Bye Bye Summer

The Summer of 2012 was a long and hot one.  Mom said it was too hot for bunnies to be outside, so Miss Binks and I spent our days in the air conditioning watching Nutters and Butters eat peanuts from the squirrel feeder and complain about the searing heat.  But alas, summer is over and fall is here, and it brings with it a nice touch of cool that makes the days bearable once again.

This weekend was especially nice.  Nice and warm without the uncomfortableness of humidity and with a light breeze that kept the changing leaves waving from their branches.  "Bunnies!  It's a perfect day to be outside!  Who wants to play?"

Mom set up the xpen in the yard and plopped us down inside.  It always takes us a bit of time to get used to being out there.  All new smells and sounds can really overwhelm a bunny who is used to being indoors.  Miss Binks especially loves to be outside.  Her ears perk up and forward, and her little twitchy nose rises and falls from the open sky to the sweet grass below.  Me?  I like to chin the grass.  Every blade!  Every blade is mine and by chinning it, it means I will come back later to munch on it.  Binky doesn't wait, she rips that grass and chews it right up, happy to finally feel like a real wild bunny.

I enjoyed it outside, exploring the land with my sweet Binks.  We are in our golden years now, and it's so nice to have sweet days like this to spend together.  Hopefully the fall will continue to be nice and we can get out again before the cold moves in and the snow begins to fall.  Beautiful days like this one are not to be missed, but enjoyed to the fullest, with your love by your side.

Fluffy McFluffersons

Bring On The Basil

When it comes to herbs, there is one that really does reign supreme in our house.  Parsley is yummy, especially the flat Italian kind as opposed to the curly stuff.  Dill is another fave, so light and fluffy and fragrant.  We wouldn't know a thing about cilantro as Mom says the stuff is vile and she can't stand the smell of it, especially on her fingers.  She is even a card-carrying member of www.ihatecilantro.com. Mint of course, is delightful and helps to digest all the other yummies we get.  But deep down, the King of all herbs is......BASIL!

Oh I looooooooove basil!  And so does Miss Binks!  There is just something about the texture of those smooth yet sturdy leaves, the scent, fresh and enticing!  Chewing it up just releases all kinds of happiness in my mouth!  I love basil!

And check out what Mom bought!  A huge basil plant, all ripe and ready for nomming!  She put that thing down and I just dove in!  Binky was too shy and lady-like to even consider ripping the leaves off the plant like I did, but I'm a Big Tough Lop so I had no issues at all with doing it!

Thanks Mom, for being so awesome!  Make sure you buy more next time you are at the grocery store!

Fluffy McFluffersons

Hoppy Poop Day!

"Mom!  Mom!  Come look!  Come see what we made for you!"

"What on Earth....*gasp!*.......is that....is that a heart....made of bunny poops?!"

"Yup!  Sure is!  Hoppy Birthday, Mom!"

"Oh Fluffy, oh Binky, thank you so much!"

"It took us a while to poop them all exactly the same like that.  And then Miss Binks helped arrange them into a perfect heart because my attempts just looked a mess...."

"Oh my little Darlings!  Mommy loves you both so very, very much!  I am going to take a picture and show everyone how creative, thoughtful and sweet my Babies are!"

Mom loves it when we do stuff like this.  I mean really, who else could possibly get excited over a heart made of poo?  If this came from Dad, well, that would be another story.

On Mom's birthday, us bunnies do bend the rules a little.  She is allowed to pick us up and snorgle us for as long as she wants, so long as we each get one treat for every 5 minute interval.  She can smooch us right on the lips - this is usually forbidden for it annoys our whiskers and is just downright embarrassing.  And lastly, once the day is over, at the exact stroke of midnight, the nonsense must stop.  She needs to practise that one a bit.

But she's Mom, and we love her!  Secretly, we really don't mind all the lovin' but you must never let Mom know - she is very likely to take full advantage of information like that.  Us bunns are really quite lucky to have a Mom like her to dote on us, as well as a Dad who adores us just as much.

So on behalf of Miss Binks and myself, Mom, we love you and wish you a very Hoppy Birthday and many more to come <3>
Fluffy McFluffersons

Gettin' All Snuggy!

Hey Mom, look at the date of my last post.....

"Um, yeah....?"

And what's the date today?

"Okay, I know it's been a while, but I've been busy!"

Not good enough!

Well, clearly I have some catching up to do.  It's true, Mom has been busy with BunFest 2012 plans and other things in life and I've been busy too, napping, snorgling, eating and pooping :)

I don't know what kind of summer all of my peeps are having, but here where I am, it's been scorching hot!  Like a "no bunny outside!" hot!  This heat wave has shrivelled up many of the plants in the garden and turned the grass in the backyard a not-so-nice crunchy yellow.  Mom reminds us everyday of how lucky we are to have air conditioning and I have to agree. 

Our house has three floors and for the top floor - where Scooter and Ana live - to get comfortably cool, the air conditioner has to work extra hard.  What that means is, downstairs where we are, it's pretty freakin' cold!  Mom usually tapes up the vents down here otherwise the air conditioning fogs up the patio doors like an ice cream cooler in a grocery store, but even with that extreme taken, it's still very cool.  But it's totally okay for Miss Binks and I.  We are furry animals and we really prefer being cool to being even the slightest over-hot.  It's perfect napping weather and it also allows me to stretch out in a ray of sun and not overheat and have to get up and move.

But of course, this crazy heat also makes Mom do crazy things. 

The other day, Mom came home with a gift for Binky.  It was a Snuggy.  Yup, you heard me....a SNUGGY!   Seriously Mom?!  "But I thought she might be a little chilly, so I thought I'd get her something to warm her up just a bit....."  It's 37 degrees Celsius outside Mom!  Plus there's a humidex!  "I know, but it's very cool in here....but I don't want my Binks to catch a cold....." she said as she scooped up poor Miss Binks and started dressing her up in it.

I don't know what it is with Binky, but she has always kinda liked being dressed up.  From her sweaters and hats, to her scarves and her Halloween costumes, it's like she knows she's getting all prettied up.  She knows how to wear an outfit, and how to work a room.  "Look how pretty I am Fluffy!  Don't you wish you had a Snuggy?"  Uh, nope.  You can just have that one all to yourself......

Stay cool Peeps, but not so cool that your Mom thinks it's necessary to dress you up in velcroed fleece....

Fluffy McFluffersons