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Monday, April 17, 2017

A Neice & Her Uncle

My niece has been staying with us for the past several weeks...with no foreseeable end in sight.

It's been a complete upturning of every bodies lives

and it's been super difficult, sad & stressful to deal with child welfare alongside her etc.

So we've been trying our best to cheer our little bird up as we let her nestle under our wings...

We've been bringing her to all our favorite haunts, usually out in nature & she's been loving it.

Watching her interact so closely with her uncle & seeing her finally start to laugh and smile

tells me that I am doing an okay job as her protective Auntie, even if suddenly

having a 15 year old living in our house has felt like such a crazy change!

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Something On My Desk This Sunday

I am starting in on this one...

A joyfully hopping bunny in a garden of flowers...

I needed something extra cheerful to concentrate on as I've been dealing with a lot of crap lately.

I think I'll transfer it to my normal trusty Stonehenge paper

than perhaps try to lay down some acrylics (wish me luck!)

before I get down to the serious business with my colored pencils!

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Hope Yours Is Chocolate

All of our 9 precious and awesome buns hope that your having a wonderful & restful weekend...

and that you didn't add to the sad statistics of poor bunnies bought as Easter presents this holiday!

Friday, April 14, 2017

Food Friday

Hows about some chicken-less fingers for dinner (we love the Gardein ones)

with a side of softly sauteed yellow bell peppers...

A nice healthy glass of cashew milk (we prefer Earth's Own 'original')

and a whole avocado with just a bit of olive oil & lemon juice drizzled on, easy & yummy...Enjoy!

Thursday, April 13, 2017

The Union

A new coloured pencil called The Union

Prints will be in the shop by the end of this week.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Snow Bunnies

Some of the buns don't give a fig about the snow, whiles others love it...

Yuuji & Leisel are snow bunnies for sure.

It's pretty much all melted away now but we did indeed get our yearly bunny fort made...

and I think it was one of Leisel's favorite things yet, Yuuji stuck to forging for buried edibles!

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Sweet Shipping

I am not one of those artists who complains about having to spend time packing & shipping my art!

I L-O-V-E prepping my shipping stuff & packing things up perfectly & adding little extra goodies.

All of you out there who have been ordering my artwork, THANK YOU, it means SO MUCH XO.

Monday, April 10, 2017

2016 Book Pile

Wow I am behind on doing my yearly book pile review so without further ado here we go...

I LOVED these reads and highly recommend them...

The following ones were good but they all somehow left me wanting way more...

These guys were just okay and ones I wouldn't really recommend...

If your a bibliophile & self-confessed book addict too

feel free to leave your book recommendations/blog posts about books in the comment section.

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Flynn

Flynn (aka Flea aka Bug) is our resident sous chef & grocery inspector. He was a special needs adoption due to a condition called ISC syndrome & being prone to gut problems. He also suffers from hypercalcemia, so every night he patiently gets his bladder expelled. He was a little stress urchin when rescued & still after all this time still has some of his street thug ways. But this pint sized cuties gorilla growls don't fool us for a second...he's one of the cuddliest little guys in the warren and loves a good inverted snuggle. He makes us laugh almost everyday when he does his nightly hallway zooms & flings himself around wildly often crashing into all the furniture. He loves blueberries the most I think & hate getting his face washed but he does like it when we put cream on his feet! Follow his adorableness on Instagram @leporidaelovely

Yuuji

otherwise known as our Soot Gremlin or Georgie Puddin is the easiest going guy around and he loves to retreat to his solo hideaway under the bed whiles he waits patiently for spring & summer fun even though he's the resident snow bunny. He was our youngest shelter adoptee & a sweet 8 months old when we brought him home. He was some impossible way the only little guy left and unwanted from a litter. He lost his mate Teela much too soon & everyday we miss and remember her together. Yuuji has chronic allergies so sometimes all the sneezing tuckers him out but nothing makes him happier than taking a nice long snooze on the coffee table in the middle of the afternoon. He's is the silliest fella and will just randomly pop in the air for no reason and he tells ya he's happy by wiggling his tail at you. Follow this velveteen beauty who gives the most calming snugs on Instagram @leporidaelovely

Misa Adora

is my stars, moon & sun and basically my heart on four legs! She buoys me up like no other and is my best friend and balm for just about everything. She's full of beans & very energetic. Misa was in the shelter system for a long time & was in atleast two that we know of, despite being insanely cute she was overlooked because shes next to impossible to pick up & she was super duper skittish, shaking in a corner when I first met her...now with me, she's amazing and fun and playful and adventurous but still is a four feet on the ground at all times bunny. Hop on by for more of her dandelion puff ways @leporadae_lovely on IG

Leisel Be Good

Korra-Soleil

Our Apricot Strudel is another babe whose had a rather rough start, she was in a Quebec shelter that was shut down & on the transfer day to the THS her bonded mate died. Than she was at the THS awhile, we meet her when we were there adopting somebunny else & we fell in love with her but than she was adopted to someone else only to be brought back a whole year later! The minute we saw she was back at the shelter we zoomed to the city to adopt her. She is a gentle girl & has sadly had more loss recently with the sudden passing of Emmett her best bud so she's been alittle sad. But this beautiful red-head of ours loves to hang out in her Daddy's office as he works. Visit our quiet heavy footed, stinky binkie loving girl @leporidaelovely on Instagram

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Jaks (aka Jelly Bean) passed away very peacefully at home on October 2nd 2018. He was 13 years old. He valiantly fought congestive heart failure just 3 days short of 3 years. He was a trooper when it came to all of his heart meds everyday, he was a trooper for everything that this life unfairly threw at him. First locked in a closet for his first year, than as a stressed out store mascot for a year, than going through many other challenges. He was always most happiest being in the studio with me, with our music on, snoozing his days away all toasty warm near the heating rad. He loved his morning oats, practicing his kung-fu chops and showing any broom or vacuum whose boss. Miss you everyday Jelly Bean. Your tenacity is now part of mine XO.

Betty-Loo White

Betty-Loo White was not with us long enough. We adopted her in February of 2018, we had her for less than 4 months. She was sadly one of the buns who slipped through the shelter cracks & her teeth were a big problem right from the start. She passed away from heart failure during a necessary but routine dental procedure. She was our beautiful fluffy girl who will always leave a hole in our hearts. 4 months was more than enough time to completely fall in love with her gentle spirit. She was at the shelter a whole year & it breaks our hearts that we hadn't even begun to make up all the wrong that was done to her. She was only 5 year old and she leaves behind Henrie whom she bonded with instantly upon coming home. She was one of the rare adoptions who was super easy right from the start (despite the health problems) & we miss her so much. I am sorry we couldn't do better by you Betty-Loo, you were too gentle & good for this world.