Charlie's House

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2011-06-28T06:47:00.000-07:00

I am back from my holiday! Had a lovely time munching grass. But as LB says in her recent blog post, I'm not doing so well. I can hardly see now and my hearing has been dodgy for ages. I still like to skip and run but often don't know where I'm going, so tend to stick to running in circles. Am mid-moult so I look like I have a tide mark on my back which is embarrassing. Sheesh.

My hutch has had a fresh coat of paint though - take a look!

on holiday

2011-05-22T11:21:00.000-07:00

I am currently on holiday at LB's parents -yay! I have my own holiday hutch and get lots of time on the lawn which is splendid. I'm told LB has given my hutch a sanding and a new lick of paint - I shall see what I think.

LB's secretarial skills are a little lacking, I feel. She finds it hard to manage writing and blogging - and apparently this blog is last on her list. Pah!

the Tray

2011-03-03T06:28:00.000-08:00

LB is currently very pleased with me as she has introduced a plastic tray to the lower level of my house - where I can go to the toilet. She is pleased because I am doing just that - for now, at least. If I feel displeased in any way, now I know how to get my own back. Mwha ha ha.

next year is my year

2010-12-08T10:41:00.000-08:00

Current news: LB managed to complete her November novel attempt. BUT far more important in my opinion is the fact that next year, apparently, is the Year of the Rabbit. I'm so glad I'm alive to see this! *waggles whiskers enthusiastically*

oh dear...

2010-11-17T09:12:00.000-08:00

Apologies from LB to all you Charlie lovers...I'm afraid the past year has run away from her. You'll be glad to know Charlie is still happy and healthy...and currently on holiday. He'll be back after Christmas, and you never know, may write an entry or two. In the meantime, LB is writing a novel this month....

excuse me, did you say I was deaf?

2009-10-29T14:35:00.001-07:00

Gah! LB put my last post under her name! Service terrible.

Am being a houserabbit at the moment, due to all the fireworks at this time of year. I've not heard any. LB thinks I've gone deaf, but I say she mumbles. Everyone mumbles these days. And creeps up behind me and makes me jump. And don't even talk about hedgehogs snuffling about in the garden. Sheesh. LB goes gaga over them which is...annoying. She's my human. SB remains loyal to me and rolls eyes at LB when she gets excitable. Very sensible, in my humble opinion.

poor service

2009-10-22T02:32:00.001-07:00

Hmph. LB spending so much time on her writing course she has little time to be my secretary. Not amused.

indignant!

2009-06-29T06:53:00.000-07:00

Hmph. Am somewhat grumpy as LB just turned me upside down to look at my bottom. I mean, wouldn't you be somewhat indignant if someone turned you upside down and looked at your bottom? Even if (especially!) your digestive system wasn't behaving properly. LB tells me it's 35 degrees (don't ask me what that is in Fahrenheit!!) and there are flies about, so she wanted to check. Pfft! (As she would say.)

It's been a week now since we were reunited of course, myself in the care of LB's parents (her mother calls me their 'grandrabbit' - haha). It did mean I got a week on the grass at my holiday hutch. Was most glad to get back to my lovely two storey though. One wants to hop and jump frequently.

I was so pleased to see SB and LB that despite being late for a feed, when they came out to see me I went all floppy and let them have as much time as they liked stroking me. I can be so soppy you wouldn't believe. But on my terms, I might add.

I put up with that food delay, but yesterday LB was on her way to feed me when she got distracted by a whole flock of long-tailed tits in the tree - and proceeded to sit. down. and. watch. them. - while I was waiting for my dinner. Tch! Humans.

I'm a Movie Star!!!

2009-05-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

Heh! LB has finally got round to uploading stuff from her phone...so here is a video of ME!!! LB was a bit embarrassed about her chortling and snuffling and snorting behind the camera but she'll get over it. The grunt you hear at the beginning is mine, by the way - I love a good grunt and snort session. LB says some rabbits do it when they're cross, but I do it when I'm curious, excited, waiting for my dinner, wanting some attention...there's nothing I can't use a grunt for.

LB also says you may not want to watch over 2 minutes of me, but I think that's simply ridiculous. She thought it would be funny to add hip hop over the top, but I soon told her what I thought of that...Also she wants you to excuse her fingers as it was her first time with such a small thing to film with...when is she going to be quiet?!!

Hopefully you'll see me here...

Of course, you should see me do a few laps around the lounge. I can really go!

blogs

2009-05-23T03:04:00.000-07:00

LB's blog is currently kicking off all Internet Explorer users, so you have to use a different browser to see her entries at the moment.

Of course, my blog is behaving perfectly. What else would it do?

oo's a widgy woogy then?

2009-05-11T01:58:00.000-07:00

Lately when LB brings me food she gets right down on my level first and makes a real fuss of me, snuzzling my nose and cooing at me. I know I should be indignant for the food delays (today she answered the phone when about to put me in my run!!) but when she cups her hand under my chin and snuzzles my nose and strokes my ears and says weird things like 'oo's a widgy woogy then?' I go a bit...goofy.

It's all rather embarrassing.

my little friends...

2009-05-06T13:13:00.001-07:00

LB remembers some old friends of mine over at her blog today. They were cute and good company, but they were sometimes a bit overwhelming for me personally - but who can blame them for wanting to be with me, huh?

me and cameras

2009-05-01T12:46:00.000-07:00

SB and LB sponsor a child in Columbia, and he has asked to see a photo of me. Of course he has! Why, I wonder, has he not been sent one before?

Other news: LB has upgraded her mobile phone. Apparently she can video me with it. Well, as long as I'm not doing anything embarrassing, I don't mind.

breakfast delays

2009-04-28T06:27:00.000-07:00

So here's the thing. Here I am, waiting for my breakfast, getting all excited ( as you do). LB dutifully goes up to the garage to get my breakfast and my hay - but both on the way and the way back she pauses at the top of the steps. Apparently there is a lady blackbird sitting on her nest in the middle of the cotoneaster (LB added that bit, I wouldn't have a clue). There's a good view of her, apparently, from the top step.

What I want to know is - why can't she stop and look after she's served me breakfast?

introducing ME

2009-04-12T06:40:00.000-07:00

Hello, and welcome to my new blog. I must say I'm very excited to enter blog-land... I'd better introduce myself, for those of you who don't know my highly lovable (and everso modest) self.

My name is Charlie, and I'm a rabbit. I'm a black and white with-a-hint-of-ginger Dwarf Lop. I live, as it says in my profile, with two humans - here I shall refer to them as LB and SB. LB is the female of the pair, with long blond hair, and SB is the male with short brown hair. We live together fairly amicably, as long as they obey the rules.

I'm not a lap lover. I enjoy a good nose snuzzle and stroke-fest, but on my terms, thank you very much. Putting me on your lap and not letting me get off will annoy me no end. I'll start tugging your clothes and headbutting you in indignation. You have been warned. On rare occasions I will hop onto LB's lap voluntarily, as I know it pleases her no end, and you have to keep them happy - after all, you have to give and take a little.

I live in a two storey house ('double decker hutch' in humanese) with my own staircase (the humans call it a ramp - hmph!). I have my own run as well, and a tunnel-type-thing which I chose not to use for a while, as it kind of starts to roll while I'm in it, which was a bit off putting at first. Still, I do now scamper through it occasionally. Very good for jumping over and head butting. I also like to give it good old chin rub. Everything is best when it smells of me. Including any shoes and slippers I happen to come across.

There is, I'm told, a fish here as well. I have never seen him, however. He lives upstairs and the only time I go upstairs is when LB puts me in the bathroom sink and inexplicably submerges my rear end in water, of all things!! At least she checks the temperature is moderate...¹

I love to eat. Broccoli and carrot are my favourites. Dandelion leaves are rather tasty, too. I pay a lot of attention to my coat and often groom myself in my spare time. Sunbathing is also very pleasant (and if it's too hot, I'll roll happily about in a shady spot).

I intend to post lots of pictures of myself here, so that you can admire me. I do have a bit of a problem with my face these days, where one side is a bit scrunched up. The Vet has poked and prodded and can't find any reason thus far; she suggested a bit of palsy. I don't take well to implements being poked around in my mouth. I got so fed up at one point I simply bit down on the thing, hard, and the Vet had to ask me to let go. I did, since I didn't see any good reason to prolong the experience. But I managed to express my distaste, nonetheless.

Well, perhaps that's enough for now. LB has told me firmly that I shouldn't expect her to be my secretary every day. And don't think I don't know what she said about my spelling and typing skills!

I mean - really!

¹Note from LB: Charlie has some digestive troubles which lead to an occasional 'sticky bottom' problem. The last few months he's been on pro-biotics which have improved things a lot, but I still bathe him occasionally, especially in summer, because of the dangers of fly strike.