Lovebugs Day 1.

The Bonding Game

Miss Eve was separated from Dom on Saturday, and after a day spent on her own catching up on food, she met Neville.
I, not a very patient bunny parent, sent an email to Amy at work on Monday:

Any news on Miss Eve and Neville? What can you say so far? How was she, and how was interaction?
Sorry to be a pain, but we've been wondering - anxious bunny parents!!!

A little bit later, a reply came:

Bonding seems to be going fine. I have seen Miss Eve grooming Neville quite a bit, and have seen him grooming her once too! :-)
She seems very much at ease with him, so perhaps is happier with a smaller partner?
I think they will be fine to go back on Tuesday if that's okay for you?

And today I emailed again...just to be sure and not wanting to jinx anything...

Any more news to "aaaaawwwww" and "ooooohhhh" on Miss Eve and Neville??

And soon the reply:

There has been plenty of mutual grooming from Eve and Neville…I feel like an intruder when I go into their room! LOL!

So, we've got a match finally! I am off now to put a bottle of sparkly in the fridge to welcome home Miss Eve and Neville, and also prepare a new litter tray filled with loads of fresh soft hay!

Winter Bunderland Swap on Raverly

I don't remember if I mentioned that I joined the Winter Bunderland Swap on Ravelry back in December, when Hugo and Miss Eve were still together. The idea was to sign up and, after filling in a questionnaire on likes and dislikes for both hoomin and bunny(es), get a match on one of the other partecipants, and be a match for someone else on the list. My spoiler was Maarit in Finland, while my spoilee was Kiki in Germany with bunny Eeschen - both girls are lots of fun!
While I cannot yet discover what I mailed to Kiki and Eeschen, because the parcel is still on its way and I don't want to spoil the surprise, I am more than happy to show you what Maarit sent me...but don't be jealous, because it is all really very very pretty!
First, an overview:


Let's start with the most beautiful, hand-knitted, felted and needle-felted minibag:


Maarit was so thoughtful and did a portrait of Miss Eve on one side, and Bing on the other. After it was done, she read about Bing not being the right match to Miss Eve, and hoped that it wasn't too bad that I had Bing on the purse...of course it doesn't matter... also because it looks as if Bing's felted image could just as well be Neville's :)))

Anyway... there's so much more in it... she did for me these beautiful stitchmarkers:


And look at this pretty mug (with Finnish sweets inside!) - you can only get these in Finland from a company called Arabia, and the artist is Heljä Liukko-Sundström:






Because it's a knitters'swap too, the yarn couldn't be missing:

It is a lovely natural yarn, organic as well, from a local organic farm. The label says, as Maarit translated:

this yarn is produced in a small farm. The text says: "The organic farm of Mannila, Gray Jasmiini, 100% wool. Our black and white sheep Jasmiini is a little shy, but she is always the first one at the hay rack and that's why she is motherly plump.

So funny!!
I also got some yummy black aromatised fairtrade teas, and a lovely handmade card:


Of course it was all about the bunnies...so here we go, some organic dried apple slices and raisins (I tried them with Miss Eve and Bing, and while Bing would eat the raisins, Miss Eve would only nibble at the apple pieces, LOL!) and a honey and seed chewy stick from Vitakraft (still in its package, see top picture on the top left).

I shall try the treats again with Miss Eve and Neville... when they come home tonight :)

Thanks again, Maarit :) You did manage a lovely parcel, despite having to prepare it while you were moving home!

Lemonade and Hugs

We've got an award thanks to Cara aka Ankles aka Silver's mum and it is called lemonade :) We are very happy about it and thankful, even if it took us some time to come over here and acknowledge this honour (you know the drill, busy life, bunny bonding adventures, blah blah blah...usual bunny slave excuses)
It was supposed to welcome Bing into the YowlYY's warren, but alas, you all know by now that Bing didn't really want to be with Miss Eve - he was much keener on human cuddling and ear massage. Still, we are grateful for this award and will exhibit it proudly on this blog!

And because an award comes seldom alone, Miss Eve got the Hug Award from Crafty Green Poet!


This is a great honour and I will tell her as soon as she's back...which is going to be very very soon! The award should help during her mourning phase, and this is just what it did :)

Thank you both!

It is now time to pass on the awards, so if you are reading this and haven't received some lemonade and a hug recently, you've been tagged :)

Sunday Dating

I just got a call from Amy to let me know that, sadly, Dom is not a match to Miss Eve. Fact is, he is so frisky that he wants to hump her all the time, and she is scared of him so much, that she stopped eating, because every time she moved he was at her, so she kept on a corner and tried to be as invisible as possible :(
She separated them after two trials, and she asked me if it was ok to try her with Neville (check the spottyness):


He is a Londoner bunny that someone brought to a vet to be put to sleep, as they did not want him anymore. He is a teenager (probably about one year of age) and a gentlebun - very friendly and easy to handle.


I hope it works out - I will hear from Amy again tomorrow or on Tuesday.

I finished something!

My Surface - finally done! (all tedious details are on ravelry)
Now I am working at the wrap, and hoping to finish it this weekend.

Friday, sunshine, rainbows and bunnies in balloons

A few days ago my day was brightened by the arrival of a small envelope.
I found this inside:

Of course, you all have recognised the original, haven't you?
And here again a link to her haiku (RG saw Hugo in it!).





Is this Anya waiting at the Bridge with the Black Rabbit of Inlé?
Thank you so much, Crafty Green Poet - it is the most touching tribute to Hugo, and he is surely approving from the Bridge!