Thank you God for Trees and Leafs and al the Abundance of the Arrival of fair weather... but did you intend on going from 22F to 86F in two weeks? Okay, before I go on a rant about the weather, I want to stay in gratitude and celebrate that Eartha and Beauty have kindled a new litter and Eartha is doing a great job.  Out of these two very nice rabbits, (Eartha has one leg and Beauty has two), I have at least two new blue kits and two black kits and then there are some in between... which I have never seen or heard of before, but the kits seem to be black at the head and go to blue at the rump.  these will def be what they call cull rabbits, being out of the standard colors, but I will have at least two “special” colored rabbits for the pet lover who wants something different.  Remember, the off colors are not better-- they can not show-- they can not be registered and you really must not, must NOT breed them... but if you think it would be interesting to have rabbits of many colors, let me know before I sell them for eating purposes.

I have been working in my garden and it gives me great pleasure and joy and I bought seeds this year as if I would never have another chance to get them, with full intention of gathering and collecting my seeds for the future garden here at Appalachian Rain.  I have a desperate sensation about preparation right now.

I don’t know if it is brought about by the weather here.  I mean perhaps after years of living in temperate San Francisco, then a decade in subtropical Maui, that a blistering and long winter, complete with a flu and a baby with a fever, that I might feel strong inclinations toward better preparations for the future winters in my life?  Or perhaps the realization that my mother is in her late seventies and I might find myself the head of my family at any moment, without warning, in an environment of unstable economy-- is that a stretch? I don’t know-- is our American economy unstable? or is it stable in decline? or perhaps have I just found myself in the masses of people that are being ushered into poverty and not in the top .05% where the unlimited wealth guarantees the illusion of control and comfort?

Yes, every thought has a road to travel unwinding from it’s tail, and all the great diversity of thought has everyone whirling to different tunes, but yesterday I watched an owl watching me and I was home.  I planted seeds and I was home.  I mucked up compost and worked the soil and I was home.  I crawled into rabbit hutches and looked at wee ones and I am home, but it’s spring and there is much to do.  My good worker, CArl, left taking my keys, leaving me with a broken shovel, a flat tire on the garden cart, a ruined file, a missing box knife and everything half done, but what can I say?  He’s twenty and his girlfriend two counties away called and said she is ready to run away with him, so he left me at the end of April to go about the stuff of young men.  Alas, I have much to do.

and much has been done!  I want to announce that I have registered the rabbitry with the American Rabbit Breeders Association and we are Appalachian Rain Rabbitry  #D506.  YES!!

I also want to announce that we will be going to the Columbus show on Saturday only, and to Mineral Wells on May 7 to show and sell rabbits.  At Mineral Wells we will also be raffles with kits available and silent auctions with kits available-- for those people who say they could never spend money on a rabbit-- here’s your chance!  Okay  I better get on it-- much to do!!