tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86962225731011590842024-03-04T23:08:16.453-06:00Bunny QueenFollow along as I knit, learn to come to terms with my new spinning wheel, and work with the MCRS to find homes for rabbits.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-17544416594411330832008-02-06T20:28:00.000-06:002008-02-06T21:47:33.011-06:00Mail and a clueless maleFirst, and coolest in my opinion, my yarn came from <a href="http://knitandpurr.blogspot.com/">Phyl's</a> Central Park Footie Contest!! The color is actually a very earthy brown and I <span style="font-weight: bold;">love</span> it!! Plus, it's Opal, which is one of my favorite yarns, and it's solid (which I didn't know Opal did).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0ugMmDRmFPGO8bbkl8pSoXSON7jzmjgbrlNw9M24PyXN2swAOhW6PtGCs6_mFAsOFVP_cpwAauP3qCiTdXeuVqKkEnC_ZGnl3zOMaiPOYe6lex3loFcxndTxcNrJUh6cQ7hnTK8XFE3C/s1600-h/opal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0ugMmDRmFPGO8bbkl8pSoXSON7jzmjgbrlNw9M24PyXN2swAOhW6PtGCs6_mFAsOFVP_cpwAauP3qCiTdXeuVqKkEnC_ZGnl3zOMaiPOYe6lex3loFcxndTxcNrJUh6cQ7hnTK8XFE3C/s320/opal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164060416252867090" border="0" /></a><br />I think I might make <a href="http://www.ptyarn.com/geckoeyes.html">these </a>socks. They're subtle enough to wear to work on the few days when I can't wear jeans and more colorful socks, but interesting. Or maybe <a href="http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/09/bayerische_sock_part_ii.html">these</a>.<br /><br /><br />In addition to the above mail, we also had a clueless male in the house. Jo was trying to make the bed today, and Sly was not taking the hint. So, Jo pulled the sheets off the top half of the bed and pushed them towards the Sly.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPcqkbfKtQ6Ko86mheQkX7dLsh5MgnFtklwmTkgGcYYXR8ye1Bnw0DWtfv44YxIy0t81Fmz-wp7DgX0ItZpC4Sb67b2adbYNuT-vhtJ3gQkZKeFVHUo8xyefwGX58tbdKE-R5mzXi0J5s/s1600-h/sly_clueless.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPcqkbfKtQ6Ko86mheQkX7dLsh5MgnFtklwmTkgGcYYXR8ye1Bnw0DWtfv44YxIy0t81Fmz-wp7DgX0ItZpC4Sb67b2adbYNuT-vhtJ3gQkZKeFVHUo8xyefwGX58tbdKE-R5mzXi0J5s/s320/sly_clueless.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164062177189458466" border="0" /></a><br />Since this didn't do anything, she pulled the covers down a bit further and started to cover the boy. This earned her a look, but no immediate movement.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfuaznKATGft32ySRPtPPyIaJ_XP3OOI3Xj32G1fiaPInQHqrrAfGHJM9v3ncib6KuVAt2aWnsvFnvgnvJUsxlSefrn3yYoi7NEoE5unrenqFKLQtb1tptPe4g06VbbNN-pAkkYX9FMOP/s1600-h/sly_clueless2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfuaznKATGft32ySRPtPPyIaJ_XP3OOI3Xj32G1fiaPInQHqrrAfGHJM9v3ncib6KuVAt2aWnsvFnvgnvJUsxlSefrn3yYoi7NEoE5unrenqFKLQtb1tptPe4g06VbbNN-pAkkYX9FMOP/s320/sly_clueless2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164062550851613234" border="0" /></a><br />Jo was hopeful that this dirty look would turn into action, so she left him alone for a few minutes and then found this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-58aXPNu6NvTnnbi7mTrYVSH9g4BvFLCshwUNpNfeyIlwB3k-yG5urezJx49JCu0R8b87FEkG54vyTDdcrl9Tg1n_hyphenhyphenLGbFvYsaY_cYs1QTTDEGCkD5pRkL0toLp6ZALDh4O3aPFaJzm/s1600-h/sly_clueless3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-58aXPNu6NvTnnbi7mTrYVSH9g4BvFLCshwUNpNfeyIlwB3k-yG5urezJx49JCu0R8b87FEkG54vyTDdcrl9Tg1n_hyphenhyphenLGbFvYsaY_cYs1QTTDEGCkD5pRkL0toLp6ZALDh4O3aPFaJzm/s320/sly_clueless3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164063143557100098" border="0" /></a><br />...a boy kitty with his eyes closing to go back to sleep. *sigh* He was promptly removed from the bedroom and the bed was remade with clean sheets.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-89585332507203425192008-01-29T22:05:00.000-06:002008-01-29T22:13:24.711-06:00We won!!!Well, okay.... Tribble won, but I reap the benefits since bunnies don't knit. :) Phyllis informed me last night that Tribble won a prize in the <a href="http://knitandpurr.blogspot.com/2008/01/and-winners-are.html">Central Park Footie Contest</a>. The prize is yarn, but I won't know what until it gets here. Tribble won for the furriest foot and has spent a fair amount of time over the last 24 hours chattering at her bunny friends. I'm pretty sure she's telling them that <span style="font-style: italic;">she </span>may be little, but <span style="font-style: italic;">they</span> haven't won any prizes. Smart bunny!<br /><br />In other news, I've been working on preemie hats for Chell's <a href="http://k3tog.typepad.com/k3tog/2008/01/no-not-too-much.html">challenge</a>. I've got six done so far, and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to sneak in any more before the end of the month. I've got the time, I'm just unwilling to buy more yarn for this and the appropriate part of the stash is kind of buried behind a few pieces of furniture that haven't made it back into the bedroom now that the new floor is installed. *sigh* We'll see. Maybe if tomorrow is as cold and nasty as it's supposed to be and I work from home, I'll use my breaks to try to get to the rest of the stash and dig through it. Wish me luck. ;)Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-10033823388123126922008-01-19T23:25:00.000-06:002008-01-19T23:31:27.998-06:00Cats and quizzesSo the <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2008/01/19/i_have_always_said_the_cat_was_in_on_it.html">Harlot's post today</a> was about her cat and how she helps with baths. I had to laugh, because Sly has to inspect the tub after I use it. He has never done this for J, just me. After I open the bathroom door, he stalks in (I can't believe you locked me out!), puts his paws on the edge of the tub so that he can make sure there's no water left, and then hops in and inspects every inch of the tub. He occasionally even stops to lick the tub. Weird!<br /><br />Also, saw this quiz today:<br /><br /><div style="width: 320px; border: 1px solid gray; padding: 6px; font: normal 12px sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;"><b style="color: black; font-size: 20px; display: block; margin-bottom: 8px;">You paid attention during 91% of high school!</b> <div style="width: 200px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; text-align: left;"><div style="width: 91%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;"> </div></div><p style="margin: 10px; border: none; background: white; color: black;">85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/do_you_deserve_your_high_school_diploma" style="color: blue;">Do you deserve your high school diploma?</a><br /><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/" style="color: blue;">Create a Quiz</a></b></p></div><br /><br />and was somewhat surpised at how well I did. :)<br /><br />Let's see... knitting content - I spent some time working on the second <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring07/PATTdashing.html">Dashing </a>(for me) today. For some reason, my hands don't like this pattern. I'm using the same yarn on the same size needles (Cascade 220 and size 6) to make J's mittens and that doesn't bother me at all. I've had to take frequent breaks, so even though the pattern is simple and fairly small, it's taking me forever! I'll try to get pictures up soon.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-83411948246284110192008-01-14T21:29:00.000-06:002008-01-14T21:41:03.049-06:00The first official FO of 2008<span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >Earlier this month, I found a very nice <a href="http://tuulia.blogspot.com/2006/02/lapasohje-mitten-pattern.html">pattern </a>for a pair of two-color mittens. The pattern looked complex enough to be interesting, but not enough to be intimidating. (Scroll past the Finnish at the top and you will find English instructions.) I grabbed some stash yarn and tried the pattern out, mostly to see if my ability to manage gauge while knitting with two colors had improved from my last attempt. Amazingly enough, it had! Since I didn't really like the stash colors, I promptly wandered out to Joann's where Paton's Classic Merino was on sale. I wanted to do the mittens in red and navy to match my jacket, but ended up with red and black. A few days of knitting later and I have these:<br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaoWDglf7uUa69ykLyBfyoDPuNrw2wwpaiQ1CPXP7SjdpnXRK1khm2FlQnvQVu0MI7NdQ6QJA_jFYENgRSgGZh5xUlQQa_C29HJweL3t0pNAY25k6GGiIHphPMnaqvp4AmWflIDlO9OwYg/s1600-h/Tanya+Mittens.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaoWDglf7uUa69ykLyBfyoDPuNrw2wwpaiQ1CPXP7SjdpnXRK1khm2FlQnvQVu0MI7NdQ6QJA_jFYENgRSgGZh5xUlQQa_C29HJweL3t0pNAY25k6GGiIHphPMnaqvp4AmWflIDlO9OwYg/s320/Tanya+Mittens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155541505085828914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">I love these mittens! They aren't perfect, but I don't care. I'm sure the next pair will be better, but considering how absolutely horrid my tension was on my last stranded project I count this project as a major success. The corrugated ribbing on the cuff is very even, it's mostly at the change from front to back that I can see the tension issues. *shrug*</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm not sure how Celtic this pattern is, but it's fun, easy, and knit up very quickly on size 8 needles:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYJcgIjS8ddNLpIObNfSP-87pX07F45IcOhnHYpZ5Q6Nl0EPlR-MM4PNSBKWdyM4TyX4sREkuqcZ9-UKZ5lJaW4s008HS7Qp9Bctd66UE81tki_wDtF_X1D2kAfIbXl_XNnBRI6uuFxBC/s1600-h/Tanya+Mitten+Back.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYJcgIjS8ddNLpIObNfSP-87pX07F45IcOhnHYpZ5Q6Nl0EPlR-MM4PNSBKWdyM4TyX4sREkuqcZ9-UKZ5lJaW4s008HS7Qp9Bctd66UE81tki_wDtF_X1D2kAfIbXl_XNnBRI6uuFxBC/s320/Tanya+Mitten+Back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155542196575563586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><br />The palm pattern was harder to knit and took me through the end of the second mitten to finally figure out the repeat in the pattern.<br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBLaJ2dOIMnHQ5nJNfHjjpZRL_jw3VM4Ty4x1ttHmOj5FxFXWS0lX0gmh0JwcV__QY1S1DGVOxsZQTRYdetkh3YOAWwWLBAnMmuL7OmwHMDWI2oHwyjgDUzSFtf3nYrBCLpsRDJknqKB1/s1600-h/Tanya+Mitten+Palm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBLaJ2dOIMnHQ5nJNfHjjpZRL_jw3VM4Ty4x1ttHmOj5FxFXWS0lX0gmh0JwcV__QY1S1DGVOxsZQTRYdetkh3YOAWwWLBAnMmuL7OmwHMDWI2oHwyjgDUzSFtf3nYrBCLpsRDJknqKB1/s320/Tanya+Mitten+Palm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155542548762881874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm wearing these to work tomorrow and I'll find out how warm they are then. It's supposed to be bitterly cold, so warm woolen mittens will be a Good Thing.</span>Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-88668392807261577132008-01-11T21:06:00.000-06:002008-01-11T21:18:17.899-06:00On Bunny Thumpers and Cat's PawsI can't believe it's really been 5 months since I last posted! Life got a little crazy around here with my job changing (same job, just different duties), a critical volunteer in the bunny group leaving, and some health issues. Now that all of that seems to be under control I'm back and will try to do better. :)<br /><br />While reading Kris' <a href="http://www.stumblingoverchaos.com/?p=627">blog </a>I learned about a "bunny thumper" <a href="http://kitkatknit.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/bunny-thumper-challenge/">contest </a>and was all excited... And then I learned that "bunny thumpers" are part of a cat's back foot. After some sweet talking, I did manage to get Sly, the new boy cat who came to live with us a few months ago, to agree to let me near his foot with a ruler and a camera. The result:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdYQsloYGuj3MOfHTzB8VJpZpQh4Kpd7gQZHuRamx5-Xn-dt61liBId1i2ppJ-ewzZ2gqtT4ozWdKuTXWS5eE43I-X4IdzVVUjZA4vv0TiN5q0JqfnFca4uBY3iQhV6Swh4IK3X7oVnkT/s1600-h/Sly's+foot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdYQsloYGuj3MOfHTzB8VJpZpQh4Kpd7gQZHuRamx5-Xn-dt61liBId1i2ppJ-ewzZ2gqtT4ozWdKuTXWS5eE43I-X4IdzVVUjZA4vv0TiN5q0JqfnFca4uBY3iQhV6Swh4IK3X7oVnkT/s320/Sly's+foot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154423649652731666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Since it only seemed fair to include <span style="font-weight: bold;">real</span> bunny thumpers in the picture, I snagged Tribble and took a shot of her dainty little foot:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5mJEyOW6FG6_Jj1EGhgl0vcIbe07FCRUECqJXkzVaskLhfnN2ao28v9hzJDXuuIfpdCNgfwerzfBAArOUSs0u3GSk0duxaaYx9Vo38QXBOT_rG7dGtKu4DNJud55W3dARWtg1kM4IbFK/s1600-h/Tribble's+foot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5mJEyOW6FG6_Jj1EGhgl0vcIbe07FCRUECqJXkzVaskLhfnN2ao28v9hzJDXuuIfpdCNgfwerzfBAArOUSs0u3GSk0duxaaYx9Vo38QXBOT_rG7dGtKu4DNJud55W3dARWtg1kM4IbFK/s320/Tribble's+foot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154423804271554338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The fuzzy feet obscure the reading, but her foot comes in at a dainty 2.5 inches. Although, now that I think about it, her foot is 2.5 inches and she weighs about 3.5 pounds and Sly's foot is 5.5 inches and he weighs about 15 pounds.... Perhaps her foot isn't the dainty one after all.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-3413523365027104812007-08-11T21:41:00.000-06:002007-08-11T21:48:31.008-06:00Victory over the mouse!!!We actually got the mouse to move out a couple of weeks ago, but I've been insanely busy and forgot to blog about it. The mouse went through 4 traps - as in ate them and made them not usable any more. We then bought a couple of metal live traps but Mr. Mouse refused to use those. I'm sure I could have dusted for prints and found little mousey paw prints all over it.... *sigh* Then J found a cool <a href="http://www.seabrightlabs.com/mouse.htm">Smart Mouse Trap</a> online. We ordered a couple early on in the mouse escapades, hoping that we wouldn't need to use them and would just have them on hand for the next time we got invaded. Since Mr. Mouse was still living in the basement when the traps arrived, I set them out. Six hours later J came upstairs and got me so that I could check out the weird noise coming from the basement. Sure enough - we had caught us a mouse! I promptly drove him out to a nearby island and let him go; after giving him a sharp reminder that not all houses would try to catch him humanely for several weeks and would probably just resort to poison or kill traps. *grin* Who knows if he understood me or not, but I feel better about it.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-7947797501497397202007-07-22T19:02:00.000-06:002007-07-22T19:08:41.027-06:00Mystery Stole progressI love this pattern! The pictures aren't awesome, but the stole looks amazing. I did block the stole out to see how long it is so that I could decide if I wanted to add or delete any length during clue 4. I've never blocked lace before and, like darn near everyone else, I am amazed at the difference. Here's the progress so far (with 3 lifelines - the white bits across the top).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oG8aujlqQCWYq2EHQ4IPt5JKHiyFEv_3Q_tqURIGxIKB-kjvEHH8lrUJuamQRveGEPiG4wx3IHbvxFknTZkF81AxutECM0m3sXA4m_PU-oOsv1QufGGRVYFE5FcSrvZz_SqV_kBWOD7h/s1600-h/TMS3-clue3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oG8aujlqQCWYq2EHQ4IPt5JKHiyFEv_3Q_tqURIGxIKB-kjvEHH8lrUJuamQRveGEPiG4wx3IHbvxFknTZkF81AxutECM0m3sXA4m_PU-oOsv1QufGGRVYFE5FcSrvZz_SqV_kBWOD7h/s400/TMS3-clue3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090192178232636962" border="0" /></a><br />In other news - the mouse is now up to 4 points to my 0. The little snot has destroyed 4 traps and now that we switched to metal traps he is avoiding them. At least he's not coming upstairs like he was before I switched to metal traps. *growl*Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-83719052975073981562007-07-11T16:41:00.000-06:002007-07-11T16:56:01.018-06:00Mouse 2; BunnyQueen 0We have a mouse, and he's quite the smart little snot, too. Mind you, I like mice, when they are invited in and contained as pets. I even like rats; well, actually, I like pet rats much more than I like pet mice. However, when the little fuzzy critters come into my house uninvited I am not happy. So, out came the live traps and the peanut butter.<br /><br />The mouse was first spotted skittering under the door that goes down to the basement. Since there is a fairly large gap (3/4" or so) between the edge of the stair tread and the wall I wasn't sure if the mouse was coming up the stairs or up the studs of the unfinished walls and through that gap. For starters, I set the traps on the top step, at right angles to each other. I figured that way I had a chance of catching him either way.<br /><br />The next morning, I check the traps and see that they are both closed. Now we've had mice before (5-6 years or so) and I know that a closed trap does not always equal a caught mouse. I carefully picked up both traps and took them out to the garage. I was pretty darn sure both were empty just by the feel. Because of this, I opened the traps into a plastic box that I could slap a lid on if I was wrong and then could use to transport Mr. Mouse to the nice island nearby. Sadly, no mouse. And a quick look in the traps (just to make sure he wasn't hanging on for dear life) confirmed that some of the peanut butter is gone. One point to Mr. Mouse.<br /><br />After chatting with the partner, we recalled that the multi mouse traps were more successful last time around, so I trundled off to the hardware store and picked up a couple. I baited them and put one on the top step and one, perpendicular, one step down. Last night, DP heard a strange noise from the kitchen/garage end of the house. Now it could be the foster bunnies since they live in what the builder calls the breakfast nook. DP cautiously crept down the kitchen and listened intently. The noise repeated and no bunny had moved. In fact, she claims they were all looking at here as if to ask "What is your problem, lady?".<br /><br />I finished up the pair of rows I was working in the MS3 and went to check the traps. The two multi-mouse traps were empty and the other two traps were several steps down from where they had been set. I feel like the darned mouse is thumbing his little nose at me. You guessed it. The two small traps are both empty and it appears that more peanut butter has been eaten. Second point for Mr. Mouse.<br /><br />I did see the little guy last night when I opened the basement door to go down and get something out of the freezer, and noticed that he took a right turn at the bottom of the stairs. Now that the question has been answered (up the stairs or up the studs) I moved one of the traps to the bottom of the stairs, along the wall.<br /><br />Wish us luck. I would really, really like it if I could outsmart the mouse.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-56622908812885928802007-07-08T16:34:00.000-06:002007-07-08T16:44:15.926-06:00It's Raining, It's StormingThis morning when I got up it was somewhere between 88F and 92F. DP and I had to drive down to Hastings on an errand, and opted to go to Walmart and pick up a few things. When we went into Walmart, it was clear, hot, and sticky. By the time we came out, it was 72F and raining and blowing so hard I could not see the edge of the parking lot. We waited a bit, since it was too nasty to drive, and then started home once it started to clear. A few miles later, we had to pull into a parking lot and wait again as I literally could not see a single car length ahead of us. I <span style="font-weight: bold;">knew</span> there was a gas station at the top of the hill, right before the stop light, but I did not see it until we were about 2 car lengths away. Nasty.<br /><br />Now that we are home, I'm staying inside and knitting lace. In addition to the Snowdrop Shawl, I decided to jump on the Mystery Stole bandwagon after seeing the first 50 or so rows at a knitting group last week. The yarn is a lovely slate/storm cloud blue and I'm using simple clear beads. I think they add a nice hint of flash without being really noticeable.<br /><br />The bunnies are all doing well, although DP and I did annoy them all yesterday by cleaning litterboxes. Humans just do <span style="font-weight: bold;">not </span>put litterboxes back together correctly. *sigh*Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-12008436917246719442007-07-07T03:14:00.000-06:002007-07-07T03:46:36.940-06:00A new shawl startedI really love the look of lace, but every time I have tried something more complicated than a simple lace pattern in a sock I have ended up saying bad words and throwing the wool and needles.<br /><br />I had downloaded the <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog">Yarn Harlot's</a> <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/images/Snowdrop_Shawl_v1.0.pdf">Snowdrop Shawl</a> pattern a few months ago, but in my crankiness with lace I had not even looked at it seriously. For whatever reason, the pattern literally fell off my desk at my feet a few days ago. I decided that maybe I should try the pattern and see what happened.<br /><br />I <span style="font-weight: bold;">love</span> this pattern! It's pretty easy to knit (assuming yarn overs don't scare you silly) and very fun. Yes, there are charts, but the pattern itself is so straightforward that the charts are easy. I think that this might be a good introduction to charts for someone who wants to try them.<br /><br />The knitting is slow going right now, but that is because I keep stopping to pet the pretty turquoise wool (<a href="http://www.cherryyarn.com/merinolace.html">Cherry Tree Hill merino lace</a>) and admire the lovely pattern of yarn overs. Part of me hopes that I will soon stop that and just be able to knit but another part of me, and right now it's the bigger part, wants to always knit things that I love this much. It just seems right to love what you knit so much that you have to stop every few rows to appreciate it.<br /><br />So, for the eye candy. First, the wide angle shot. This is only lightly "blocked" by tugging gently on it before snapping the picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpPbOfjJT68m3mudbD2w7wxs-ofn9IrDpFCUsPlZv2sgJjskXNxhLWXNHLRBjCJ7RvVpo4N1zIQsRW-lmMlcpc4k9sXMGVgri0UWHBYz2nuOsB-0p1a6ifKNHfMQSWO4cUDXaM501tBYm/s1600-h/Snowdrop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpPbOfjJT68m3mudbD2w7wxs-ofn9IrDpFCUsPlZv2sgJjskXNxhLWXNHLRBjCJ7RvVpo4N1zIQsRW-lmMlcpc4k9sXMGVgri0UWHBYz2nuOsB-0p1a6ifKNHfMQSWO4cUDXaM501tBYm/s320/Snowdrop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084387114410390178" border="0" /></a><br />The second shot is the detail of the snowdrops themselves. For some reason, the closeups all look like dark ink has been spilled on the yarn. There are variations in the shade of turquoise, but there is no dark blue. Weird.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7NXtQtN9VgvuKMypCTe9ia1Ro9jOjarz_uhGv2Wrdz2_vaNYbe6qY9o9YT8OPMQoPOFsnpVSS6UjpjoiWEgmZrCd-UzaFNEn1rs03XmS2DeqIj14CpDdchQNNFiciuKnPm3SPYqnyt-Z/s1600-h/Snowdrop+Detail+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7NXtQtN9VgvuKMypCTe9ia1Ro9jOjarz_uhGv2Wrdz2_vaNYbe6qY9o9YT8OPMQoPOFsnpVSS6UjpjoiWEgmZrCd-UzaFNEn1rs03XmS2DeqIj14CpDdchQNNFiciuKnPm3SPYqnyt-Z/s320/Snowdrop+Detail+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084387604036661938" border="0" /></a><br />So, that's the lace for now. As soon as I finish this repeat I am stringing a lifeline. Actually, now that I've blogged this, I should probably go string one right now before the knitting goddess decides I've got to much hubris and smacks me back down a few levels. <br /><br />Happy weekend all. Hopefully it will be slightly cooler wherever you are.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="post-create.g?blogID=8696222573101159084#" id="show-labels-link" onclick="BLOG_showLabels(); return false"><br /></a>Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-68956289189383753132007-06-23T00:06:00.000-06:002007-06-23T00:15:49.093-06:00Tagged!I've been tagged for a meme by <a href="http://writerslane.blogspot.com/">Amy</a>. The idea is to type my birthmonth into wikipedia, write down two historical events and one holiday that happened therein, and tag five friends. According to Wikipedia, on Sept. 12:<br /><br />* 490 BC - Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon<br />* 1609 - Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River.<br />* 1575 - Henry Hudson, English explorer<br /><br />Okay so there were things that were way more socially important, but I thought it was interesting that Hudson found the Hudson River on his birthday. <br /><br />I'll tag anyone who reads this (which is likely way less than five) <grin>.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-71651792297755576902007-06-20T20:14:00.001-06:002007-06-20T20:24:57.370-06:00Knitting awayI've been mostly working on the Ruana Wrap lately, as well as forcing myself to knit on the shawl that I was commissioned to make. <br /><br />I've also been rereading Diana Gabaldon's series, out of order, as I find the books. I love her work. It makes me laugh and cry and, most importantly, think. I've long been fascinated with Scotland and her history. While I know that these are a work of fiction, she makes history seem so alive and vibrant. So many of the history books I've read make Culloden seem flat; just the facts on paper. I find myself wanting to read more (non-fiction), but loath to plod through more dry history books. Does anyone have any suggestions for a more interesting read I would love to hear about it. (Come on invisible readers - hit me with your best shot <grin>.)<br /><br />The bunnies are all doing well. Harvey is recovering well from surgery to get rid of the last of his cellulitis. Jameson has moved on to a sanctuary home as we just learned that he has kidney failure and likely only has 6-12 months to live. He'll get spoiled rotten there and enjoy whatever is left of his life. We just got a sweet (but very skittish) new pair who we renamed Tristan and Isolde. We are working on teaching them that people can do good things, like pet and bring food and treats, and not just "bad" things, like pick you up and trim your toenails. The hard part about that is that Tristan is a Jersey Wooley and needs to be groomed every day. Oh well, he's learning.<br /><br />Must go make dinner and get some laundry done. More later.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-3008211573725886042007-06-19T19:28:00.000-06:002007-06-19T19:32:02.164-06:00A new quiz...I found this on <a href="http://writerslane.blogspot.com/">Amy's blog</a> and thought it was too cool not to share. This is another "test" that is pretty much right on for me. Apparently Amy and I are somewhat alike. :)<br><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="350"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bg style="color:#eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;" ><b>Your Power Element is Water</b></span></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatsyourpowerelementquiz/water.jpg" height="100" width="100" /></center><span style="color:#000000;"><br />Your power colors: blue and aqua<br /><br />Your energy: deep<br /><br />Your season: winter <br /><br />Like the ocean, you evoke deep feelings and passion.<br />You have an emotional, sensitive, and spiritual soul.<br />A bit mysterious, you tend to be quiet when you are working out a problem.<br />You need your alone time, so that you can think and dream.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourpowerelementquiz/">What's Your Power Element?</a></div>Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-65705967751078887712007-06-12T21:07:00.000-06:002007-06-12T21:27:53.060-06:00What I've been knittingThere was a small explosion of (human) babies in the local rabbit community, so I finally had my excuse to knit some of the adorable patterns in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mason-Dixon-Knitting-Knitters-Patterns-Questions/dp/0307236056/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-7064266-1041229?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181703961&sr=8-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mason Dixon Knitting</span></a>.<br /><br />The baby kimono knit in Lion Cotton, color sea foam:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV79Dhav-WWH4QsmkJZR_8VMg71ztsFuGE75LtdiVhlt6eoAXk6EaF9E3-BBKV11hUrwwKhXE1G19WbQvHqF5Qnj57mfn5cgr2rTgq0uOLqf82LNlxeyRSSoVLym7LofT4YpLVmW015WIh/s1600-h/kimono+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV79Dhav-WWH4QsmkJZR_8VMg71ztsFuGE75LtdiVhlt6eoAXk6EaF9E3-BBKV11hUrwwKhXE1G19WbQvHqF5Qnj57mfn5cgr2rTgq0uOLqf82LNlxeyRSSoVLym7LofT4YpLVmW015WIh/s320/kimono+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075381000819278114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I wanted cool buttons for the kimono, but they needed to be unisex since the baby's gender was unknown and I wanted it to be usable for any future babies. I found these darling, but not too cutesy, Peter Rabbit buttons:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4bIV7Yn7f5tNBBQ0NhgwbCOk6Kc5_KZ_xYNrwe3aTU6E6k-hM5515OAp6jc_VGBMpTEcVq2ybPw-hihaDSnxCZQv4jI1scY4vZxYgh8p7zewZ49DVkt-fC0zks-_2sA7syPgMOJVfBIr/s1600-h/kimono+button+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4bIV7Yn7f5tNBBQ0NhgwbCOk6Kc5_KZ_xYNrwe3aTU6E6k-hM5515OAp6jc_VGBMpTEcVq2ybPw-hihaDSnxCZQv4jI1scY4vZxYgh8p7zewZ49DVkt-fC0zks-_2sA7syPgMOJVfBIr/s320/kimono+button+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075381387366334770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To go along with the kimono, I also knit a burp rag and three bibs. The colors aren't nearly as pastel as they look in this picture, and I was done knitting before I realized that I had picked purple and yellow - MN Vikings colors. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGodHRAJyhz98xGiWDTEJaa4Wi02Wy8p18xshEq1SR6Qg23dQHmOZOGzh-m80dVKPGzEdj0EpoupZ43YnQzjizTtttmNuXJE6jr2trwvhd06Dsta2PNGYddF1rsaWbSRXDz2iwsAAjVCBA/s1600-h/bibs+%26+burp+rag+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGodHRAJyhz98xGiWDTEJaa4Wi02Wy8p18xshEq1SR6Qg23dQHmOZOGzh-m80dVKPGzEdj0EpoupZ43YnQzjizTtttmNuXJE6jr2trwvhd06Dsta2PNGYddF1rsaWbSRXDz2iwsAAjVCBA/s320/bibs+%26+burp+rag+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075381808273129794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I found cool star buttons for the bibs:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fqyqV9SX0wAaAs5RciHdqkZ_WyE0Wp0TSMDtvUKdmivdbQZsPDbGfacZ9RZSk61-7uQft5TVbYt5wBbVH9NDw6pPemnIc1OaoIChIg3hvwFWDlNecH7O2s92DROiZ9R-W7ovKaUt-TEJ/s1600-h/bib+button+detail+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fqyqV9SX0wAaAs5RciHdqkZ_WyE0Wp0TSMDtvUKdmivdbQZsPDbGfacZ9RZSk61-7uQft5TVbYt5wBbVH9NDw6pPemnIc1OaoIChIg3hvwFWDlNecH7O2s92DROiZ9R-W7ovKaUt-TEJ/s320/bib+button+detail+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075382048791298386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I found a cool pattern from Red Heart Yarns (when I actually unearth the pattern I'll post the name) and knit it up in a soft baby yarn from the stash. I did two of these for two sisters who were due within weeks of each other. I chose a light green and a medium purple.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVSCLSYjFsRoZ5HUt7SsdjP4LbnanRu0sGmuPUjBXqccCcAIGrAm1ti8INeeFDvJbs4D4poSc64bioOX6OagxugeSG0WxUP6ZLSsNB54RE_-hW6DRMwWcQogIcqCEJZ9dePvk3RiBNIO0/s1600-h/green+baby+sweater+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVSCLSYjFsRoZ5HUt7SsdjP4LbnanRu0sGmuPUjBXqccCcAIGrAm1ti8INeeFDvJbs4D4poSc64bioOX6OagxugeSG0WxUP6ZLSsNB54RE_-hW6DRMwWcQogIcqCEJZ9dePvk3RiBNIO0/s320/green+baby+sweater+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075382787525673314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZvheTHm3yWCbsQqeKr5mrk-mvLYVnm-gMTZia6HN4Vckovsn46BxXDD6Vv1VxJbKKVXPtssqlOPDnl1v8HJPtjSD5XofuEg7Q8BUIOXIqCh3Ce79FHmvYLGWV9PIJbB6JczTyo9xIpvv/s1600-h/Purple+baby+sweater+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZvheTHm3yWCbsQqeKr5mrk-mvLYVnm-gMTZia6HN4Vckovsn46BxXDD6Vv1VxJbKKVXPtssqlOPDnl1v8HJPtjSD5XofuEg7Q8BUIOXIqCh3Ce79FHmvYLGWV9PIJbB6JczTyo9xIpvv/s320/Purple+baby+sweater+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075382912079724914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These were fairly easy to knit, but not so mindless as to be boring. There is a lovely 8-stich cable as well as a "plume" pattern in each quarter of the sweater. You can see the details in these pictures, as well as the cool bunny shaped button.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBmi6WFoMKjZHQxMJMyGYzfQDrkXehSP89Rw1LuzTXMlNPxhSWSLh5rGvp7X4XamAZNUJI6x-iUNVEvwz0PN0esnKm0iy91ZZxL4fnSEwsx2H4D23rByETiTy-Xp8ngdmm1IyiulpMexr/s1600-h/sweater+cable+-+purple+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBmi6WFoMKjZHQxMJMyGYzfQDrkXehSP89Rw1LuzTXMlNPxhSWSLh5rGvp7X4XamAZNUJI6x-iUNVEvwz0PN0esnKm0iy91ZZxL4fnSEwsx2H4D23rByETiTy-Xp8ngdmm1IyiulpMexr/s320/sweater+cable+-+purple+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075383380231160194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMvw0Pg7QDdqUu9FFflr8J7zo6HCx5OhXa3VG0DpEDdho_mj8U_VeXvNtTswFNO2u8K5SHoIilUG5jmzBSLOpKlq4Z8F7aCnNrWSSLvgrkdrzQh5SfX8vWXooVQkTYlL2areYJeAFZ6eW/s1600-h/sweater+detail+-+purple+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMvw0Pg7QDdqUu9FFflr8J7zo6HCx5OhXa3VG0DpEDdho_mj8U_VeXvNtTswFNO2u8K5SHoIilUG5jmzBSLOpKlq4Z8F7aCnNrWSSLvgrkdrzQh5SfX8vWXooVQkTYlL2areYJeAFZ6eW/s320/sweater+detail+-+purple+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075383530555015570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjtrFwjKy7Sdh82EWJ0Xv_p3Np5HdiX9kI1GZYoquPqIVSb8Ohz_2qku7jo6N_iBFe9JkTGiSKTVS5qMaKxoAdBbBayDyHuBOkEkEs_2rcWuHWV8CGWT1BnCptOLn65zg98Rdf45CAH8A/s1600-h/green++baby+sweater+button+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjtrFwjKy7Sdh82EWJ0Xv_p3Np5HdiX9kI1GZYoquPqIVSb8Ohz_2qku7jo6N_iBFe9JkTGiSKTVS5qMaKxoAdBbBayDyHuBOkEkEs_2rcWuHWV8CGWT1BnCptOLn65zg98Rdf45CAH8A/s320/green++baby+sweater+button+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075383659404034466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The kimono is a very fun knit and I think I might have to start knitting them for charities or something since my friends tend to have children like mine - four-footed and furry. :) The bunnies don't really appreciate my knitting efforts being directed their way.<br /><br />I'm off to clean some bunny litterboxes. More later.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-48904521901886969742007-06-12T00:20:00.001-06:002007-06-12T00:39:39.631-06:00Much delayed postIt's been a crazy few weeks here at the Bunny Palace. The partner was seriously sick for a few weeks; not serious enough to be hospitalized, but serious enough to require a lot of care and TLC. In addition, we had three or more medical bunnies in the house at any given time. Yikes!<br /><br />Lance, from the last post, was neutered successfully and the vet was able to determine that whatever was in the one testicle was fully contained and had not spread. We treated his sore feet with plain diaper ointment and they started looking much better very quickly. When other sick bunnies started coming in, our fostering coordinator "borrowed" Lance to foster, with the hopes that he would bond with one of her two girl bunnies. She was successful and now Lance has a permanent home and a bunny friend, too. According to his new mom, "Lance would bond with a brick wall if it gave out food or pets." <grin> Gotta love those big white bunnies (BWB).<br /><br />Then Ghost, another BWB came down with sudden head tilt and we noticed that the weird growth in his ear was suddenly growing (it had been the same size for the month or so that we fostered him prior to head tilt). Two rounds of antibiotics and his ear infection (the cause of the head tilt) is mostly gone and he has stopped rolling uncontrollably. He still rolls, but now he can stop himself after one revolution. The vet poked a hole in the growth last week, hoping to find enough material in it to send out to the lab for analysis. We all expected the growth to be full of something solid, like scar tissue, but instead it was so full of "goo" that the vet was able to completely empty out the growth. The weird part if that Ghost has improved dramatically since the growth was cleaned out. There is nothing we know of that should link a growth on a rabbit's ear flap to head tilt. Head tilt is usually an inner ear issue. Weird, but we'll take it. :)<br /><br />About the same time, Harvey, yet another BWB, came in to the vet in critical condition. He had been in a bunny fight while being bonded to another rabbit and instead of developing abscesses as bunnies usually do, he developed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulitis">cellulitis</a>. Within 48 hours of the bites he nearly died. Once the vet got him stabilized, he went on heavy duty antibiotics for a week. Then the vet tried to remove the cellulitis to see if she could make any improvement. Unfortunately, the cellulitis was too involved with the muscle tissue. I've spent the last two weeks putting hot compresses on his leg every day and picking at the scabs to try to make sure that anything in the wounds could come out. The really good news is that after two weeks the wounds are much, much smaller and less inflamed. We've gone from not being sure he was going to live, to not being sure he was going to keep the one leg that was the worst, to knowing he's going to keep all 4 legs! Woohoo!! He goes in for surgery later this week to try to remove the last of the cellulitis.<br /><br />On the knitting front, I've been too busy to do much knitting, but I have been working on the <a href="https://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/register.fcgi?url=http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/klsu-ruana.html?noImages=">Ruana Wrap</a> from Lion brand yarns. It's pretty mindless and very tactile so it's fun. :) Hopefully after this week I'll be able to actually write some knitting content instead of all the hoppy reasons I haven't knit.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-28505389101877075172007-04-19T21:22:00.000-06:002007-04-19T21:25:53.568-06:00Wool! It's wool!! (and an update from the Bunny Palace)Well, okay. It will be wool. At my house. Real wool that has only been sheared and skirted, not fussed with. This will be the first time I've gotten to play with more than a sample sized bit of unprocessed wool. I won an auction for a pound of white Cotswold and a pound of gray 7/8 Cotswold and I'm so excited. Now. here's hoping I haven't overextended my good karma thing and find out that the wool isn't as nice as I hope.<br /><br />On the karma front... Friday we took in a bunny from the shelter. For the first time, I am actually quite seriously glad that I don't have the address or name of the so-called human that surrendered this rabbit. He is supposedly 6 years old and was surrendered in a feces encrusted, wire bottom, tiny cage. We knew from the outset that he had horrible sore hocks on both back feet and one extremely large testicle. We initially thought the testicle might really be a hernia (apparently common in dogs, not sure how common in rabbits), but a trip to the vet for a quick check made us think it was more likely a tumor so we scheduled the next available surgery, which was today. Saturday night while I was putting antibiotic ointment on<br />his back feet, I took a good look at the rest of him and noticed that the poor bunny actually has something that I have never seen before - sore hocks on his *front* feet. <br /><br />He's such a sweet bunny and he seems to love human companionship that DP and I have both been hoping and praying that he would make it through today's surgery and we wouldn't find that the tumor was cancer and had spread. Okay, that sounds weird. We'd hope that anyway, but this bunny has had it so bad that we want him to have more than one week of good before he goes to the Bridge. Somebody, or somebunny, was listening and the tumor was completely contained and is now in a jar decorating a shelf at the vet's office. It's gross. She loves it. Our vet is definitely in the right field.<br /><br />We did however discover, when the vet did an x-ray to try to determine if there was anything else going on, that at some point in the past, he had a badly broken leg that was just allowed to heal as it chose. His left back femur is about 40-50% shorter than his right back femur. I tell you, there had better be an extra special place in the afterlife for people who let this happen to people or animals.<br /><br />The worst, in my mind, is that his injuries aren't from active abuse. They are from neglect. Abuse I can at least sort of understand as it often goes with mental illness of some kind. That doesn't mean I like it, just that I can understand it. What I can't understand is how anyone can allow another living being to live in such absolute filth, much less with a clear medical issue, and not feel the need to do something, even if only to euthanize. They had to have known when he broke his leg. With a back leg like that it would as obvious as if a human broke their femur.<br /><br />So, anyway, Lance (the bunny - after Lance Armstrong, fellow testicular cancer survivor) being healthy enough to survive surgery and all may well have used up any good karma that is hanging out in my "plus" column. Here's hoping not. :-) I want to have fun with my wool.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-12030428042797371852007-04-10T13:03:00.000-06:002007-04-10T13:11:02.127-06:00No snow, but a purple brain.Once again the weather forecasters missed the boat. I opted to work from home this morning because we were supposed to get a few inches of wet, sloppy snow in time for the morning rush hour. If the Twin Cities got any snow, it was definitely north of us, as our roads are dry as can be. Oh well, at least now I don't have to listen to everyone grumble about the snow. Never mind that we live in Minnesota....<br /><br />If you are looking for a diversion, check this out. I was reading <a href="http://bibliomaniacs.blogspot.com/">Bibliomaniac's</a> blog the other day and found a new quiz. The results on this one are actually fairly accurate for me, at least.<br /><br /><table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>Your Brain is Purple</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatcolorisyourbrainquiz/purple.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />Of all the brain types, yours is the most idealistic. <br />You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense.<br />Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries.<br /><br />You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places - or a very different life for yourself.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatcolorisyourbrainquiz/">What Color Is Your Brain?</a></div><br /><br />Oddly enough, I've been on a purple kick lately, too. Several friends have had babies recently and much of that knitting has been purple. My most recent sock knitting is purple. I've even found myself wearing a fair amount of purple, all of which is very unusual for me. *shrug* It's a phase. I'll be back to blue soon enough.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696222573101159084.post-91694290671978582442007-04-07T23:10:00.000-06:002007-04-07T23:24:29.655-06:00A new yarn, the Harlot, and plans for Easter...I finally got a chance to try <a href="http://www.fleeceartist.com/">Fleece Artitst </a>yarn, and I love it! I picked the amethyst colorway and am working on the Horcrux Socks from <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Six_Sox_Knitalong/">SixSoxKnitAlong</a>. The only thing I would change is that next time I will go down a needle size or two. I used 2.5 mm needles and the fabric is a bit looser than I like for sock.<br /><br />In other news, I was able to get to the <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/">Yarn Harlot </a>event here in St. Paul on Wednesday and it was a blast. The Harlot is one of those, IMHO, rare writers who is actually better in person than in print. She has a supremely expressive face and a sly way of making things that would read straight get a roar of laughter when she speaks. Muggles of the world beware; the Harlot is on a mission and your world will no doubt be changing. For those of you who have not yet had a chance to see the Harlot in person, make every effort to get to your <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/tour2005.html">local event</a>. She is well worth the drive and the short night of sleep. Three day's later I still find myself telling my partner (also a knitter but who didn't attend) things like, "Oh, and another thing the Harlot said...."<br /><br />Let's see, what else? Ah, Easter. While neither Joanna nor I are active in a church, doing something for Easter is almost an obligation in a house with this many rabbits. We are, therefore, heading out to the house of another <a href="http://MN.CompanionRabbit.org">MCRS </a>volunteer to eat, socialize and pay attention to rabbits. Several of us who are either single or don't have family in the area will be there, so it should be a blast. We've done this before at our house for Easter and Thanksgiving, but I am grateful someone else volunteered to host this time.Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.com0