Happy Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day to my Dad

AND

To my most awesome Bunny Honey...

 

 

I Love ya Dad....XXXOOO

&

I Love ya so much too Jonathan (aka Deyfenn Slayd). Your amazing to our long-eared babes.

The Buns say your thee best bunny daddy ever.



New Print Available

My coloured pencil illustration "Play Lightly"

is now listed as an 8 x 10" print in my Etsy shop.

 

 

Visit www.BijousWhimsy.Etsy.com if this image calls to you.

 

It would speak clearly to most nature lovers or eco-warriors &

acts as a message to respect and Play Lightly on our precious planet.

Jaks's Story

Last week we celebrated our sweet apple Jaks.

 

It was 4 years ago that we brought him into our home to join our family.

(he is now around 6 years old)

Isn't he a cutie pie.

 

Want to hear the story of how he came to us and us to him???

We rescued him from being a lonely, scared, angry, biting & snarling 'store mascot'.

He almost died from the stress of big dogs constantly charging his cage &

little kids always screaming around him and poking at him...

not to mention the long nights & weekends he was all alone in the back store room

or all the birdseed he would ingest when he was allowed to stretch his legs in the store!

  

We would visit Jaks, every single week for over a year, like clockwork.

I felt so attached this this angry little bunny...I just felt like he was meant to be mine.

We would bring him treats and veggies that I knew he wasn't getting & the store staff

got to know us so well that we were given permission to go into his pen whenever we wanted

to pick him up for cuddles (we so appreciated that).  It was always so hard to leave him.

He would run away and try to bite us like mad, but once he was in our arms he would melt

& lick my neck like crazy, ha ha.  Jonathan fell in love with him too of course.

 

 

We knew the store wasn't the right place for Jaks but we were so thankful to the ladies there too

because they helped save him.  He was actually brought to a nearby vets to be put to sleep!

His previous owners apparently decided that rats were more interesting then a rabbit and after

keeping him locked away in a little room where he got no attention at all,

they wanted him gone & asked the vet to put him to sleep...

but thankfully she refused because he was beautiful and perfectly healthy, so she took him instead.

Later that night, when out buying food for her own animals at home,

she was telling the pet store employees about Jaks because she needed to find him a home

and they said they had been thinking of getting a rabbit for the store, as a mascot of sorts,

(at the time they didn't sell animals).  So they took him in...and he was there for just over a year,

they took good care of him, but he still kept getting sick...a store just wasn't a good place for him.

 

 

The store knew we loved & took care of bunnies so when he got super sick to the point of dying,

they called us, we zoomed over right away & took him home over the weekend for

vigilant care & vet visits

(Jinny straight away started licking him all over, poor thing was so sick & she sensed it).

 

We knew he would just keep getting sick so I gathered up the courage

to implore the store employees to let us keep him...

they all thankfully agreed because they all cared for him too.

 

 

Now he Jinny's best friend, they are quite inseparable.

He makes us laugh because he's so silly & klutzy & well yes, still so grumpy, ha ha.

 

 

We love him oh so very very much...

and we're SO glad he's ours & that we're his and that he's here.

He's part of what makes our hearts tick & our home happy.

 

So happy 4th year Home Coming Apple Jaks....we love you baby.

 



Hamish

Hi Hi Hi Everyone,

I am back.  Things got away from me these last few days,

doctors appointments (apparently I have 'aggravated' my chest wall!), etc etc...

and well honestly it was just mostly me opting for time outside with

my honey and bunnies instead of in the studio or online.

But I am hopping in today to introduce you all to a new little character of mine.

 

His name is 'Hamish'

 

Is he just not one of the cutest buns?

And guess what, like Sevanne, he too has quite a story...I'll tell you just alittle bit of it...

Where should I start?

Hmmm...maybe one of the most interesting things about Hamish is what his favorite smell is...

Yes, let's start there...

 

 

His favorite smell in the whole world is paper...old paper...

The older the paper the better, anything from the 18th century is his all time favorite.

This is so because would you believe that his bloodline is inextricably linked to Guess Who?

The Grimm's Brothers...

yep it's true, Jacob and Wilhelm often broke bread with Hamish's ancestors back in the 1700's.

 

Hamish's great great great great great great greatest grandfather was the scribe for the brothers.

'Hamish the Great Scribe' was the one who inked the words on paper whilst the brothers

spun their tales out loud.  Pretty cool huh.

(one wouldn't think that as humans, they would fit down into the rabbits warrens

but Hamish's family dug out a special network of tunnels & a story-telling room just for the brothers.

It is said that the brothers brought the secret of those tunnels to their graves).

 

Well Hamish, named after his grandfather of course, has paper, ink & grand stories

running in his blood, so he kept up the family business of sorts

and he now owns and runs one of the

largest underground libraries in the whole entire world.

Of course you have to be in his inner circles to even know where the secret door is to

this immense labyrinth of books...there's a secret knock and everything.

 

Yep, my sweet little Hamish sure does love his books & the smell of them....

We have that in common...I am hoping someday I'll be shown the secret library too!

 

p.s. Prints are on their way.

Interested in having the precious little 5 x 7" original for yourself?

Just email me at MandySaile@BijousWhimsy.com

Happy Birthday to my MOM

My mom is awesome.

 

She's sweet and giving, she's funny and caring, she is super duper tough.

She taught me that 'patience is a virtue' and to find joy in the simple things in your life.

 

She is an amazing cook and baker...she always smells really good...she wears really cool clothes.

She loves reading and movies and music

and I think in her next life she just may be a private eye detective, ha ha.

 

 

...She is so many things to me and I simply can't imagine having any other mom.

 

Today is her 62nd birthday,

isn't she looking great (she says it's really good face cream) ha ha.

 

Happy Birthday mom

we love love love you so very much.

Thoughts of Hay

When your a rabbit slave, you have to keep on top of having quality hay for your monsters.

When the 4 new adoptees came home we had to rearrange our downstairs pantry
because we used to buy our hay products like this,

in nicely sized manageable bags that fit in one small closet....

 

 

But because the newest additions are such hay monsters (which is truly great)...

 

  

We now also have to invest in hay like this...

 

 

In 50 pound boxes!

50 pounds of Timothy hay, 50 pounds of Grass Hay

and 50 pounds of hay blocks which help keep little wall-munchers busy (some of the time!).

(We are trying to source out a local supplier but so far have had no luck...due to a hay shortage!)

 

But ya know, at the end of the day,  I'd rather have nothing else taking up space in my basement...

Okay, well except for maybe more bunnies!

Sevanne

A new little feathered friend wants to say Good Evening.

Everyone meet...

 

"Sevanne"

 

She can not stay for a long chat however because she's late for her afternoon beauty nap,

Then there is still linens to be brought in from the clothes line and well it is about to thunder and pour

and she must not forget her apple peach pie just about cooled to perfection on the windowsill...

she plans to serve it with rhubarb tea when her dear knitting club comes over later on this evening.

 

 

She is done in coloured pencil and acrylic paint on a wood canvas measuring only 5 x 7"

(the original is for sale just email me at mandysaile@bijouswhimsy.com if your interested)

Prints will be available in my Etsy shop shortly.

 

I finished her up today whiles my sweet girl Teela napped away in the grass

& a black bird kept swooping at my head.  I was not impressed!

The darn thing built her nest in one of the busiest section of our yard!

Despite that, it was a lovely afternoon

(minus apple peach pie & rhubarb tea unfortunately!)

until the nasty mosquitoes drove us back into the house.

 

Hope you all had a lovely day.  See you soon again.

A TINY break...Back REALLY Soon

Hi ya.

 

We've taken an unexpected & impromptu little break around here.

This cold & super wet week seemed to be the perfect time to do nothing but be cozy all together,

and well we just needed abit of recharging...

 

 

So we're watching loads of movies, taking lots of delicious naps, eating lots of scrumptious food...

Spending oodles of time snuggling six bunnies.  It's been good...ahhhhhhh.

 

I'll be back in my studio & to blogging next week.

See you then. XO.

Baby Yuuji & Weekend Plans

Just hopping in with some favorite baby shots of our sweetheart Yuuji...

(He hadn't started growing his mane and beard yet in these photos)

For what's a better way to wish you all a happy weekend than with sweet rabbit goodness, ha ha!

 

 

We are going to be busy in the yard with rabbits romping & gardening this weekend...

I am ready to get my fingers all muddy & green and

to stay outside until hardwork, beautiful garden beds and the fresh spring air exhausts me, ha ha.

 

What are your weekend plans???

A Syrup Festival Day

When you live in a small city, you have to make your own fun...

 

So we recently spent a beautiful afternoon with a dear friend, at a local Maple Syrup Festival.

 

Where there were gorgeous old cars to drool over...

 

 

...and some highland game fun happening, like the caber toss...

 

 ...where there was mechanical bull-riding...

 

 

...and an entertaining comedic show put on by lumberjacks...

 

 

And at the end of that day...

It was the perfect time to let a couple bunnies out to enjoy the yard...

 

(I know it's blurry but look at the precious fun she is having...look at that curled up ear, awww)

 

  

...and to cozy up in soft cozy blankets in the lawn and take abit of a rest

alongside your best friends whiles those precious bunnies romp (& the advil kicks in!)... 



...We usually don't have a hard time finding a good time

& enjoying a beautiful day...ha ha.
and I just had to share these photos & the day because that's exactly why I blog...
to share my joys & love & for witness to awesome days like this one was.