(I'll be at Lowlands this weekend, so no updates till next week)
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Page 113
Now that I have bought a playpen for Lizzie made out of metal wire panels that I have used to divide the kitchen from the living room, I can leave her safely to play in the kitchen without having to be there the whole time. So now I can go into my study without feeling guilty anymore about leaving her locked up in her cage the whole time! So I thought it was ABOUT TIME for another page! :-D
So here is page 113:
So here is page 113:
Saturday, 7 August 2010
Lizzie is here!!!
Here she is, my new bunny-baby-girl. A Dutch Mini Lop (Nederlands Hangoor Dwerg) in the colour 'Sallander'. So I named her after Lisbeth Salander, the heroin in the Millennium trilogy by Swedish author Stieg Larsson.
In her travel basket:
Liking her bear:
Discovering her cage:
Discovering the living room:
Loving my home-made bunny-maze!
...but liking it mostly for sitting on and eating it.. :D
or for having a wash...
And she loooooves the play-tunnel I bought her!
Especially for running through it really fast!
What is really strange though, is that I thought she would be beige and brown, but she is much more light and dark grey.. pretty much the exact same colour Zoë was!
So thank god she is a different bunny-breed so at least they wont ever look the same!
She won't let me touch her yet and she runs like hell when I stick my hand out, but she does seek out my company the whole time she is out of her cage. So sweet.. So hopefully she will get used to me and let me pet her soon.
Good news is that she is already house-broken and the place she chose in her new cage for her toilet was... the bunny-toilet! So I didn't have to do anything to teach her! :)
Monday, 2 August 2010
Friday, 30 July 2010
Page 111
see that time-stamp? That's how hard I am working for you guys..!
(Okay, I lie, I have been up at this time of night for the past 3 weeks or so already, but still.. I could be watching tv :-D)
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Behind...
.. but I am working on it! I am also very busy (in life and in my mind) with the new bunny arriving soon (in 9 days as it looks now! Finally found a ride to go pick her up)
But I am still drawing and working on the book, I just need to edit the pages so I can upload them here. I'll do my best to have one or two ready tomorrow!
But I am still drawing and working on the book, I just need to edit the pages so I can upload them here. I'll do my best to have one or two ready tomorrow!
Thursday, 22 July 2010
My Bunny Has Been Stolen!!!
So I decided to take the small female bunny from the lop breeder and emailed her last week. I planned to have her neutered when she was 6 months old and then find a neutered male bunny for a buddy.
But today the breeder emailed me back that there was a break-in in her yard last week and they took all the baby bunnies out of the cages and closed the cages again (so no way that they escaped themselves!) And they probably also took two of the baby bunnies: the little underdeveloped male bunny her 4 year old daughter wanted to keep and that still needed to feed with the mother and the little female loppy I had picked out.
They cannot have escaped out of the garden because that has been made completely bunny proof (her own pet-bunny always walks around in the garden loose as well).
I can have the other female loppy from this nest but I am really worried what happened to the two stolen bunnies.
A friend of mine wondered of the story was really true or if she just had already sold the female loppy, so I called the breeder on the phone and we talked for 15 minutes and I could tell the story really wasn't made up.
So this little bunny had been stolen!!!!:
So this little bunny will be my new loppy instead:
The breeder has called pet centres to ask them if the bunnies had been offered to them and if they would keep a eye open (they had not been tattooed yet, but the colour is quite rare) and her next door neighbour and best friend has a hair-salon where she will ask around a lot. If a clients next door neighbours suddenly have two sallander coloured loppy babies they might warn the salon, so we all hope this will work..
I don't mind that I get the other bunny, but I really hope the first bunny will get a good home as well. But we will probably never know.. :`-(
But today the breeder emailed me back that there was a break-in in her yard last week and they took all the baby bunnies out of the cages and closed the cages again (so no way that they escaped themselves!) And they probably also took two of the baby bunnies: the little underdeveloped male bunny her 4 year old daughter wanted to keep and that still needed to feed with the mother and the little female loppy I had picked out.
They cannot have escaped out of the garden because that has been made completely bunny proof (her own pet-bunny always walks around in the garden loose as well).
I can have the other female loppy from this nest but I am really worried what happened to the two stolen bunnies.
A friend of mine wondered of the story was really true or if she just had already sold the female loppy, so I called the breeder on the phone and we talked for 15 minutes and I could tell the story really wasn't made up.
So this little bunny had been stolen!!!!:
So this little bunny will be my new loppy instead:
The breeder has called pet centres to ask them if the bunnies had been offered to them and if they would keep a eye open (they had not been tattooed yet, but the colour is quite rare) and her next door neighbour and best friend has a hair-salon where she will ask around a lot. If a clients next door neighbours suddenly have two sallander coloured loppy babies they might warn the salon, so we all hope this will work..
I don't mind that I get the other bunny, but I really hope the first bunny will get a good home as well. But we will probably never know.. :`-(
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Monday, 19 July 2010
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Monday, 12 July 2010
Page 107-part 2
I am working on page 108, but with the woldcup and the heat I only got to 2/3th, so here is the last bit of page 107 first and hopefully I can finish and post 108 tomorrow.
Friday, 9 July 2010
Room mate search part 3
Visited a breeder of pure breed Dutch Dwarf Loppy's yesterday. Walked into the garden and saw this:
And my heart melted (not just from the heat)
Bunny-mum with 7(!) bunny babies in the garden!
These are the two wee lasses I can choose from (unless I go for a laddie after all:)
and:
I love the one ear still standing up but that's just because they are still so small and their ears only just 'fell' this week, so my favourite at the moment is the first smaller one with the very pretty spoon-formed ears.
<3
I'll still go and visit a bunny rescue shelter next Wednesday to see if I can find some bunnies there, but I do like these a lot... feels MUCH better than the 'blue' one did. Specially because their owner is a really nice woman and a more professional breeder and she doesn't mind that I still need to think about it. :)
PS: we took my car.. WITH the airco on!! :D
And my heart melted (not just from the heat)
Bunny-mum with 7(!) bunny babies in the garden!
These are the two wee lasses I can choose from (unless I go for a laddie after all:)
and:
I love the one ear still standing up but that's just because they are still so small and their ears only just 'fell' this week, so my favourite at the moment is the first smaller one with the very pretty spoon-formed ears.
<3
I'll still go and visit a bunny rescue shelter next Wednesday to see if I can find some bunnies there, but I do like these a lot... feels MUCH better than the 'blue' one did. Specially because their owner is a really nice woman and a more professional breeder and she doesn't mind that I still need to think about it. :)
PS: we took my car.. WITH the airco on!! :D
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Page 107-partially
So here is the problem. I have reached a point where I have to make a decision on how to go on. But I need some more thinking on how to make it funnier. So you get the next page without the last frame(s). But at least this way I can post my Wednesday page! (I know it's Thurday, but I haven't been to bed yet, so for me it's still Wednesday!!! :-D)
ps: tomorrow I am going to check out these furry creatures together with Lemonguy (but hopefully in MY car, since his has no airconditioning... and it could reach 30 C again..)
ps: tomorrow I am going to check out these furry creatures together with Lemonguy (but hopefully in MY car, since his has no airconditioning... and it could reach 30 C again..)
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Quiet....
So the room mate search took some energy and I threw my knee out and then the heat started and that always makes me ill for a few days at first (plus that the study becomes a sauna, so I am the PC a lot less) so I am a few pages behind... sorry
The good news is that I found my piece of paper back with notes about where to go from here and that I have to work tonight. And the art-house is usually the perfect place (and after my shift the perfect time) to work on my story.
So I hope it's not too hot (it's usually quite cool there, but a lot of coolers in the projection booths are broken) and I hope I can pick the story back up and have a page (or more) for you soon!!
So please don't leave!
ps: the room mate search has been put on hold for the moment. Need to decide if I really want a loppy first...
The good news is that I found my piece of paper back with notes about where to go from here and that I have to work tonight. And the art-house is usually the perfect place (and after my shift the perfect time) to work on my story.
So I hope it's not too hot (it's usually quite cool there, but a lot of coolers in the projection booths are broken) and I hope I can pick the story back up and have a page (or more) for you soon!!
So please don't leave!
ps: the room mate search has been put on hold for the moment. Need to decide if I really want a loppy first...
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Room mate search continued
So I went to the see the blue nest. Turns out both mom and dad are tattooed, so the nest is pure-breed. The baby bunny is very cute with a deep blue colour and very blue eyes.
But the mother is a little 'dirty' blue with a brown glow and brown eyes. Less pretty. But what bothered me most was that she was HUGE. OR so I thought she was.
And the mother is the best bunny to look at when you want to know what the baby will look like as an adult bunny...
The owner had another NHD that was 1,5 kg and she said that was very small for a NHD, but according to the norm they should be between 1,3 and 1,7 kg.
The mother was undoubtedly much heavier. But then she only just had babies. And the owner bought her from a breeder when she was already pregnant (or whatever you call it with animals in English).
So I took some pictures, but when I compared them at home to the photo's I have of the other mother-bunny and I did not see THAT much difference. So now I am doubtful I even want an NHD.
So I googled some Dwarf bunnies but read that NHD do have much friendlier characters than normal Dwarfs. But then I read a complaint on a forum from someone about his NHD that it was pretty much always asleep and never did anything else. So that would be pretty boring. But there were also people answering that they had ADHD Dwarfs that never stood still and therefore couldn't really be cuddled with. That's no fun either.
Zoë had a will of her own, but she did love to be cuddled with and she came if I called her. But if I get a bunny that does not want to be touched much, that would be not so great either.
So I guess it's a little bit a game of chance, but my control freakishness is not really accepting that, aaarch. :-P
So today I look at the pictures of the blue nest again and I am really doubtful what to do. I asked the owner two days to think it over, so I promised to call her tomorrow night and I just don't know.
I also feel rushed because the breeding season is almost over, so I don't know how many chances I will still get with finding a pure breed bunny of either race...
But the mother is a little 'dirty' blue with a brown glow and brown eyes. Less pretty. But what bothered me most was that she was HUGE. OR so I thought she was.
And the mother is the best bunny to look at when you want to know what the baby will look like as an adult bunny...
The owner had another NHD that was 1,5 kg and she said that was very small for a NHD, but according to the norm they should be between 1,3 and 1,7 kg.
The mother was undoubtedly much heavier. But then she only just had babies. And the owner bought her from a breeder when she was already pregnant (or whatever you call it with animals in English).
So I took some pictures, but when I compared them at home to the photo's I have of the other mother-bunny and I did not see THAT much difference. So now I am doubtful I even want an NHD.
So I googled some Dwarf bunnies but read that NHD do have much friendlier characters than normal Dwarfs. But then I read a complaint on a forum from someone about his NHD that it was pretty much always asleep and never did anything else. So that would be pretty boring. But there were also people answering that they had ADHD Dwarfs that never stood still and therefore couldn't really be cuddled with. That's no fun either.
Zoë had a will of her own, but she did love to be cuddled with and she came if I called her. But if I get a bunny that does not want to be touched much, that would be not so great either.
So I guess it's a little bit a game of chance, but my control freakishness is not really accepting that, aaarch. :-P
So today I look at the pictures of the blue nest again and I am really doubtful what to do. I asked the owner two days to think it over, so I promised to call her tomorrow night and I just don't know.
I also feel rushed because the breeding season is almost over, so I don't know how many chances I will still get with finding a pure breed bunny of either race...
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
The search for a new room mate (only remotely cartoon-related ;-))
You probably all know my real Zoë passed away last December when I was only half way this story. It's my main motivation for finishing it now though, because cartoon-Zoë will live forever! :-)
But I have also started looking for a new room mate this week. I have two options at the moment and I am wondering about your opinions.
I am looking for a pure breed Netherland Dwarf Loppy (Nederlandse Hangoordwerg or NHD) because they only get about 1 1/2 times the size of Zoë, who was a pure breed Netherland Dwarf Bunny (Nederlands dwergkonijn) but they have those cute loppy ears as well.
First option is a blue NHD that is already 5 weeks old. So that one could come home with me in a couple of weeks. But the owner is not an official breeder, so I am not absolutely certain she is pure-breed, and I don't know what her character will be like.
And I don't know how to feel about the colour. She (or one of her brothers) looks like this:
Here is another picture of a blue female loppy:
The other option is a bunny that is only two weeks old right now (so I would have to wait a little longer) and is a bit further away (10 km north of Tiel) but this is a licensed breeder so I would be certain of breed and real breeders also make sure they breed bunnies with a great character, so less chance of an aggressive bunny. She doesn't know how many female bunnies she has yet, but the nest counts 7 and the next nest is expected this week. So she will most probably have a little bunny for me in 5 to 7 weeks.
The colour is 'sallander' and that looks like this:
One of her bunnies with a nest of about 4 to 5 weeks old (ears haven't 'dropped' yet):
More accurate depiction of the colour:
The mother of the 2 week old nest:
some more of her pictures:
So.. what do you all think I should do? I am going to check out the blue bunny tonight.
But I have also started looking for a new room mate this week. I have two options at the moment and I am wondering about your opinions.
I am looking for a pure breed Netherland Dwarf Loppy (Nederlandse Hangoordwerg or NHD) because they only get about 1 1/2 times the size of Zoë, who was a pure breed Netherland Dwarf Bunny (Nederlands dwergkonijn) but they have those cute loppy ears as well.
First option is a blue NHD that is already 5 weeks old. So that one could come home with me in a couple of weeks. But the owner is not an official breeder, so I am not absolutely certain she is pure-breed, and I don't know what her character will be like.
And I don't know how to feel about the colour. She (or one of her brothers) looks like this:
Here is another picture of a blue female loppy:
The other option is a bunny that is only two weeks old right now (so I would have to wait a little longer) and is a bit further away (10 km north of Tiel) but this is a licensed breeder so I would be certain of breed and real breeders also make sure they breed bunnies with a great character, so less chance of an aggressive bunny. She doesn't know how many female bunnies she has yet, but the nest counts 7 and the next nest is expected this week. So she will most probably have a little bunny for me in 5 to 7 weeks.
The colour is 'sallander' and that looks like this:
One of her bunnies with a nest of about 4 to 5 weeks old (ears haven't 'dropped' yet):
More accurate depiction of the colour:
The mother of the 2 week old nest:
some more of her pictures:
So.. what do you all think I should do? I am going to check out the blue bunny tonight.
Sunday, 20 June 2010
More library cartoons...
.. in Dutch.
Here are Hannah & Zowie parts 4 and 5 that I drew last Thursday in the library.
Hope you like them.
I don't think I will make it to do another page for today after having to put my cartooning energy in the library stuff and all.
So you get these instead and I hope I will re-find my motivation and energy to work on the main story in here again soon.
Don't forget to use the magnifying glass in the upper right corner for reading these!
More about: Maus and Watchmen
Here are Hannah & Zowie parts 4 and 5 that I drew last Thursday in the library.
Hope you like them.
I don't think I will make it to do another page for today after having to put my cartooning energy in the library stuff and all.
So you get these instead and I hope I will re-find my motivation and energy to work on the main story in here again soon.
Don't forget to use the magnifying glass in the upper right corner for reading these!
More about: Maus and Watchmen
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