This is a simple yarn spinner, called a drop spindle.  If you are an expert at using these you can spin your yarn using the drop spin method (plenty of tutorials about that on youtube.)  I am not an expert, rather a beginner.  So yesterday I received instruction from the experts at the 4H exhibit of women using their spinning wheels during the Washington County Fair.  My drop spindle is made from a dowel with two disc held in place by a rubber grommet and a rubber band (the rubber band also acts as a hold for the fibers to pass as the spin.  Also a hook is placed on the end for the attachment of the fibers as the spinning occurs.  I was taught the "Park and Draft" method which is the best way for a beginning spinner to start!

http://sorenthan.tumblr.com/post/26113337415/larrystylinsoneternal-opal-leaves-through

The Backyard Willow Den

This is the Willow Den in progress of growing.  I have planted bean's below the willow trees so they can climb up the limbs and help to fill in the den.  On either side of the entrance, it just so happened that my crocus's bulbs were well placed!

A wild green.

The bunnies are now just over 4 weeks old and still growing fast as seen here in this picture in relationship to Mom. Today I was asked by a Rabbit Advocate if they had weened yet and I simply said that I didn't know. I rarely ever got to see the breastfeeding experience in the first place because she doesn't seem to want them to feed anytime I am around and because they only feed once per day per every article and book that I have researched. This would be the age that they are known to begin weening, but some say that they could go onto feed up to 8 weeks old!

Snuggling Up In the New Cage

I think this particular baby has spent more time snuggling to Mom than all of the rest of the bunch.

I built onto the already existing 4 ft X 2.5 ft cage so that their space now extends to create an L-shaped wing (4ft X 1.5 ft of extra space added). The main cage has been built upward for a space just for Mom to get away as well. I have also begun building upward from the newly added wing so they will be able to climb upwards and (hopefully) will trellis to another landing pad across the area.

My hope is that as I create more space, and as the bunnies grow they will began spreading out naturally (like I would imagine a wild litter to do as they began hitting adolescents) so that I can minimize the conflict and fighting. Perhaps many bunnies can reside together so long as they inhabit spacial areas that do not conflict with one another?

Thus far, having domestic bunnies, I have learned that bonding is quite a process and that many bunnies have conflict or fighting that occurs. I had already been primed to understand that as the babies reached puberty that, even as litter mates, they may begin to fight. My hope is that I can help create an environment that would mimic how wild rabbits might go about spreading out and I could, somehow, bypass the entire conflicting situation to begin with.

Exploring New Territory

Sent from my HTC Touch Pro2 on the Now Network from Sprint®.