Updating My Spring Collection

In our family, it's important to keep up on the latest. My company, Rabbitt in Paradise (which you can find at www.rabbittinparadise.com), deals in lots of ladies' accessories (but lots of other rabbit-themed things too), so I have to know what's going on.

Here we are examining this season's trends. There certainly is a lot to go over - sometimes it's hard to concentrate for so long a time. But what's so great about these magazines is that once you've looked at them, they make a great snack!

Shopping Bag Fun

When you're a tired and a little depressed, nothing is as good for the soul as a nice big shopping trip. Well, I didn't go shopping, but I did get to play with the bag when the shopping trip was through.

Lately, we've had a lot of weather problems here in Hawaii. The volcano has been erupting and the air has been clouded with funny fumes that keeps everyone indoors and under wraps. The folks around here all have allergies, which makes them extra grouchy, but there is a side benefit: they go through a couple of kleenex boxes every day, and that makes for a lot of fun for me (see earlier post).

Well, yesterday the windows opened and the air came through and everyone was in a great mood, so they went shopping. But no one had more fun that I did when I discovered the bag!

They Missed My Second Birthday!

Do you believe it? I had my second birthday on February 22nd, and they were in Paris when it happened. I thought it was very, very rude - to say the least.

Well, there were compensations. To take care of Grandpa, we had Nana and Tony come in every day, and both of them were lots of fun to play with. And Calvin came to stay with us - he was here at night, and gave me salad and changed my box. Frankly, new people are a lot easier to coax into giving you extra treats. I think I've almost perfected the technique.

When they finally came home, I found out that they became acquainted with a couple who have an apartment near the Canal Saint-Martin; they would like to change apartments with us for three weeks.

Most astonishingly, they also have a pet rabbit, named Poussinet. So, when they come here, they will take care of me and my family will take of her. You can see her picture above - isn't she lovely? Her name means, "my little chickee" which I think is very, very cute.

Frankly, I would have loved visit Paris myself, but when they told me the plane ride takes about 18 hours, I wasn't so interested anymore.

In the meantime, I'm improving my French. Fortunately, a lot of the important words are either the same or similar, such as carrotte or endive. One night I asked for un raisin, s'il vous plaît, and they gave me a grape! Quelle chance!

Well, above is a picture of the Paris apartment, which I thought was very nice as old buildings go, but what really interested me was the garden in front of the building. Now that's something a rabbit would really like to have in their front yard!

Desirée's Tips: How to Amuse Yourself in a Small Apartment

Faced with a problem experienced by many house rabbits (lack of new and different toys), I have come up with a solution I'd like to share:

Tissue boxes.

We have a very nice apartment in a very nice building, but, face it, it's not the size of the Taj Mahal and after a very short while you run out of things to amuse yourself with.

While I have lots of things I'm supposed to be playing with, like cardboard boxes and oatmeal containers and willow balls made from untreated sticks, it's much more fun and daring to pinch things you're not supposed to have in the first place.

So, when no one was looking, I reached up to the end table and pulled off a box of tissue that was just begging to be nibbled at. It was fun for a whole morning, and lucky for me the folks here all suffer from allergies so there are loads of new boxes to choose from every day.