Sesame Seed Designs » english angora http://sesameseeddesigns.com Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:19:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Oliver is cute http://sesameseeddesigns.com/blog/2006/09/oliver-is-cute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oliver-is-cute http://sesameseeddesigns.com/blog/2006/09/oliver-is-cute/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:06:00 +0000 Casey http://thinkingmama.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/oliver-is-cute/ Oliver is so cute!! He’s my new bunny. His color is called chocolate but he’s really a light orange. I don’t know who comes up with the names. Here he’s eating weeds like a good little bunny. Since Kathy asked, here is some info about angoras. (If you’re not interested, skip this part) They are [...]]]> Oliver is so cute!! He’s my new bunny. His color is called chocolate but he’s really a light orange. I don’t know who comes up with the names. Here he’s eating weeds like a good little bunny.
Since Kathy asked, here is some info about angoras. (If you’re not interested, skip this part) They are more work than your average bunny. He lives outside but has a roof so he doesn’t get rained on. Since they have so much fur it’s important they don’t get wet. They also don’t do well in the heat. Again, because of all the fur. When it’s really hot, we freeze a liter bottle of water and put it in the cage so the bunny can cool off. They also require brushing so they don’t get mats in their fur. We’ll see how this guy does but once they’re over a year, most don’t need to be brushed more than once a week. Different angora breeds need different amounts of brushing- it depends on how many guard hairs they have- and individuals vary too. They are the softest bunnies you’ll ever feel and I love petting Oliver!

Besides knitting, my project this last week has been painting my bathroom. My bathroom used to be terrible. Here’s the before:
It doesn’t look that bad until you see the walls up close.
It’s wallboard with wallpaper attached. (It’s popular in trailers and manufactured homes. Classy stuff.) It was super old and dirty and we couldn’t take the paper off because it’s fused to the wall so we had to use a nasty oil-based primer to cover it all up. Fumes filled the house for days. How I love inhaling chemicals. It was all worth it, though, because now my bathroom looks like this. The color is called spring rain and it reminds me of a robin’s egg. I love it! No more dirty, nasty walls! We even had this pretty print that matches perfectly.I haven’t been neglecting my ogee tunic. I started seaming it together the other night and it’s coming along slowly but surely. It’s still summer so I’m not in a big hurry to finish it. It’s not like I’ll get to wear it soon. It’s looking like it’ll fit nicely and I am excited to see it all finished!

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    ]]>     http://sesameseeddesigns.com/blog/2006/09/oliver-is-cute/feed/ 7     Proof is in the pictures (a.k.a. Why I love the fair) http://sesameseeddesigns.com/blog/2006/09/proof-is-in-the-pictures-aka-why-i-love-the-fair/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proof-is-in-the-pictures-aka-why-i-love-the-fair http://sesameseeddesigns.com/blog/2006/09/proof-is-in-the-pictures-aka-why-i-love-the-fair/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:34:00 +0000 Casey http://thinkingmama.wordpress.com/2006/09/06/proof-is-in-the-pictures-aka-why-i-love-the-fair/ I had so much fun at the fair on Sunday! I took lots of pictures, petted lots of animals and ate lots of sugar. I told you before that I won ribbons so here is the proof. My river stole only got third but everything else won a blue ribbon! They hung my backyard leaves [...]]]> I had so much fun at the fair on Sunday! I took lots of pictures, petted lots of animals and ate lots of sugar. I told you before that I won ribbons so here is the proof.
    My river stole only got third but everything else won a blue ribbon! They hung my backyard leaves scarf backwards so no one got to see the pretty pattern. They also really packed the things in the cases. My soleil tank top was barely visible and The lace on the bottom was almost completely hidden. I’m not complaining, really. I won ribbons so I’m happy.

    My bread also won a blue ribbon! I love baking bread and last year I entered a recipe I had never made before. Bad idea. This year I entered my favorite recipe and it turned out great. It looks a little weird in the picture but remember people- at this point it has been sitting out in the open for almost 2 weeks. It looked beautiful the day I dropped it off. Other Oregon State Fair highlights included:

    My friend Amber eating a fried snickers bar. Hey, someone had to do it and it wasn’t going to be me. After the funnel cake and giant sno cone, I couldn’t eat anything else.
    (For the record, she liked it but doesn’t think she needs to eat one again. Mike feels the same way about the one he ate last year.)

    I think these are the cutest tomatoes ever! I’m glad they won 1st place.
    There was an entire display devoted to vegetables with faces. This was my favorite. Do you think it’s “supposed” to be a seal?This won the most unique vegetable award. I wish I had a vegetable that unique in my garden!This is a “cute vegetable.” I think that’s fair code for smallest vegetable. This bitty carrot lost to a teeny ear of corn.
    Baby piglets (is that redundant?) are so cute!! They were sleepy. I wish I could have picked one up and squeezed it- not too hard, of course. This fluffy bunny won the award for “Best Wool.” It looks well deserved. The cutest bunny at the fair was a baby English Angora that won 3rd place and then came home with me! Yep, I bought a bunny from a 4-H’er and he’s really fluffy and cute. I don’t have a good picture yet but when I do, I’ll show him off.

    I hope all of you had the chance to go to a fair this summer. If not, go next year! It’ll be tons of fun, I promise.

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