Over the bridge and far away...

A few years ago, I lost my bunny soulmate, Sir Harvey of Glasgow. He was a mini lop the colour of well aged Scottish whisky and had an attitude to match his fellow Glaswegians. When he passed away, I posted on a rabbit forum on Care2, and one of the bunny slaves replied posting a poem that a friend wrote for her, when her bunny passed away.

I don't know how this friend's name was, but I hope s/he is ok if I post here the poem, taking the poetic licence to change the bunny name into Archi Ann's... she's gone and this is our farewell to her, now leaping among clover and dandelions with perfect feet, over in the country at the Rainbow Bridge...

Archi rabbit
fluffy mop
twitchin' sniffer
hippity hop

to fro
padded feet
thumpin' toes
bunny beats

hoppin havoc
vacuum fright
carrots cords
bunny delight

leapin' lepus
resting now
rascal Archi
Carri Ann's pal

run free, little one xxx

New Order anyone?

I don't write often about music, but I was watching a repeat of an old Later With Jools Holland on TV yesterday, and New Order were guests. The first song to open the show was Crystal, which captured my attention after the first guitar chords... I think it is one of the best songs they have ever written.

We're like crystal, we break easy
I'm a poor man, if you leave me
I'm applauded, then forgotten
It was summer, now it's autumn

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore,
(whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

We're like crystal, it's not easy
With your love, you could feed me
Every man, and every woman
Needs someone, So keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore,
(whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming...

Sock Wars III - update

I've finished one....



and working on the twin. Thanks to all the messages of encouragement! Hugo and Miss Eve say hello and they're enjoying sock wars, because it means they can roam in the back garden all day long while mum is sitting there playing with pointy needles!

I am going into battle!

Today, starting at approx. 12pm GMT, the dossiers for Sock Wars III will be emailed and then I will be gone from a while from the click click machine. I am a novice of the battle, and surely my skills (or lack of) in sock knitting will have me dead by Tuesday, 13th of May...and still I have to try! I love battles... knitting my deadly socks will be fun and I have everything set... pointy sticks and circular (depending on the pattern), yarn (I am using the TOFUtsies, sticking to the recommendation) and bunnies (they are going to be the calming influence on me!).
There's going to be something like 1,270 warriors participating...that's a massive knitting battle, and I am determined to kill my victim :)

Disapproving Hugo

I took my chance and mailed the picture of Hugo resting/sleeping on Miss Eve to Cinnamon, and look....

Life is good

...especially if you have somebun to lean on!

Bunny nurse

I am now a "real" bunny nurse! The vet checked over Hugo and Miss Eve, weighed them (hey... Hugo is now 2.35kg and Eve not far behind with 2.1kg!!!), listened to tummy, heart and lungs, checked teeth and noses, and the good news is that she thinks they do not have pasteurella (or snuffles), however Eve has some sort of infection and needs Depocillin. Dani then asked me if I was up to give her an injection a day, otherwise it would be taxi service every day for 10 days for us, and ...why not? So she got a siringe filled and instructed me on how to do it...just lift the skin from the shoulderblades, and ...in it goes. With her help, it went fairly easy, and Eve did not mind - at least she didn't move or struggle, good girl! I was feeling a bit queazy in sticking the needle into the poor bunny, but it went away when I concentrated on the issue...get Miss Eve healthy!
Hugo's sneezing doesn't seem to be much of a concern right now, as everything is ok with him (and his nose is dry), apart from a spur on the upper right molar, which needs trimming at some stage.
So, we got then the myxi done for both, and we have a control appointment for Eve next week Saturday. Hopefully the infection will be dealt with by then!
And then, the vet gave me all these:




together with a bill for a total of approx. £93.00 - but I don't mind, as long as my babies are well!

This morning, finding the skin to inject the antibiotic on Miss Eve proved to be more difficult than yesterday, but eventually I got it and she was good as gold, so I gave her a slice of banana as a treat. She must have been a bit cross with me, though, because soon after the injection, after I put her on the floor, she run off and did not take the banana straight away, but only after she saw that Hugo was also happily munching on a slice of it! Competition sometimes works quite well!
Still, I need to deal with the weight issue, as I don't want them to put up too much of it, so I got a bag of Supa Rabbit Excel Lite, which they like too, and let's hope that with the good season coming and more time running in the garden we can stop ballooning!