Bunnies and stuff

There is nothing that makes me more irritable than someone asking if I'm in a bad mood. It takes way too much willpower to not shout 'No shit, Sherlock'.

Here's something that just made my day, and might make yours. Yep, that's my rose.

What's made me iracible? This freaking weather. Holy crap. It's around 98 or 104, depending what amount of sunlight reaches your skin. True, I'm inside the a/c, typing away, but my precious rabbits are outside. It's not just that these are my rabbits, and they're obviously suffering (sidenote: who the crap thought that bringing (domesticated) European rabbits to Aaaaamurica was a good idea? Do people know how different the climate is between London and Baltimore???? Idiots! (nobody consulted me, I would've told them it was a terrible idea, fraught with complications)) It's also that my one (big beautiful) doe has 4 two-week-old kits (that's bunnies to you) that she's nursing, which puts a ton of strain of her. AND my (crazy lunatic) lop doe is 2 weeks pregnant, which isn't quite as stressful, but she's a lop. Rabbits cool themselves by cycling blood to their ears. Her ears don't stick up, so less cooling.

Erg. So I put a tarp over their hutch, since shade won't happen there for another 2 or 3 hours, hopefully that will help. The poor things, I'm really quite worried about them, not *least* because my one buck, a little black Netherland dwarf, actually died from the heat 3 weeks ago. *sniff* He was such a sweetie, I really was torn up about it. Because of him dying, I took my Netherland doe inside. She's a bit on the older side, and has such thick thick fur. 

For your enjoyment (and because you probably read my rant on rabbits and hot weather.)

Silverton, who my mom thinks is ugly, but I think he'll turn out very interesting-looking

Durango, a chunky one. Such a sweetie.

This is Amarillo. He's another chunky one

This is Holstein, who really does look like a cow

 These babies are so sweet, but I've worked hard for that. You really do need to socialize, socialize, socialize. I've been handling them literally since the day they were born.

(this is turning out to be a longish blog post. Wow. Huh. And to think, I was going to blabber on about men/boys and relationships. I like rabbits better.)

My stomach is gnawing on my insides, so I figure I'd better get some lunch and just post this. Hope you like bunnies! (and roses)

P.S. If you're clever, (or just live in Colorado) you'll notice that 2 of my rabbits are named after towns in CO. These two towns are connected by a narrow gauge railroad that is a great and very fun tourist attraction. (I've been there, so I'd know) So there's a bit of random trivia for ya. (oh, and yes, Amarillo is partially yellow. I'd always think of a Jason Aldean song when I held him)