be considered-myxomatosis, roundworm, aerial predators, ground predators-these are minimized or non-existant in the Blueberry Park. During the day in the sun there are no mosquitos to carry myxomatosis, additionally the weather has not been right for hatching. Myxomatosis is also carried by fleas, but these, again are not in evidence. Roundworm which can be on the bottom of raccoon's feet does not survive in warm, dry areas. Since I am in and out of the house, and I can see him from the kitchen window, he is well supervised, and there is plenty of options for cover. 

"You lookin' at me? then I'm gonna look at YOU!"

"Amelia is right! gardening is fun for a bun."

"Watch me bink! oops you blinked."

Flash Friday 55 #6

“Let’s go to Paris for three weeks.”

“I have work in two weeks.”

“Not worth it to go for less, this summer then.”

“Are we going? it’s the summer.”

“I don’t trust anyone to water the garden, maybe in the fall.”

“Teaching starts up....”

“Are you really leaving me?”

“We will always have Paris, not.”

Flash Friday 55 comes from G-Man

Thinking

Flash Friday 55 #5

After passing the physical, the kid handed Sarge a written test with a perfect score. Sarge had a letter from a shrink the kid had seen, something about feeling unloved, no big deal, but nobody got a perfect score. Nobody. He wrote IV-F next the kid’s name: registrant not qualified for any military service.

Friday Flash 55 stems from G Man

Vintage Bandit

I found some photo proofs from 1998 of baby Bandit, 

my first official, though illegal, house rabbit.

Baby Bandit compared to my martial arts shoe, she got much bigger.

She loved the vacuum, it was her BFF

Ruling the roost from day one.

An innovator in the use of rocks.

Eat more kale.

Friday Flash 55 #4

A close call. My patient brought her 6 year old son. She needed time alone with the acupuncture needles.  I lured him out with books. After reading one about fish the next was The Velveteen Rabbit. I started tearing up around the time the rabbit got real...luckily it was time to check on mom.

This is Hermes he was my foster rabbit for much of last year. He is a Rex rabbit.
Rex's have no undercoat resulting is fur like velvet(een).
He did find his forever home and you can read about it HERE.
You can find out more about rescue rabbits and the Rabbit Haven HERE

Friday Flash 55 is the brain child of the Gman HERE

Amelia

Testing

Choosing

Procuring

Enjoying

The End

Flash Friday 55 #4

She wore her pants tight enough to feel like a country western song and prayed out loud until the gas pump accepted her soon to be X husband’s credit card. With a tankful and a full can she drove by the house one last time, burning bridges was bad, burning his stupid car was exhilarating. 

Flash Friday 55 is par tof GMan's master plan, his blog is HERE.

Two Harriets

excerpt from A Rabbit's Middle Way

Two Harriets
obviously different
 yet the same bun

 opposites 

       are 

           the same

                    only

                            the middle

                                  is 

                             different

                           from 

                                 either 

                                         extreme

                                                       jump in!

Friday Flash 55 Number Three

“I hate to cook, I’ve cooked for over fifty years.”

“I could cook you some food and 

put it in the freezer to heat and eat later.”

“ I don’t need or want help, I just don’t want to cook.”

And so, even when we offered to bring the food,

 the holiday family dinners were forever cancelled. 

Flash 55 comes from the G Man OVER HERE

Good Morning

Sydney Spot

Sydney is fine, but she is up for "Most Likely to Be Taken To The Vet" award. I had heard somebun cough the day before, that coupled with a morning episode of phlegmy hacking and more coughing later was enough to send me to the phone. Though it seemed probable that the morning episode was the result of a pellet being snarfled before chewing properly. By the time the afternoon rolled around she seemed fine, eating, grooming, checking out the playroom (DS bedroom). Tyler unvoluntarily accompanied her, just for fun, on my part not his. Everything was fine, teeth, lungs,  ears, eyes, tummy. We agreed that it was just a pellet incident. There is a tremendous amount of excitement around pellets. Sydney was weighed at the vet and she weighed exactly the same as she did about a year ago. It has been about nine months since we transitioned to Sherwood Forest Natural Rabbit Food M/S. In some circles it is controversial that they put some alfalfa in their adult rabbit formula, it is thought that will make rabbits fat as it is too rich. Sydney says otherwise, she maintains that it is a balanced formula and even has improved the quality of her fur.

Friday Flash 55 #3

The glass blower tossed bits and bobs from his craft into the river that lead to the sea. During low tides these scraps returned as tumbled fairy gems, washing onto the beach or burrowing up from the sands. Magical beach combing had brought them together until she realized it was only magic, not love.

Friday Flash 55 roots are HERE

What In The World

Amelia shows her pearly whites, good dental health is important for all animals

Years ago I had one of those stat counters on the side of my blog that tells you who is visiting and where they are from and what they had for breakfast. After a couple weeks I had to remove it because I felt too self conscious around it. With the newish blogger format there is an easily accessed stat counter, which I visit from time to time out of curiosity. Most of my visitors are from the US, in very close second for the last few months is.......can you guess? Do you know who you are? in very close second is RUSSIA. Will someone or two or three of you Russians PLEASE tell me what you are finding of interest? One of my Face Book friends suggested that there could be some sort of hacking going on through my blog. Could that be? I would much rather think there is an interest in house rabbits in Russia.....

Friday Flash 55 Number Two

Friday Flash 55 originates HERE

She gasped loudly, looking at her finger tip on the cutting board, considered ice, the ER, stitches, follow up doctor visits, expense. 
“Mom are you ok? when is dinner?” Her son called from his room. 
Grabbing a towel for the blood, she washed off the board and a bit of herself went down the drain.

Friday 55

To know more about Friday 55 go HERE
Here is my 55 word story.

Because I had previously straightened my money and was quite certain there was nothing else in my pocket, I knew that the card which fell, as if from those same dollars could not have come from ordinary reality. Cautiously, I bent and retrieved the card, it was an ace of hearts with Elvis Presley presiding.

Sometimes

SOMETIMES

BLACK

AND

WHITE

IS ALL YOU NEED

A Better Pellet

WARNING: there are lots of links in this post.

Daikon examines the Jade Plant for possible GMOs

I am very much against consuming GMO food products for myself and my loved ones, and naturally that includes the rabbits. If you have not thought about this issue or think that consuming GMO is ok I urge you to read this ARTICLE.  I have fed Oxbox pellets for over a decade, assuming that my vet and local rabbit rescue knew what was right and good, imagine my shock when I took the trouble to read the Oxbow Adult Rabbit label. These are the first 8 ingredients: Timothy Grass Meal, Soybean Hulls, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Meal, Cane Molasses, Sodium Bentonite, Soybean Oil. Soy hulls and wheat middlings sound like the floor sweepings from a processing plant. Oxbox claims that Soy protein is good for rabbits, but soy, unless it is organic is most likely genetically modified, now more than ever before. In the top eight ingredients almost half are GMOS. Many studies have shown a link to organ disruption, infertility, and offspring mortality for animals fed GMO products. Here's a nifty link to a Danish Pig farmer and his experience with GMO soy and non-GMO soy THE LINK You may be thinking that since you don't breed your rabbits, there being plenty of bunnies needing homes without making more, that it doesn't matter if your bun has some GMO soy; but it does. It matters for the general health of the rabbit and it matters for the health of the planet. GMOs effect pollinators, for example GE corn is treated with a pesticide that contains neonicotinoids, which is also in Roundup, and which may be responsible for Bee Colony Collapse.  I need not tell you how important bees are in respect to the growing of food. GMOs are currently killing the Monarch Butterfly through Roundup Ready GE Corn. Let us return briefly to the label. Cane molasses is byproduct of the sugar industry, though not as sweet as sugar, I'm not sure I want to feed it to my rabbit. Eighth in line is soybean oil, GMO and probably rancid. What to do? Google of course, investigation and  plenty of label reading lead me to Sherwood Forest Natural Rabbit Food. The label that I have that came with the product has alfalfa as the second ingredient, the label on the web has it as the first, that brings us the whole adult rabbits shouldn't get alfalfa hay unless they are wool producers rule. The party line around here has been that alfalfa is too rich and high in calcium for adult rabbits. These bunny urban myths are addressed by Sherwood HERE. The Sherwood pellets smell very fresh and look tasty. My rabbits are all quite enthusiastic about them, ok Amelia has jumped over the pen a couple times when she thought I was slow in serving. You can buy Sherwood Forest Natural Rabbit Food HERE.

The Spots grow their own blueberries to ensure purity

Bun Shui

 It's happened again there's a rabbit in the kitchen.  Even with a sheet over his pen Daikon was too noisy for the DS who sleeps until the early afternoon hoping that there will be lunch leftovers. Daikon has taken up residence under the kitchen table, rendering it unless for anything that requires sitting at it using a chair.

Who needs a table when you can see this face looking at you?

When moving to a new location first own it!

Then be it!

Explore the extent of your known world.

Then go into the Great Unknown.

New Wheels

In my continued attempts to bond Harriet and Amelia so that I don't have so many fences to climb over, I invested in a pet stroller, it's made by Pet Gear and was discounted. Although there were cheaper ones, I felt I needed a sturdy one for two big girls. This one can stroll 30 pounds, even together they are under the legal limit; we could throw Tyler in if we wanted to live dangerously. I have taken them out twice. The first time just around the block,  the second time we parambulated for some 6 blocks. So far no one has commented, dared to comment. Although when the back seat passenger of a turning car looked into the stroller I swear she said "Those are some of the weirdest babies I've ever seen." Admittedly I am not a professional lip reader. What my exact plans are in terms of bonding, I don't know, but taking the two girl buns for a little walk is easy and requires only one piece of special equipment. So far they have been very good, no animosity at all.  It's a step by step process, and the steps can change at any time.