Blanc De Hotot, the Next Breed

Ranked #1 on the rare rabbit breed list as of May, 2010, this rabbit breed (whose name I can't pronounce!) is a VERY pretty meat/fur dual purpose animal. The fur is lustorous and has a frosty white sheen, and the eyes have a thin black band around them. I think they are simply beautiful, and as a meat/fur rabbit, will fit n nicely with my plans. Any that are not up to standard, become food!

I am particularily drawn to this rabbit because of it's beauty. I what to touch one! Lol. I think they would be a good rabbit for the pet market (although not the smallest) fun to show, because of their unique appearances, and a great addition to my fur pile.

Since I now have enough cages, I can buy a trio, and get started on my own!

If anyone has experience good or bad with these rabbits, please comment and tell me what you think!

New Cages

I bought some new cages yesterday, paid $48 for he lot, although I ended up in trouble, because everyone knew I should have asked for less. Money to pay, that is. At Any rate, I got four nice runs, 18"x18"x5', which I plan on deviding into the apropriate number of cages, and hanging in a city freindly mobile bunny barn! Pictures will, of course, be posted as I complete the project: titled, "Project, Bunny Barn!"

The Joy of Kidlets

My sons are two, and seven weeks. I have a four year old daughter. They are the very breath of life to me. My little girl is so precocious and smart, my newborn's smiles can make anyone melt with pure happiness. But the true joy I have seen the last few days is my two year old's explosions of personhood. His joy, his fear, his anger, are all right out there. His discoveries about his world so marvelous and transparent as to almost make them your own, all over again.

His trust has not yet been broken, his safety in the world so secure, he feels absolutly free in his skin and secure in himself. I smile when he grasps concepts I deem perhaps too complex for him, I laugh when he discovers a new way to play, or to put his words together in increasingly longer and more complex sentences.

What an amazing thing to be two, to have the whole world laid out for you. You can be anyone or anything, even a cat or dog, if you choose. You have learned enough to be able to manipulate your world pretty well, and young enough for everything to be fun....

I love my little boy. :)

Wow, the HEAT!

It has been very hot today, with the temps up into the high 90's. The boys and I are roasting in our apartment, and cooling off in the bath, since we don't have any air conditioning. We tried to go to a birthday party, but the sheer heat just about did us in, and we retreated into the relative coolness of our home, to clean and relax for the day.

I am worried about how my rabbits are going to take it, as it is very warm, and I can only imagine how hot....

I gotta go refill water crocks. TTYL!

If I Want it Done Right...

I have been thinking lately about how I have been trying to have an "equal" relasionship, you know, chores, devided in half, childcare devided in half, ect, but what I have noticed is that nothing gets done with this approach. Nothing.

The dishes sit for days...the bathrooms begin to smell....the living room fills with food and the laundry piles high.

Maybe if I want it done right, I'll buck up and just do it myself.

Meet the New Stock!

 Here is an intro to my new breeders, who will began breeding the first time on January 1, 2011

This here is Delilah

Californian

doe

This is her "buddy" Aspen.

New Zealand

doe

Here is Ava

Californian

doe

This sweet little thang is Willow

NZW

doe

Meet Emma

Californian

doe

And last of the does (but certainly not least!) is Maple!

New Zealand

doe

Here is stud muffin, Mr Maverick

unpedigreed Californian

buck

And, as yet unborn, Cedar, a red New Zealand Buck.

Six Does and a Buck

Here are my rabbits! They came yesterday morning and are such pretty bunnies (not tame at all, mind you) But they will GET tame. :)I also got a our month old Cali buck, not pictured.

The Grass Really Isn't Greener

I grew up planning my escape. I wanted to leave to the big city, New York, or maybe Las Vegas. The dazzling pictures captivated me. TV glamorized it. My own life bored and frusterated me. Everyone knew what I was doing, and there was no chance to escape.

I got to the other side, and I can tell you, if the "grass" is any greener, it's because it's artificial grass carpet. The rivers are asphalt, and the wild animals in your yard are drunk men stumbling home late at night. Though the wildlife has been killed off for us to live in such packed quarters, it is much more dangerous here.

Now I am trying to break back. Back home, there is not much to do but gossip, and those words and rumors can cut deep, but you will never meet a more loyal group of people. There are some dangers, but you can let your children out in a yard. Animals are not only around, but welcomed. I want my kids to grow up loving nature and respecting animals and the cycle of life. I want my boys to learn respect, and my girls to learn hard work ethic. I want to be country again.

My Name is Shara...

And I suffer from Rabbitosis!

I have six days before my new rabbits come to live here. I am sick with worry. I am anxious. I am pacing, stressed, and thinking about the cages I want, the babies I will have next Febuary if all goes well. I am trying to picture the size they are now, probably still cute and fluffy, I imagine, as they are young babies...just recently weaned, in fact. I try to picture what the little broken does look like, the patterns in their fur. I try to imagine my new Cali babies, the bucks and does. I want them now!

Summer is Here!

We have been having the greatest fun today playing with Caelin in the water...the hose is an amazing toy!