Growing bunnies

The baby bunnies are growing quickly and now live outside with mom. Here are a few recent photos and a video of them.


Eyes just opened, about 1.5 wks old.

























Two weeks old and ready to explore.




















3 weeks old, a view inside the nestbox.

Playing with the babies on the bed, the white one is very twitchy!

Shed

The storage shed / bunny shelter structure has been completed. I’ve already moved things out of the shop to fill about a third of the shed. It’s making for plenty of extra room in the shop and a complete reorganization. The awning will keep the rabbits dry and hopefully cool in the summer. I still have to add electricity for lights and fans.

I tried to use as much Great Dane scrap as I could. I had to buy a couple of boxes of fasteners and two pieces of wood. The rest was stuff from the shop, e.g. windows and the door.

New Purse

I have been working on this sewing project for months but my sewing machine has not been working properly. I took it into one repair shop and all they would do was a tune up, which, of course, did not work. I took it to another guy and after 2 1/2 hours he finally found out what was wrong--something that had been wrong since the machine was manufactured. At least I didn't cause the damage and it is finally fixed! I also managed to finish sewing my very-much-needed new purse, seen below.

Lindsay's Birthday

My birthday was today and Matthew brought home these beautiful flowers for me :-) I also received some great new toys for myself, my horse, and my fish. Thank you everyone!

Riding on the Beach

One of my life-long dreams came true today--I got to ride my horse, Rabi, on the beach! I used the excuse that my birthday is this coming week to convince some fellow riders to make the 2 hour trip to Hunting Island, SC. Horses are only allowed in the winter and it was too nice of a day to pass up. Sunny, high 50s, and just perfect.

Getting ready in the parking lot - note the location of the beach




















Our shadows on the sand.




















The group of riders I went with, 8 in total.




















Rabi didn't like the waves too much, he thought they were chasing him!

























I couldn't resist a nice hand-written title for my scrapbook




















Rabi and I




















A good roll in the sand after a long ride

Bunnies, Bunnies, Bunnies!

Our first batch of baby bunnies were born Monday, January 10th. The female, Belle, only had 2 this time but hopefully she will have more when the weather warms up. Right now the babies are staying inside and I take them out twice a day for mom to feed them. Apparently that is all the care that they need!

The babies the day they were born





















Almost one week old, they have a little more hair now.




















They are pretty adorable!







































We finally finished setting up the cages and put up a shelf to keep the food off the ground.

New Years

For New Years we went to a friends house to play games and watch the ball drop.

Playing Apples to Apples



















The cards Matthew won, do you think they describe him well?




















Moments before the ball drop




















Toasting in the New Year!