Teela In The Garden Watercolour

 I finally finished the watercolour version of

"Teela In The Garden"

I am not sure if I'll be putting her on products or listing it for sale yet etc...

We face another surgery, a 4th resection next week, bear with me in my blog absences!

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.

Korra's Face

I just thought Korra-Soleil's bright orange face might make you smile today...

You can usually tell how she's feeling or what she's wanting, she has such an expressive face.

Still An Infection

In 26 years of being a caretaker of animals, this past month was the first times ever that I had to go

to vet visits by myself because Flynn was suddenly sick and my honey was stuck in a hospital bed.
(and for Higgins because it looked like he had a slash on the top of his eyeball but he was just fine!).

Well today we had another visit for Flynn & I was so happy to have my partner back by my side...

This guy will move everything around so that he can be at every rabbit appointment,

so I know to be stuck in that bed & having me rushing Flynn to the vet that one night by myself would have been even more stressful for him that it was for me.

To say he's one dedicated Papa doesn't cut it!

Let's hope he never misses another one again!

It's funny to us when people suggest that we have to take care of 'us' now.

That we shouldn't worry so much about the rabbits cause they are just rabbits...

These people clearly don't understand that the rabbits are part of us...they are our family.

So we will continue to find a way, no matter how hard, to take care of all of our stuff AND theirs.

There are days for sure where I doubt we can keep doing this...this rescue life.

But my honey reminds me that this/they are who we are & we have still atleast 9 still counting on us.

So Flynn is doing just fine...still a bit of an infection in that right ear unfortunately

so he's on another month long antibiotic protocol but he's doing really well and has put on weight.

It's Back

The night of my honeys' 2nd surgery, I came home to find Flynn's head tilted & right eye

constantly scanning and I said "FUCK" because

a) I knew instantly that his ear infection was back and

b) it couldn't have come back with any worse timing, I was completely exhausted.

I called the vet right away, it was 12:30 at night and he didn't agree that it was an emergency

BUT we know our rabbits, we've seen just how fast the infection spread in Flynn last time.

So I had to disagree with the doctor and insist for an emergency visit (and yes that cost $300)

because whiles I do not want to piss our trusted vet off etc,

I will always first & foremost advocate for the animals under our care

and I knew waiting all night to get meds into him would just make things worse for Flynn.

So by 1am, with my honey worrying from his hospital bed,

I was at the animal hospital with the vet administering the meds Flynn needed.

He looked bad & wouldn't eat for over a week but just started eating today actually, YAY.

He was completely stressing me out though because he started to give us a really hard time

when it came to the critical care feedings. He's already 9, he's already skinny

and we couldn't afford not to have food in him tummy,

especially with such a strong antibiotic dose going in every 12 hours.

I don't know why the timing is always like this...

just when you feel like your at your ropes end, that's exactly when one of the rabbits will get sick!

The night of the first surgery, our newest rescue showed up (more on that soon).

The morning of the 2nd surgery, Leisel wasn't eating...then Flynn that night

(when I should have been checking myself into the ER for my heart, more on that later too!).

The other night we were tired from all the stress of what Jonathan is going through and were so

looking forward to crawling into bed early & of course, guess what!

Misa wouldn't eat so we were up with her ALL night.

This rescue life it hard...

and I could do without all the sleepless nights but even now going through everything we're going through with Jonathan, we curse often yes absolutely, but really at the end of the day,

we wouldn't want to be doing anything else, caring for these amazing animals together is just "us".
It's really unfortunate and sad that other people don't see the magic in it all.

My Half Lop Love

All of the rabbits are special and amazing in their own very unique way, we love them all...

but my Misa, oh my sweet little half-lop love, she is a best friend to me, she's extraordinarily special.

Epic Forts

Sometimes you just have to build your rabbits epic room sized blanket/box forts...

and after your done that, you have to make time to crawl in there with them too of course.

My External Heart

No words...

Just perfection.

Jelly Bean In Lines

I just wanted to show you a bit more progress on Jelly Beans portrait...

I am bouncing around between a few ink drawings lately so it's taking a bit.

Lydia & ALF

Lydia was reminding me of somebody...

The long nose...the big black eyes...the perfect hair swoosh..

and it dawned on me, she was reminding me of ALF, so I dug out my ALF doll to compare,

 what do you think???

A Once In A Lifetime Girl

One year ago this week we rescued our Lydia-Loo from an awful abusive & neglectful situation.

Happy happy rescue day Lydia-Loo, your truly a dream come true.  A once in a lifetime bunny XO.

Rabbit Distractions

A little closer to the end now...I can not wait to do a test run of this beauty...

Misa thinks she helps to keep me on track but her cuteness is the ultimate distraction!!

Tee-Tee I Miss You

I'll be able to show you guys this watercolour next week, it's just about done.

This one was inspired by my girl Teela, who I miss deeply, every single day.

Lyddie Love

Hmmmmmm Lydia snuggles... Nothing beats her snuggles.

She is hands down the most affectionate bun we've ever had.

Rainbow Rabbit

What do you think of my rainbow rabbit so far?

I have some pretty cool ideals for this image, I hope I can pull them off!

Mani Pedi Time

It's that time...

time for mani and pedis in the Leporidae Lovely micro-sanctuary.

We have 32 precious little feet to tend to...

Wait am I counting right???  Did I indeed say 32? Yes I did...tune in next week ha ha!

Happy Friday

I've had a really rough week pain wise...on top of my regular head pain & body pain

My upper back went out for a few days, I've had a charlie horse in my ribs off and on for several days

and today going down the stairs something made a sound and now my knee is really sore UGH.

So I leave you with one of the cutest little faces that cheers me up no matter what...my Misa XO.

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?

Fun Day Sunday

We hope your having a fun day today...

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

Setting Up With Flynn

It's been a long month plus healing Flynn up from his nasty ear infection,

he's still on antibiotics and will be for at least another 3 weeks before going back to the doctors...

This week is a better week though, last week a bit rough with his eating not being great

but this week he's feeling peppy & hungry so it's nice to have him with me as I set up his deck.