After I read about bucks needing to be housed separately, I never got into the whole "rabbit colony" idea.  BUT.  My older buck Magic jumped the fence into Leopold's yard. I had already figured this would happen. The fencing in between the yards is almost too tall for me to step over, but no problem for my rabbits - drat them!

 Anyway, Magic and Leopold are now buds. I figured it was because Magic is just social and being a German he has such an easy-going personality. And Leopold is only 4 months old. Yes, they did the mock mating, but after that, they get along fine.

I hope to be getting more Jr's from Amanda in the next couple of weeks. 2 does and 1 buck. Again I will watch to see how Magic handles the buck, then introduce the new buck to Leopold.  I am excited to see how the does all work together. My doe needs a BFF.

 My bucks lay next to her with the fencing in between to keep her company. I have her in "Alcatraz" where no one gets in or out. Plan on using that for the kindling/nursery area.

If this goes well, then I would like to build cages that allow for the colony enviroment.

:::doing the happy bunny dance::::

I have met some great bunny people. I am very lucky as a woman in WA will be making a trip along I 90 to IA. There, another rabbit friend will meet with her and send bunnies back along I 90. The 3 bunnies are from this trip. Two does and one buck. The does carry the Satin gene. So I am all about Satin-izing the German Angora.

 I can't blackout my blog, but I can urge you to join today in sending Congress a message about control of the internet: 

http://protestsopa.org/

http://www.zachstronaut.com/lab/text-shadow-box/stop-sopa.html 

I just heard about the coolest thing - Urban Beekeeping!  While it is not my thing, maybe it's yours:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiqWPjSC-dA&feature=uploademail 

Time to take credit blame for "the kill".  Last night I decided to open up one of those boxes of au gratin potato mixes that I bought.  I had read that they store well and make good pepper food.

I made up the mix added ham from Yule dinner and put it in the oven as directed.   

OMG!  2 bites and I pushed my plate away.  DH ate his and then mine.

So today he has not strayed far from the restroom :-(  

Lesson learned.  If you do not eat this stuff, then there is no sense in storing it as a MRE kinda thing 

I am playing around with the webcam on the laptop.  Here is a short vid with my rabbits:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMjWrNY2qYk

I mated them on the 21st, so hopefully in a month Mystic will be giving birth.  I hope my video skills have improved my then  

Rocket stoves are very, very cool.  With only twigs you can boil water and cook a meal.  With little money you can do all kinds of things.  I have been watching as more and more people here in the states are becoming very innovative.

They have been using them in the poorer parts of various countries for quite some time now.  Especially those that do not have access to larger trees to burn for fuel. 

There was one video I watched where they showed this being used as a bench warmer.  People molded clay to form a bench.  They ran a heating pipe through the bench and on out the room.  No waste on the heat. 

Dee Dee had posted this link  today.  I like it, but the guy didn't explain what parts he used:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJOVG71YiJI&feature=share