Pandoren: And they conned you into three posts in four days?BHV: Yeah, and then he was all like "We had Diego Week, why can't we have a Fonzie week?" and I was like "No, Fonzie, just no!" and then he looked at me like:
Pandoren: So it's Fonzie week, right?BHV: Well I like these boots, chompy holes would let the rain in.
BHV: No, sorry my super-sized friends, you've already had two days in the last seven, you know the rules, we need to give some other buns a day in the limelight!
BHV: Errr.... well the blog thing is more of a guideline than a rule, I guess one more day...
Oh no! Fonzie has melted in the heat! He's lost all shape below the neck!
Will anyone volunteer to mould him back into bunny-shape before he cools off and sets??!!
Fonzie is such a character, totally in-your-face, I could easily spend the whole day hanging out with him given the chance!
Oops. Better get on then...
If I've learned one valuable lesson this summer it's that, however convenient it seems, one should never carry treats in trouser pockets around tall bunnies.
As well as all the rescuing, the RRR also takes in holiday boarders when their families are away. For the most part this is former residents, which gives us a great opportunity to catch up with our little fluffy friends.
Donations from this activity are part of what helps keep everything else going and lets us help more bunnies. So we suffer the necessary evil of moving some of our current residents into smaller areas during peak periods to make room for the boarders.
Bunnies like Fonzie and Rosetta, who would normally have a spacious aviary all to themselves, have to cope with living in just a shed for several weeks. If I'm honest, this does upset me to see them in smaller spaces, but I understand why it has to be that way. However, I found it particularly stressful this time as they started to revert back to their old grumpy growly ways somewhat.
It's hard to make bunnies understand that it is actually these boarders that are paying for them to live in such nice accommodation for most of the year. Fortunately, we do listen to and understand their concerns, so bunnies who struggle to cope are the first back when a space frees up. I am happy to say that in Fonzie and Rosetta's case, normal levels of contentment returned very quickly after moving back into their regular house.
I am in trouble. I am about three weeks behind schedule coming up with the photo's for fellow volunteer Nicola so she can start creating next years Rabbit Residence Rescue calendar.
My main problem isn't that I don't have any decent photo's, it's that they are all the wrong shape. It seems that sometime around late 2012 I became very good at taking "portrait" pictures and since then have taken very little else. Unfortunately, the calendar needs "landscape" pictures.
No worries though, all I need is a couple of weekends of good weather...oh.
Well anyway, I have been forcing myself to take more landscape pictures over the last couple of weeks in the hope we can make up the shortfall. Since I thought it would be nice to feature some of our extra special buns who have been with us for some time, I have also focused on some of those. And the good news is, I FINALLY got a decent picture of Fonzie and Rosetta, standing still, together! Only thing is...
It's no good. Even with this one - still too behind.
