GOLDIE, GOLDIE, GOLDIE .....

"You wanna see the rest, you pay - craisins work good." - Goldalina

Aw - did you all see the great "Danny Boy" redo for Kitty Boy by the Fab Furs on yesterday's post? Thanks folks!

PYA ...

"Listen Savannah, if I see Kitty Boy coming I'll let you know toot sweet, and you do the same, 'kay?" - Chico the Vigilant.

"Gotcha covered buddy - KB does not stand a chance coming my way!" - Savannah the Terrible!

HEY MISTER ....

"It is awful early for that camera and my hair is a mess." - The Princess

I kinda think Her Regalness needs a new hair-dresser AND a new wardrobe consultant!

Oh - here is BL befriending yet ANOTHER animal - Louie. Louie has a life-jacket on. Maybe BL will explain that.

HEY LUCKY !!!

"Is this the lunch line?" - Winston

" Follow me, Winnie - I smell treats!" - Lucky

DO NOT DISTURB ....

.... Baxter

HOLA!!!!

"Didn't somebody want to see me, Chico? Here I am! Glorious - yes?

Waaaaaay better than a cat!" - Chico

"Do you read the comic Prickly City? BL likes that comic. There is a great rabbit, Kevin, on there today. Damn cat gets the best of him. I prefer Pickles!" - RG

NO BUNN - NO FUN ....

HEY! Hows come SHE gets to be inside????

(It's the Cat ... he is impairing my faculties.)

STILL LIFE .....

..... WITH CAT. (This is going to be hard .)

Stick we me RG - I'll be your pal.

Thanks Zoey - sometimes it feels like the whole world is against me.

GOLDIE AND THE FAN ...

It has been quite hot the past three days. Goldie like to sit under the fan!

We were one of the lucky winners of a great hand block carved, inked tiger print from the nice lady at the Qi Papers - she with 4 Bunns. I should give her a cat in return as thanks.

CATS ARE WEIRD ....

That Kitty Boy come over into my private area, he is toast - got that BL??? - Savannah

All in all a tough day for good old RG. I think all the sympathy lies with Kitty Boy and BL. To top it off, I quit my part time job with a local non-profit environmental education group. The Board members liked too much Talk and not enough Do to suit me. Today was a big Thank You party, which was nice. But BL tried to sign me up for night work in the winter digging clams at low tide for our local Shellfish Grower. The gang gave me the sequel to "The Monkey Wrench Gang" by Edward Abbey. Seems like everybody wants me in trouble. I guess they give the HARD work to the BEST people. I'll try to catch up on reading and commenting on blogs tomorrow - I owe some of you BIG TIME!

ANYBODY NEED A CAT?

Grrrr ... this is Kitty Boy, the cat. He "showed up" in the yard several months ago. He is "fixed" and very nice. We don't want an inside cat because it is too hard to keep him and the bunns safe and the extra work of scratch-proofing and litterboxing is not too inviting - not at all.

But - there are several feral cats about - all over this area. They come up and get in fights with Kitty Boy - he has had two V. E. T. trips and has to stay in for 14 days to recover from the latest altercation. He lives in the bathroom for now, for 7 more days yet - not a good long term plan.

My idea is to put no food or water outside, and put Kitty Boy out, after the 7 more days, during the day and let him live in the bathroom all night - hope for the cat-fight best. My other idea is to find Kitty Boy a nice home. BL likes Kitty Boy a lot. He likes to lay on the couch when she reads or sit in the chair with her to watch tv - a nice citizen. If he just didn't have claws, need a litter box, and not eat stinky food - gosh things would be super-de-duper!

She has consulted many authorities and the current best advice comes from the husband of the local county animal control officer. "Go to the Sporting Goods shop and buy a BIG bottle of Cougar Pee. Sprinkle it around the edge of the yard and the other cats will stay out and Kitty Boy will stay in." We will need several bottles, our yard is about an acre that needs the sprinkles around the edge. And what about when it rains?

So - advice? Ideas? Votes? Can I send you a cat? (Could someone at least feel a bit sorry for me??)

THEY SHED IT WAZSH JUSSH...

... A TA..TA..TAEEE PARTY - HIC! - Benji

(Tomorrow we will get serious again .. much to discuss .. RG)

NOBUNNY - FIRST PLACE ....

Lucky - Second Place, Water Bowl - Third Place.

Now, if Lucky would just jump up there on the first place podium maybe he would get a big bouquet of carrots ... of course, turning around would be a nice first act (quit mooning the audience, Luck!)

PAH-TEE!!! ...

BL is 39 today! Some friends came over to help her celebrate - many of these friends fit right in with our life style - and they make her laugh. So does Champagne.

For example, this lady rescues rabbits. She got BL started. Her house is ruled by rabbits. Those are her salad servers there - they were not a present. They were just to borrow for the evening. BL said "no presents".

"Gosh - she could have said "Bring Treats" couldn't she?" - Chico
(PS- we all love you BL)

"MAID! OH MAID!"

"Clean the litter-box, maid."

"And try to be quiet doing it." - The Princess

"PSST. HEY BUDDY. WANT A RABBIT?" ...

"Can't have him - he's mine." - RG

AND THEN SOME ....

Benji ???

Priceless.

OH- NOTHING IN PARTICULAR ....

Like most folks I suppose, BL and I have a diverse collection of close relatives, distant ones, quasi-adopted ones, some becoming un-relatives, and some working on becoming relatives - maybe. Such was our group that came to visit Sunday ...

Gemma (visiting here) eats carrots - this is because Gemma lives with a family of vegetarians and does not know about meat. Bunns think Gemma is very cool. Gemma is a $100,000 dog. This is because first, Gemma just had a $15,000 hip rebuild. Gemma had the $15,000 hip rebuild because Gemma is also, second, what you know as a Seeing-Eye dog - very well trained, at great expense.

These little cuteys (about 3 yrs. old) - I am not sure they ever stood still - are the twin daughters of the lady who has Gemma. They are from what you call artificial implanting and etc. Yes, the lady is blind since early childhood, born in Mexico ... but she can ski, ride a bike and do the sport where you cross country ski and shoot a gun at targets. (It's done with her ears!) Full time job, own condominium, rides the bus to work - all pretty normal stuff. She is the girl friend of #1 son. Other than a lot of native smarts and being a really nice guy, he has no such claims to fame.

The girls like bunnies and these two - Goldie and Chico - certainly returned the favor.

We have had a LOT of little ones this age traipse in and out of our house over the past many years - we never tire of it - we just get tired!!!!!!!!!!!

For the rest, you'll need to wait for the book....

GOLDIE'S SURPRISE ...

Sunday company - Goldie liked it! More report next time - we are woofed!

I HAVE SUCH A GREEN THUMB ....

Look at these calla lilies ....

"Why doesn't the damn fool raise carrots?" - Winston

WHAT, AND WHO ....

Go ahead, make your guess.

NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR DARK OF NIGHT ....

The Princess in her all-purpose, outdoor-pen, bunny-perfected, protection-device.

... an old wooden step-ladder and a weather beaten board. (And, in a pinch, she can eat it!)

BENJI'S EYE ...

Benji's left eye has been moist and his cheek fur a bit wet for the past few days. He had to go to the V. E. T. He apparently has an infection and gets a drop 3 times a day. Poor BL - she is the one who got the instructions and is trained to do it.

But ... lucky Benji! He gets extra snuggles and treats too!

SPEAKING OF ZOEY ....

You weren't?

"Well! Why not?" - Zoey

THEY ARE BACK ....

"So, Baxter - what is your opinion of the hired help? Did they do good?"

"Yea Zoey - they did. Not like the usual crowd, but they did OK."

"Should we tell all of them that?"

"No Zoey - they would not understand and we would ruin our image."

"Hi guys! It's great to be home and we missed you all. Did you miss us???" (Maybe just a little?)

Fishing was awful - BL got 3 of the 4 we caught (panfish) - but there was good company and a great little get-a-way. It should have been high 70's/low 80's but was cloudy, spitting rain, windy, and cool! Big thanks to Laura and Dave from RenoRabbits for the good care of The Bunns!

GONE WITH THE WIND ...

Chico's in charge ...

... we are headed for 3 days in Eastern Washington - the Lake Chelan/Wenatchee area - fishing!

Friends-of-the-Animals (Laura and Dave) - from RenoRabbits are cleaning, petting, feeding, taking in and out, and generally doing the work required ... what a treat for us.

Will report back in Monday evening - maybe Laura will leave some tidbits about the adventure on her blog.

DID YOU EVER??

Have one of these days??

(Taken through the car window at a stoplight in Bellingham today ....)

RACER - REDUX

"You up yet???" - Racer

BASES ARE LOADED ...

Scratchin', spittin', and readin' the signs .... (What a bunch of slackers ... they are no more ready for a hit than Griffey Jr. sleeping in the clubhouse.)

YUR MONDAY MORNING KISS ....

"Have a grand week!" - Racer

BACK-UP RADAR BEEP-BEEP GIZMO FAILED ....

"OUCH!" - Benji

"HEY, BUNNY LADY -

- did you clean the deck this morning?" - Zoey
(.. geeze but they can be picky.)

I HEAR RAIN DROPS ....

... I'm just fine right here. - Savannah

OH OH!

That top is not latched .....

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

LOSING IT ....

Winston is losing his fur! He is going into seclusion for the duration!

Kind of behind reading all your blog posts - company and a long, long monday! Catch up soon ...

FRESH SNUGGLERS ....

Company means new bunny holders! .... for Lucky. ... and for Benji!

And food, fun and Clue!

MOVE, BAXTER ....

"... I barely have a grip." - Zoey

Company coming - again - the peril of being such great hosts, providing gourmet foods, a colorful setting, sparkling conversation and peaceful ambiance, and having bunnies! Oh, did I mention humility?

A PERFECT FIT ....

"Le Teeth Artiste'" - Racer

"Nutella on white bread - that is what BL fed me today. Comments?" - RG

YOU NEED NOT SAY IT ....

"I know - I'm stunning." - Goldie

If you have been on the moon or some such for awhile, you will need to see that the 7-Bunny-7 got all the Western bunnies safely to Hef's place (The Bunny Lounge) near Niagara Falls for a huge party while the peeps are away. If you and the 7-Bunny-7 are strangers, well that brief blog from a year or so ago is right over there to the right for your enjoyment.

Lastly, if you are fairly obsessed with a craft hobby - like say cross stitching - you will need to see what happens in the garage while you are so obsessed - over at Eye of the Needle.

A WISE BUNNY "SPEAKS" ...

"Peeps. There is much despair and anger over the oil accident. I hope everyone uses it as an opportunity to press for much better care of the environment in which you - and we - live.

But also remember that for all the people involved in the accident - at fault or not - and for all those working to repair and clean it up, there are many times more than that who are there to care for the unfortunate animal and human critters who suffer from it - mostly just because they need to do it.

Today RG and a friend saw more than 50 Bald Eagles congregated at the mouth of a small stream that flows from a nearby lake into Puget Sound. No one knew exactly why they were there - the speculation was a run of some newly hatched fish heading for the sea. 15 years ago, seeing two eagles together here was a cause for great rejoicing. With help, they recovered - big time.

This too shall pass .... with your help." - Baxter

("So don't screw it up" - Zoey)