Blue Eyed White, Vienna Marked,Vienna Carrier

Over 6 years ago I purchased a couple Angoras for their spinning Fiber.  They did come with pedigrees.  Though really it didn't matter to me.  I wanted all colors in fiber.  I was only picky about the texture.
There were people I knew about that fancied certain colors.  Harlequins, Chocolate and Blue Eyed White come to mind. Harlequin and Blue Eyed White at that time I don't believe where showable.
Harlequin still is not with English Angoras.

Blue Eyed White in your line, if your not wanting to produce Blue Eyed White can present a bit of a disadvantage. You can end up passing off the gene for Vienna Marked or producing Vienna Marked rabbits. Vienna Marked rabbits are disqualified from showing. So you can end up with a bunch of purely pet Angoras or a lot of culling to do.

Once Vienna is in your line, its there.  You can only test breed with a Blue Eyed White to be sure it's not in your line.  But most folks if not wanting to raise Blue Eyed White are not going to have one to test to.  I'm wondering just how clean lines are anymore. Especially if breeders do not disclose that there are possible carriers in their line.  Once your into the 4th generation some pedigrees don't show anyway.

I'm spent out.  The money I had to start our line of Angoras is spent. The rabbit Snow and Ciar I purchased possibly could be cariers of the Vienna gene.  I wasn't diligent enough to make sure that didn't happen. The breeders didn't disclose it until I received the pedigrees. It's pretty common to not show pedigrees until after animals are received. Some people don't mind that VM is in their line. It just wasn't something I wanted. Now I have it.

I either will sell what I have, keep for just our own  fiber bunnies or raise them with disclosing they have possible VM in the line.  I will decide later   Right now, we will just go feed some bunnies and get bunny snuggles.

Rookie mistake...   

New at Angora Amora

Now living in our Jeffersonville home for 2 years. This is the year we bring back English Angora's! Yay!!!! I have missed them during our time of many transitions.

Meet the beginning of our Rabbitry Rebuild!

Kendra Sheree's Slate

Jr Black Buck
1/10/19

Woodland Woolies Kevin Durant

Jr Buck
1/16/19
From
Kaitlin Strecker

Woodland Woolies Snow 

Jr Doe

From
Kaitlin Strecker

One of these sweet does will be ours. 

We shall name her

Woodland Woolies Diva

DOB 2/23/19

From 

Kaitlin Strecker

Home Sweet Home

Why I love this place

All from our Jeffersonville home. More pics to come. 

These are a few of my favorite things

And if life gets real tough....

Just get plumb wild with it!

Do you ever wonder what they would wish for?

Fibery Friends

Fibery friend,

what would though ask of me

If the Lord of all

 would grant to thee,

A moment of time

 for thee to tell,

 what  thou  would wish,

 oh wish it well…

Is thy bed cozy,

 a shelter for thee?

The timothy hay,

a choice you’d keep?

The heated bottle,

too hot?  Do tell?

Oh speak thy wish

 and wish it well.

I feel thy nose,

  Press  up my hand.

Lean gently in,

 I understand…

How sweet of thee,

 to ask thy wish

A gentle nuzzle,

 a little sniff.

I see thy wish

  the same as mine,

A comforting friend

 in a moment of time,

And what a gift,

Our Lord is giving

You spoke it well,

What a life we're living

My  fibery  friend

Rebecca Gould

Old Fashioned Dishcloth

I have been wanting to make my kitchen look more homey and adorable. I don't have a ton of money, or a tone of time. So...cute little dishcloths have been the main event lately. I thought this one was so cute, I wanted to share it with you. At first I thought I would be disappointed in it. But...the instructions in at the end tell you to steam it...that makes the difference! You can find the pattern at Lily Cotton yarn It really is a good place to look for wonderful free cute dishcloth patterns. Oh...the pattern is called Christmas Pudding Dishcloth. I changed the colors to match my kitchen. Thanks for visiting. I do read your comments. I enjoy hearing from you.

Warm feet!

I love love love my felted slippers. If you want to make the same pattern you can find it on ravelry here fuzzy feet
I did spin the fiber to make the yarn, to felt the slippers, to keep the feet warm... in my little acre of the woods. :) My darling english angora rabbits contributed to these wonderful slippers that are very very very soft. No harm to the rabbits.
One note about the slippers in making them...it took a long time for them to dry. I think because of the angora, and how thick they are. But very much worth the wait. Just luck would have it, and it has been rainy here and hard to get them to dry. I also was silly enough to use my expensive wooden sock blockers...all to have them warp from the moisture and drying out. The picture didn't turn out so well. It looks like they are really large at the toe, but because I was trying to get them to stand up for the picture, I stuffed some socks in them...so they are stuffed a bit to much! lol Oh well....
But here they are:

Gigi

Or G.G. meaning Gods gift. I couldn't resist showing you her picture all prettied up.
We should be starting 4H dog training back up real soon. Never ever give up. So many things to look forward to with the coming of Spring. So what's your soon to be project for spring.What are you looking forward to?

Uncle Mac

My Uncle Mac passed away this morning.

 He was special to me. 

Uncle Mac, Cousin Steve, Aunt Faye

When I was young I used to sit on his foot, and hold onto his leg and he would walk around the room and zoom me in the air. He had this rough exterior...but you knew inside he was as sweet as molasses.

 I loved his laugh. 

He was one person that never put me down about my religious beliefs or thought ill of me. We actually talked pretty deeply about the Lord. I was able to share some books with him. He is the only one of my relatives (not talking about my husbands side of the family or our children) that I have really been able to talk about the deeper things of God with. I can just picture him up in heaven, finding the answer to all the questions he pondered. 

I bet he is bouncing our little baby on his foot...zooming around the corridors of heaven. 

Heaven just got a little more beautiful today

and has given me more to look forward to in eternity.