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Showing posts with label Leisel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leisel. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2020

More From Winter

Spring is here I know but I am so behind in posting photos from Winter!  I am always sad to say
goodbye to Winter because Summer brings so many more stresses with bring the buns outside.


Leisel is a difficult rabbit, always will be I think.  She went through alot before softly
landing here with us & that's okay, that's her, she's still magic to me, especially her fighting spirit.
I love bringing her outside the most I think because it's where she seems the most care-free.

Monday, February 10, 2020

Prsent In Pain

This has been a hard week...well a hard month really.
The weather is my biggest trigger & it's been very constantly up and down.
I've spent more time horizontal than standing up being productive this past week...
which I find really difficult because whiles sure the pain sucks big time, I love getting things done.

BUT as much as it sucks, I think I am still mostly able to be 'present' in my life
during and despite the pain and I really do think that that attitude of 'being present', helps me out.

It's a scary statistic of something like 40% of migraine sufferers also suffer from serious depression.
But I think I stay away from getting too down by being "present".
How do I do that even when in great amounts of pain?


I make sure I am concentrating on all the beautiful things happening around me as I am suffering.
Even if I can't open my eyes, I make my ears zone in on the 'happy sounds' like;
my honey moving about the house & having a whole conversation with one of the 9 buns;
Stacks of books by the bed that I can jump into as soon as the pain passes;
The sound of the buns eating or my hon cooking is one of the best sound whether I am in pain or not.
I think about a new image I can't wait to make progress on once I can get back into the studio.
I stay present by basking in the beauty of all the sweetness around me despite the pain...
like knowing when one of the buns is on the bed and reaching out to touch a warm precious body.
The buns keep me present, they are like angels, literally standing over me concerned, watching, loving, supporting, waiting for me to get back to my normal self
and no amount of pain can knock the beauty of that away from me.
I might have a life riddled with difficult pain sure
but my oh my there's so so much beauty mixed in there as well....SO much.

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Healing With Buns

Just a cozy weekend staying inside hiding from all the freezing wet snow & rain.
How about you?


We have an awful lot of healing to do the two of us oh my goodness
and we figure whose better to do that alongside than 9 amazing inspirational rescue buns.

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Heatwaves & Watermelon

I hope your all surviving this heatwave!


We're eating an awful lot of watermelon!!

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Favourites

These are two of my all-time favorite photos I've ever taken of our Leisel...


I am thinking of doing one of them in pastel, what do you think?

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Fun Day Sunday

We hope your having a fun day today...


with whomever you love spending your time with the most XO.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Yuuji & Leisel

Hey, did I ever tell you guys that Yuuji and Leisel bonded???
It's been quite awhile now but I don't know if I ever announced it.
When we decided to adopt Leisel, we knew she had behavioral issues to work out
but Yuuji had lost Teela, his best friend and he's such a sturdy steadfast patient guy,
we really felt like if anyone would be a good match for Leisel it would be him...
so we divided the bedroom in half so we could bring Leisel (a special needs adoption) home.
Truthfully, it's far from easy bringing new buns home, it's a pretty intense process
because we are a home for so many other buns but we are used to it by now to know that whiles
things are hectic for a bit (and definitely inconvenient with gates etc!) things always settle down.



It took a year before we were able to start bonding them.
We don't usually start the bonding process until they show certain behavior at the bonding gates.
When they stop trying to bite each other, when they stop getting worked up when the other one moves along the gates, when they start throwing themselves over near one another, it's than time.
We were starting to wonder if Leisel would ever calm down enough for us to see if they wanted to be buddies but sure enough almost right at her 1 year adoption anniversary, they both started to show the signs that they were ready for face to faces and a few weeks after applying all of our bonding tricks with a whole whack of patience, they bonded...
It's always one of the most satisfying things for us, when we get to remove gates separating buns!
They aren't the closest pairing we've ever had but they really like each other
and being near Yuuji has been nothing but good for our poor messed up Leisel.
Aren't they gorgeous together though.

Sunday, February 10, 2019

Cozy Weekend Wishes

The Buns & I hope you all had a really restful and cozy warm weekend...


We hope that your looking forward to the week & we hope you have time to join us once again XO

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Suffering With Sweetness

Leisel, otherwise known as our marshmallow wrapped in a razor blade! seems to be my sentient.
Teela, my beloved departed used to be my ever trusty watcher,
before her it was our lovely Ella-Luna who took on the job
....always seems to be a female bun that's my watcher.


When I am laying in the bed Leisel comes and checks on me almost hourly,
sometimes she waits and watches me from the end of the bed...
If I don't move for awhile she keeps nudging me until I do move and say "I am okay baby".
It's really really very very touching and sweet, especially coming from our broken Leisel,
even when my head is feeling like it's going to split open, the utter sweetness of it isn't lost on me.


On these days another sweet lovely thing are lovely large sweet soy lattes with a big hit of
coconut whipping cream! (I know I know 'the sugar' but my sugar intake is otherwise low).
Sometimes the hit of strong caffeine with a dose of codeine helps me out a bit pain wise so I see it
as medicinal in a way ha ha! But they do truly feel needed, well deserved & certainly appreciated too!

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Bonded

Well we've had way too much sadness around here the past year with 3 losses in about 8 months,
it has truly been too hard on us but we've had one very good thing happen amidst all that...


Yuuji & Leisel have FINALLY decided they like each other & to bond.  It makes life just a bit easier.
They aren't a kissy huggy pair but they are happier, Yuuji is more active and Leisel is much calmer.

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Snug Sunday

We hope that your feeling as snug as can be on this summer Sunday...



Be extra kind to your loved ones, fleshed, feathered & furry & even kinder to yourselves XO

Thursday, May 24, 2018

This Is Us

Is there anything much better than this...


Watching your hon & bun snuggle on the bed!