Flowers and Furries

Two more smallish lumps have appeared under Mishka's facial hair this week but the main tumour inside his lip doesn't seem to have grown much at all. At the moment he is on 2,000 mgs of chewable Vitamin C every day plus a clove of garlic cut up and hidden in his meat. I also began him on Homeopathic Thuja 30c three times daily. Should be 6x but this is almost impossible to find here in Hawkes Bay. The vet doesn't believe in homeopathy but said to go for it anyway as it "can't hurt". At this stage Mishka is pain free and has his usual appetite although he supplemented his ordinary diet by finding and eating some soft runny sheep manure yesterday. So much for trying to keep his mouth clean and germ free. But he seemed happy.


Mish and I have been spending some time out in the garden while I battle the weeds. The hellebores or winter roses have been amazing. There are at least four colours and variations in between. I try not to disturb them so they'll increase in numbers.


Because there was no drought this year many of the plants that flowered poorly last season have been making a huge effort this year. The red camellia bush that just had one lonely flower last spring is making up for lost time.


The grape hyacinths have spread into the unlikeliest of places popping up in the lawn around the oak tree. Lawn mower man carefully avoided these areas so I will mark them and dig up the bulbs so they can safely be replanted in the garden.

Yesterday Ebony rabbit kindled seven small individuals. Last week I'd decided she was not pregnant but just overweight but after discovering her busy plucking herself at 7am I moved her to the breeding cage with a nest box and by the afternoon she had everything done and dusted. Daddy Goblin had the easiest job, just handing celebratory carrots round to all the other bucks in the rabbitry.