"'TIS THE SEASON ...."

"We've been decorating and celebrating and photo-taking!  I'm woofed!"  -  RG the Busy.

ALMOST HO HO HO TIME!

"Here is a bit of festive for the weekend.  We'll really light it up on Sunday night!"  -  RG the Confident.

"Not good RG.  Not good at all."  -  KB the Unamused.

"ALL EARS."

"Go on ahead, keep talking.  I hear you.  I can nibble an apple stick and listen at the same time."  -  Zoey the Ambidextrous.

"Our homemade Christmas wreath.  I have one of those rings with fasteners for holding branches.  We are fortunate to have many kinds of firs and cedars and berry-shrubs in the area.  One of my favorite traditions of the season."  -  RG the Crafty.

"HELP WANTED."

"Must know up from down and be able to lift empty boxes and carrots.  Reply asap with brief resume and 3 letters of recommendation to Benji at House of Rabbits."

"I hope someone answers soon - I SO need this box turned downward before the rain begins."  -  Benji the Distraught

BL'S DILEMMA

"It snowed a bit late Monday night.  BL went out early Tuesday morning to drive down the hill and get the newspaper.  Backed out of the garage, tapped the brakes and - zzzzzippp - right to end of the garage apron.  Couldn't go forward, didn't dare go back.  The door is so heavy she couldn't hold it open and get out safely on the slick asphalt.  So she honked the horn.  Glad I heard it!"  -  RG to the Rescue!

"Listen Hot Shot.  If you were REALLY on top of things you would have delivered the newspaper right to her door, like I got this yummy apple stick!"  -  Chico the Deflater.

HAVE YOU BEEN GOOD?

"I'm about to e-mail Santa.  What shall I tell him about YOU?"  -  Fancy Paws.

SOME FESTIVE ...

Getting started - working up to it.  A Poinsettia and a Princess.

Some body has a birthday today.  That person likes lemon cake with lemon frosting!  Hooray for BL for making one!

FOR ALL THOSE PARENTS ...

"See you Monday."

"TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE ...

... oh my!  How about those toesies?  Eh?  -  Dapper Racer.

"Out our main windows.  The reddish is fields of blue berry bushes.  Just below the tree line, and just to right of center, those white things are trumpeter swans flying.  There are thousands of them, and tens of thousands of snow geese wintering here in the Skagit Valley."  -  RG yur Tour Guide.

There is a serious bunny question posed at LIFEATTHEZOO.  Maybe some of you can help.

"I MUST BE EATING WELL. ...

... Look at my sleeky, shiny, velvety coat!"  -  Racer the Adorned.

"Nothing but the best, my boy.  Nothing but the best."  -  RG the DeepPockets.

"TIDY FEET!"

"Benji's.  He could serve you lunch with those sweet softies!"  -  RG the Incredulous.

PS - We don't run a Cat Sweat Shop.  All that boy does is drag home moles and mice and leave them at the front door.  Yeeech.  Inside he mostly observes and sleeps.

"KB! DON'T YOU DARE! ...

... Leave BL's work alone there.  She'll make mole-fodder out of you!"  -  RG the Protector.

"Not to worry RG.  I know which side of the bread my butter is on!"  -  Wise KB.

"IT IS REALLY BETTER THAN IT LOOKS.

It's just a bad photo-angle.  And, dear old Winston is not exactly helping.  He acts like he can't BEAR to touch anything but that bit of platform carpet."  -  RG the Photog.

"My food dish is empty too."  -  Winnie the Pooh-Pooh.

"CHICO'S FEET ...

... are not too neet."  -  RG the Poet.

"Be not a Busy-Body."  -  Chico the Blunt. 

"WON'T BE SHY, ...

... won't be bold, won't be stunning.  Needn't be.  Nope.  Not when I am royalty."  -  Princess the Royal.

"Nice to have around, too!"  -  RG the Serf.

"I'M NOT SHY! ...

...I'm Racer, as a matter of fact.  Go where I wanna go, be who I wanna be!"  -  Racer the Obvious.

"Yes Racer.  I do think we got that message."  -  RG the Convinced

"SELF ESTEEM? ...

... Just look into this eye.  See any fear in there?  Any doubt?  The slightest bit of hesitation?  NO NO NO!  When you've got it you've got it!  I, Zoey, have GOT IT!"  -  Zoey the Sure.

"And that, Zoey, is why you are so special."  -  RG the Fortunate.

"AW SHUCKS ....

.. so many of you readers like me, but I am so shy.  I must work on my esteem."  -  Winston the Meek(?)

"Yah.  Right."  -  RG the Unconvinced.

(Thanks for the concern for Benji everyone.  But I don't think a new bunny is in the cards.  Maybe a bonding with somebunn we already have.  We have had many bunnies in the house for almost 11 years now and have seen a goodly number get old/sick and die - a heart wrenching experience we grow weary of.  Our ability to be gone away visiting for very long has been compromised and much of our house has been relegated to bunny things!  It has been a great experience and will continue for some time, but not prolonged.  Of course then, there is always that other Flemish Giant we promised ourselves one day!)  

BENJI'S CARPET

"Benji has been pretty quiet since Goldie died.  He spent a LOT of time laying cuddled up in a litter box with hay.  BL put this pretty two-tone piece of carpet down and now he spends several hours a day all stretched out and comfy!"  -  RG the Accomodater.

WEEKEND PICTURE POTPOURRI

KB won the bunny-for-the-weekend vote.  So here he is.

BL culinary delight is this biscuit bread with delicious chili.

And I foraged some last-of-the-year blossoms struggling in the yard.  A pretty little collage.

 

Rain and gloom - it's that time of year here.  At least we are north of the big rain and snow in Oregon and N. California!

"FOR 67 SECONDS - 5 TIMES A SECOND.

That's how Racer rattles the ball of his water bottle - and at least three times in the middle of the night.  Practically shakes the whole place."  -  RG the Amnesic Counter.

"Still time to make a request for who/what goes up as a picture/topic on this weekend!"

"CHICO! GET OUT HERE. ...

... Kill this thing."  -  Zoey the Meek.

"How about a vote.  Who shall we feature for the weekend?"  -  RG the Bookie.

"SAY, WINNIE, ....

I reckon I could use one of those Pampas Grass fronds for a bro ... er ... feather duster.  Yes.  That's it.  A feather duster.  (Don't look at me like that Winston.") - RG the Nervous.

"I heard Gene Autry singing Santy Claus is Coming to Town" today.  All is well in this Holiday Season!"  -  RG the Ancient.

ANOTHER SNUGGLED BUNN

"That would be me." - Chico the Amorous.

"I FINALLY got some pretty fronds on the pampas grass - after several years!  Hopefully they will last through the winter."  -  Gardner RG.

(PS.  See the snow on the tip of Mt. Baker back there.  It got a LOT so far and it is early yet.)

"HIGH AND DRY ...

... and snuggled!"  -   Racer the Content.

"Racer is preparing his little boat in case he needs to head to help the rain-swamped friends in the UK.  (And - I have no idea about the color of that eye or who polished his nose.)  -  RG the "Helpful".

"SECOND HELPINGS ....

... what the hey. Have a Whole Weekend of Benji!" 

"See you all Monday"  -  RG the Stuffed.

"THANKFUL ...

... for cozy."  -  Benji Snuggled

"Thankful for Benji - and the whole House of Rabbits." - RG the er ... hungry?

"BIG DOINGS - HURRY, HURRY! ...

... Hop on over to Raspberry Rabbits for a great Holiday Sale for peeps who use yarn and such!"  -  RG the Hawker.

"This is NOT one of your smarter moves RG."  -  The Princess who Knows These Things.

"I know, I know.  I'll probably be sued by Valdani and thrown under the Raspberry Bus but at least I tried.  Plus - look out the back yard.  Nice weather finally!"  -  RG the Positive.

"THE DARKNESS OF WINSTON.

Are you being sucked in yet?"  -  RG the Astrophysicist

"WHAT CAN ZOEY ....

... possibly see in this little twerp?"  -  RG the Jealous.

"OH!"

"IT'S THE WEEKEND ...

... and that is the Black and the White of it!"  -  Zoey and Winston at Large.

"Indeed it is fellers - and such a cute pair you make there - I am totally out of bunny pictures so I shall work on that over the long, wet, blustery weekend - and the company coming for a bit can help!"  -  RG the Photog.

"PEEK-A-CHEEKS"

"Did I hear a treat bag rustle?"  -  Chico the Alert.

"Big rains coming to the Pacific NW this weekend and into next week.  Kind of an annual event this time of year.  We'll hunker down and be sure Racer has his ship seaworthy and stocked." - RG the Weatherguy 

"DOOPIT CAT ...

... slept until past dark in the LA-Z-BOY.  So he did not go outside in the afternoon.  He'll be walking on the bed at 3:00AM.  Doopit cat.  Weird."  -  RG the Miffed.

"He should be crepuscular, like me!  Oh, and cute too, like me.  (And good natured and sweet, and easy going, and smart, and better organized and all that good stuff"  -  Princess the Perfect.