Bunny Sunday

Hello bunny lovers!  I have some great pics to share of Daisy and a possible friend for her, however, Blogger is not allowing me to upload pics from my computer?  For the past few months, I've had sporadic ability to do so but now it is not even giving me the option of uploading pics from my computer (thus my lack of posts).  Anyone out there having similar issues?  I've googled it to find a fix, but no luck thus far.  HELP!

It does allow me to upload pics from my previous blog posts, however.  Thanks blogger, but I'd like to post something NEW.  Anyway, here's one of my favorites of Nutmeg posted several Easters ago...still makes me laugh!  She, however, was not amused.

Happy Bunny Sunday :)

Bunny Sunday

Sharing some of my favorite Christmas bunny pics this morning:

Nutmeg made the best little Santa.  I miss this little brown tyrant so much!

Bunnies and Cactus Rose...hoppin' around the Christmas tree...

Santa and her little helper elf, Ginger.  He was ok with the hat, but drew the line at the pointed elf shoes...

My very favorite pic of Nutmeg and Patches: 

Patchy was always a good sport!  I had forgotten about this pic and it gave me a good laugh this morning.

One of  my favorite ornaments on the tree.  This is made from an original oil painting by the very talented Charlotte Yealey.

Happy Bunny Sunday and Merry Christmas to all from the Fab 5!

XOXO, Ginger, Turbo, Bully, Digger and Sandie

Bunny Sunday

Thought I'd share one of my favorite pictures of Nutmeg and me lounging in the garden.  :)

I'm sure she thought she should be the one on the hammock! 

Happy relaxing Bunny Sunday everyone.

Bunny Sunday (a day early)

You may remember my post from July about Darla, a bunny at Heartland Rabbit Rescue:

She looks so much like my Nutmeg that I wished I could bring her home, but since Heartland is in Oklahoma, that wasn't possible.  So instead, I decided to sponsor her.

(Here's Nutmeg, just chillin'.  Quite the resemblance.)

Darla had been waiting at Heartland patiently (...well maybe not SO patiently, Rex bunnies are not known for their patience, they have a little bit of 'tude!) for her forever home.  Last week, my friend Christina, a Heartland volunteer, took her bunny Whoosh to Heartland to find him a friend.  Guess who immediately took to him -- Darla!

And here is the happy couple:

Pretty darn adorable.  They give Nutmeg and Patches a run for their money...

I love happy endings.  Running a rescue is definitely a labor of love.  Unfortunately, it takes more than love to help as many bunnies as possible.  Here's how you can help!  My fundraiser for the bunnies runs through tomorrow (Bunny Sunday).  Simply shop the Mystique Boutique online catalog here and a percentage of each sale will be donated to Heartland.  (Please add in the notes section of your order that this is for the Heartland Rabbit Rescue Fundraiser.)  Thank you so much for helping out this great cause.  I know everyone at Heartland appreciates the support.

Happy early Bunny Sunday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is a repeat pic from last year.  It's too cute not to post again.  It made me smile and think of my 3 little pilgrims, gone but not forgotten, and very much missed.

What are you especially thankful for this year?

Bunny Sunday

Reminiscing about Nutmeg and Patches today.  A cuter pair was hard to find:

I miss seeing things like this:

And this (miss you, too, Angel):

And this:

And THIS!!!!

This house just isn't the same without them.  :(   Sure do wish these little bunnies could stay with us longer...

Happy Bunny Sunday ~

Bunny Sunday

My friend Christina, who lives in Oklahoma and volunteers with my favorite bunny rescue group, Heartland Rabbit Rescue, shared a "Bun of the Day" on her FaceBook page a few weeks ago.  This is what it said:

Bun of the day: Darla

The tattoo in her ear reads 90210 but Beverly Hills was not the lifestyle Darla lived. Slender frame, saggy dewlap and the tat all scream that she was used for breeding. Never again precious Darla. A chocolate rex, her coat is like fine velvet. She likes posing for pictures so if she were to adopt you get ready to take constant snapshots of this princess. Darla needs love and lots of it. With time you may be able to convince her not all humans are bad and when she lays her head on your lap with trust in those big brown eyes, all will be right with the world. Darla's song......"I will survive"

And this is Darla:

My first thought was, "Wow, she looks just like my Nutmeg!".  I kept going back to the pic and looking at it and thinking about (and missing) Nutty Brown...

Quite the resemblance, huh?

So, in Nutmeg's honor, I decided that I would sponsor Darla.  She could be an honorary member of our family.  Nutmeg would definitely approve.

Sponsoring a bunny is a great way to help with expenses, vet care, etc.  It's only $45 a year.  For your donation/sponsorship you get a sponsorship certificate, a 5x7 photo of your rabbit, three cards from your rabbit throughout the year and a fridge magnet with your rabbit's picture on it.  And a warm, fuzzy feeling that you are doing something to help a sweet bunny!  Check out the bunny bios on Heartland's website, I'm sure there is a special bunny waiting just for you.  :)

Happy Bunny Sunday!

Bunny Sunday

Nutmeg and Patches always knew how to conserve energy when summertime rolled around here in the desert:

And since the daily forecast has looked something like this for the past week: 

108, 110, 109, 107, 108... we're all doing a lot of lounging around like these two lazy bunnies... humans included!

Happy Blazin' Hot Bunny Sunday!

Bunny Sunday

A nice, lazy Bunny Sunday today.  I'm sitting out in the front courtyard typing this post, the sun is out, a slight cool breeze is blowing, the hummingbird's are feeding at my feeder, Boots is napping by the gate...  life is good.

Thinking of Nutty and Patches this morning. They loved to come out in the courtyard and explore.  I found these pics in the bunny archives.  I just happen to be sitting in this very chair:

I really miss this big bunny...

And this little brown bun (and that's Angel on the other side of the fence).  Miss them all so much!  Gone, but never forgotten...

We're bunny sitting this coming week for Wrigley and Tiger (who were last here at Christmas-time).  They are the cutest lop and Dutch couple.  I have a feeling they will be guest posting next Sunday....

Happy Bunny Sunday!

Bunny Sunday

Thinking of Nutmeg and Patches this morning...

They were so sweet together, best buddies. 

My artist friend, Sue Andre, drew a colored pencil drawing for me of them.  It's an ACEO sized little work of art that sits on my easel at my work bench.  I LOVE this.

Sue offers this drawing of Nutty and Patchy in her Etsy shop as a notecard.  She also has lots of other bunnies, including her very own bunny, Clovis.  Check out her shop, I know you'll find something you MUST have! 

In fact, I'm going to do a little giveaway for 3 of her notecards (this one of Nutmeg/Patches and 2 others of your choice).  Just go to Sue's Etsy shop and choose the 2 others you would like to have and leave me a comment.  I'll pick a winner on Wednesday, March 16th and have those cards send to you.  Easy as that...  

Happy Bunny Sunday everyone!

Bunny Devotion

If you've never been lucky enough to see 2 bunnies who are completely bonded, let me just tell you, it is one of the sweetest things ever.

Over the last 5 years that they have been together, we have seen Nutmeg and Patches' devotion to each other daily.  I would go out on a limb to say not a day went by that we didn't see them looking something like this:

Or this:

Or this:

Sadly, our daily dose of bunny devotion has come to an end.  We lost Patches suddenly a week ago.  Nutmeg continued on for 3 days without her, but she was already dealing with some health issues and was barely starting to recover from those and she took a turn for the worse.  We decided to help her across the bridge so she could go be with her Patchy. 

I held both of these sweet bunnies while they took their last breaths.  It's been a rough week around here getting used to them not being here with us.  But, the thing that comforts me is thinking about them together on the other side.  I'm pretty sure they look something like this: 

Best buddies, together forever.  As it should be....

The Original Pilgrims

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Count your blessings today...

Bunny Sunday

Hi everyone.  Nutty Brown here. 

Mom just snapped this picture of me a few minutes ago.  I'm feeling a whole lot better these days.  It feels good to be up and moving around.  Today I even made it all the way to the refrigerator to beg for a treat.  Well, actually Patches did the begging at the refrigerator and I stayed at the edge of the rug like I always do and waited for my treat to be brought to me.  Today's treat: parsley.  Mmmm...my favorite.

Thanks everybody for thinking of me while I wasn't doing so great.  Enjoy your Bunny Sunday!  

Bunny Sunday

Nutmeg is an old bunny.  Older than I thought, as it turns out.  We had to make a trip to the vet last week because she seemed to be having problems with her back end and wasn't moving around very well. 

We thought she was maybe 6-7 years old (the people we got her from didn't know how old she was).  We've had her for 5 years now, so that was my best guess.  According to the x-rays, the vet estimated she is at least 8 years old, based on the degenerative changes shown.  Her little body is just sort of giving out now.  :(

For the past week, we've been moving her around to different spots and making sure she has a nice soft place to lie down and rest.  She will sit up but has a hard moving around much.  I'm giving her Metacam (anti-inflammatory) once a day and that has seemed to help some, but not as much as I'd like to see.  I'm also mixing up Critical Care with a little apple-banana baby food and water to give her some extra nutrition (she stopped eating her pellets for a few days but has since started eating a little bit ).  Her appetite is good so I am thankful for that.

I wish there was more I could do for her, though.  We're going back to the vet tomorrow to have some blood work done to see how she is tolerating the Metacam.  Hopefully the vet will have some suggestions about other things I can be doing.  I'd love to hear from you other bunny lovers with any tried and true suggestions.

For now, we're giving her lots of TLC and extra attention.  Her best buddy, Patches, is a little confused about why Nutmeg can't get "upstairs" in the condo to nap with her in their usual spot. 

Most bunnies, if they are well cared for, will live to be about 10 years old.  Sadly, most bunnies won't make it that long.  Nutmeg is hanging in there and we'll just keep giving her the extra care and love she needs. 

Bunny Sunday

It's kind of a lazy Sunday around here today.  Nutmeg and Patches have the right idea:

Conserve energy today ~ take a nap!  Enjoy your Sunday everyone.

Bunny Sunday

Best Bunny Buddy Butts:

Nutmeg and Patches are inseparable.  Wherever you find one you will find the other.  They love to lounge around like this, stretched out next to each other.  I never get tired of seeing it, such cuteness!

Patches is twice the size of Nutmeg, but Nutmeg is definitely the boss.  Whatever she says goes.  Or else.

And you do NOT want to face the wrath of Nutty Brown...

Bunny Sunday

Little Cactus Rose is still confused about whether she is a kitty or a bunny.  We don't have any other cats, so her role models are bunnies.  She likes to hang out with Nutmeg and Patches in their condo and nap in the hay in their litter box.

Patches is not so sure about the feline interloper.  "Mom, could you help us out here???"

There's just not enough room for the 3 of us bunnies in this 2-bunny condo...

Cactus Rose:  "We'll see about that, Bunzilla."