Happy International Rabbit Day

A rabbit is a world.

Lion Heads

Jhampa and his sister Seraphina are lion head babies, adoptable through The Rabbit Haven. Categorised as triple lion heads they have side and top mane and a skirt. They are also our neighbors. The pumpkin was grown in the backyard in the "Do Nothing Garden" it is one of 15 Hokkaidos.

Here you can see his skirt growing out.

I took pictures of them less than a week ago and they didn't have their manes, fur grows so fast!

"Excuse me I think this may be my best side"

She will be even more amazing when she grows up, if you can believe it.

Still a little shy.

Harvest

Despite being pretty much ignored all summer a few things grew to maturity in the Do Nothing Garden.

Tyler examines the onion harvest.

Harriet offers a second opinion.

Arrangement in Blue

There is always a time just after cleaning when all seems serene and peaceful. Just after this photo was taken I went outside to shake towels and dump litter boxes. On my return I found multiple fur bits in all over Amelia's pen and the bun herself under my desk, obviously freaked. I had opened the side of her pen so she could go outside and closed off access to the outside for the other rabbits. It would appear somebun squeezed under the opened door that served to block the "alley". I have no idea who invaded, but all the fur tufts were white. Either Amelia was the only one who lost fur or it was one of the Spots, if that is the case I'd have to put my money on Sydney, since Tyler had spent a few hours yesterday on Amelia's side with no signs of aggression or irritability. Of course the bottom line is that all buns are OK.

Update: Amelia has a little wound above her left eye.

Fail

Hermes the foster has been to four adoption shows and met two lady buns and come home from each one having refused to engage or has acted too terrified to move. In my kitchen he is a happy fellow, a snuggle bun, beauteous and sweet....

Labor Day Guests

Labor Day Weekend will see 9 rabbits at the Bun Zen Center; 4 guests, 1 foster, 4 permanent residents. Our newest guests are Gracie and Ted from Sunnyvale, they took advantage of the the Center's bunportation offer of pick up for $20.

Gracie was happy to find they had been assigned a room with a view.

Just to be on the safe side Ted brought his own facilities.

Bear and Lolita were excited by their new neighbors, they are excited by pretty much anything. Bear came with some antibiotics to finish up. I don't know what they put in them, but he goes nuts. He jumps up for the syringe and grabs it in his teeth and I shoot it bit by bit into his mouth. It's all over in seconds though. The stuff is bright orange and it doesn't say what kind of antibiotic it is on the bottle, but it sure is bunny friendly...

All photos 09/02/2011

Bunny Buttons

These are my dad's old cardigans repossessed (washed and dried warm to shrink) and reincardiganated with Czech glass rabbit buttons. Sorry the close up of the buttons off the internet is sooooo tiny.....

A Pair

We have a pair of new guests at the Bun Zen Center; Bear and Lolita, a newly bonded couple.

Lolita

Lolita and Bear

Bear by himself.

Hermes The Foster

Hermes is having his bed time snuggle,

he is going to make someone a wonderful forever bun.

New Hay

Our new hay is very light and fluffy, Amelia can bury herself in it to the point where you'd think there wasn't a rabbit there. That doesn't make a very good picture, so here she is emerging.

Spuds and Humphrey

Spuds and Humphrey have been guests a the Bun Zen Center for the past 10 days. Spuds was found this year wandering the streets of LA. He joined Humphrey who had been rescued in years previous from a group of college students who seemed to be starving him. Higher education doesn't take all at once, I guess. Or maybe it just doesn't make a person kinder. It was hoped that I would be able to bond the boys, they were neutered in order to aid this mission a couple days before they began their time here. Some progress was made, though not as much as hoped, the time being a fractured one for myself. The boys do have a good potential since there was no fighting, given a little time I think they will make a handsome couple indeed!

Spuds

Humphrey

Spuds

Humphrey

Spuds and Humphrey

Humphrey and Spuds

Of Rabbit Lives and Loves

Hermes, very, very comfortable........

Humphrey and Spuds in a bonding session, did I mention that their human wanted them bonded? OK I did suggest it, it seemed like a natural thing to happen away from home and all. The session went quite well, the DS helped with supervision and petting.

Rare

It is pretty rare I should think, except in places where there is extreme political unrest, ethnic cleansing or a deadly epidemic that two members of a family would pass within a month or each other. The Grim Reaper has had a field day with the California Molls and on Saturday my eldest older brother Nick died. I adored him beyond words......

Also in the news, Hermes is still with us, having been to two adoption shows he still cowers in the corner. In the kitchen he flops and bops and when I pick him up he tooth purrs....

We have two guests at The Bun Zen Center; Humphrey and Spuds......

Humphrey checks out the facilities.

Spuds makes sure the pen is long enough to properly relax.

I Said...

I said I couldn't take fosters, I said I wouldn't take fosters, I said this because I know in my heart I would want to keep the foster, now there is a little Rex boy living in the kitchen waiting for his forever home.

This is Hermes.

Oh did I say I've taken out the kitchen table and chairs to make room for him? no, problem, really, I'll just sit on this footstool and use this teeny folding table for my computer.

No, no we don't need a table to eat off of, no, not at all. Rabbits are more important, after all humans survived for millions of years without kitchen tables, they are hardly a necessity for survival.

Apologies for spotty posting, I've been rather distracted and busy with some family matters. See HERE.

One of Our Guests

One of

our guests

is getting

very, very

fuzzy.

Bun Rockin'

Sydney and The Rock 7/23/11

Henry and Onyx Part II

Our guests at the Bun Zen Center will be returning to their home tomorrow. We will miss them, having got used to their sweet excessively cute presences. We refer to them collectively as "The Precisouses"

Henry

Onyx

Henry and Onyx

Henry

Henry and Onyx

7/21/11

Gathering 'Round

Tyler, Sydney, The Rock 7/20/2011

Typical Really

Tyler on Bastille Day 2011

Vive la France

Vive la Revolution!!!!

Breakfast

Lest Henry and Onyx complain too bitterly about being left behind while their peeps were partying out of the country, The Bun Zen Center is trying to keep morale high with tasty salads; Farmer's Market organic greens supplemented with garden produce.

Here is a one of the fancier offerings: radicchio, parsley, cilantro, mint, kale, mallow flower, nasturtium leaf and flower, borage leaf and flower.

Henry picks a Mallow flower.

Henry noms the Mallow flower.

In case you were wondering I do have written permission to use Henry and Onyx's images in this blog.....