I am NOT Late!! (Only the White Rabbit is)

Happy St.Paddy's Day!

  In my defense, I would've posted this MUCH earlier had it not been for this:

 The Slave took her sweet time putting it together.

  The 4th rabbit is only in one card, I suppose he still counted. I never met him. (2008 cards. The infamous Herbert...Its a VERY long story.)

   Moving on...

 I had a great St.Patrick's Day. I got lots of yummy Clover, got to try a new herb (Oregano), and I got the last Chamomile Bunny Bite!

  The Slave bought lots of delicious herbs to pick and dry for me (And adoptables). I can't wait to try all of them:

(Click picture to enlarge)

  But of course the Slave is making sure I take my sweet time *sigh*.

 We already have Salad Burnet, but while she was untangling some Chocolate mint she found it, let me tell you, it's HUGE! She also ended up getting two different kinds of Oregano, when she went to Walmart afterwards they (surprisingly) had some really nice, big Italian Oregano! So she ended up getting some. I just wish she got more cilantro! All the cilantro she's growing is way to tiny to eat!

I hope that everyone had a great St. Patrick's day!

                    

                       ~Duchess

  

So Much For That...

Nope. Get rid of it.

Well while my replacement was supposed to prevent me having my picture taken, the exact opposite occured.

I don't "do" pictures with it. While it may be mine...

If it means getting my picture take with it...

Get rid of it.

 I don't know what the Slave was expecting when she waved that thing around my face. I don't think I'll be meeting my mini-bun-me anytime soon, but I'm not complaining.

 

        ~Duchess

I've Hired A Replacement

My Replacement

----Somewhere on Bunny Television, an Infomercial begins----

Bunnoucer Comes on Screen

  You know those days when you just don't want your picture taken, but it gets taken anyway?

We'll I'm Duchess Bunny, and I'm here to introduce you to:

  Mini-bun-me!

  Looks (kind of) like you, so YOU won't have to worry about that darned camera sneaking up on you ever again! When they need a picture, they can just snap a picture of your Mini-Bun-Me!

   No more losing nights of sleep over wanting to be prepared when you hear that camera turn on; no more leaving your food bowl when you hear that dreaded "click" while you had food all over your face! All your worries are over!

  Simply hop on over and help me keep my Slave busy (It's a win-win!) by placing an order here...Don't forget to raid your Slave's wallet or purse or figure out their Pay-Pal password! Also you can order one that looks (kind of) like me! (Like the picture above.) If you do that, then all $$ you just spent getting one that looks like me will go towards getting goodies for shelter bunnies!

  Don't forget, its Mini-Bun-Me, and you heard it from me! *wink*

     --------End "commercial"--------

  

                             ~Duchess Bunny

Spokesbun for Mini-Bun-Me/Clay Rabbits Site

 Review 1 of 1

5 out of 5 Carrots

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It Really Works!____________________________________________________________

 Thanks to that mini-bun the Slave made like me, I've been able to escape having my picture taken for TWO blogs now! Success!!

Reviewed by: Duchess Bunny from Still Hiding From Slave's Camera on 3-4-2012

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I've Been Caught...This Time on Video *Sigh*

Ta-Da!

 Ok, so its not much, but that's how I "play". Although the Slave should've had the camera out earlier when I was "playing" with all four paws. (Can I help it SOME bunny jumped down for treats?) I mean, the Slave should've gotten off the couch faster with the camera in order to capture me playing with all four paws. (*Coughs*)

    

 This time I was jumping on the piano in search of the mysterious Dandelions. The Slave has been picking Dandelions from our backyard (For more goody bags for Adoptables in July)and then drying them on top of the piano...The one place I can't reach. She used to have them on the piano bench, but after I discovered them (AKA pulled them off the piano bench and scattered them...) she moved them; so I have been searching for ways up on top of the piano. So far, I've been unsuccessful. Oh well. We'll see what tomorow brings. In the meantime though:

 I'll sit back, relax, and enjoy the head rubs that are helping me think of ways to get onto the piano...

                       ~Duchess

I Just Couldn't Control Myself

Yep. That's me. Going crazy.

 The Slave caught some pretty interesting pictures while I was running around, doing my normal. 

 The Slave has always been impressed by my amazing binky skills, but today she was really impressed after looking back at this one picture she took.

 

Who knew rabbits could do moves like that??

 Anyway. She also caught some other semi-decent pictures of me in action as well:

 So I had a nice run time. Nothing better than a good romp outside. (Besides a never-ending bowl of greens...) 

                       ~Duchess

Duchess to the Rescue!

Who knew Plastic bags could be so much fun!

 On my usual Morning Quest, I discovered plastic bags. Not only are they fun to sit on, they are also fun to dig on.

  I also initiated operation DOFI (Discovering of Forgotten Items) on this Morning's Quest.

  While the Slave was making my morning salad, she thought it odd that I wasn't dancing around her feet looking for food. Soon as she finished, she came looking for me, and this is what she found:

 I've been working on digging the blanket out from behind the couch. It fell back there a while back, but no one bothered bringing it out since its a very holey blanket. Not very warm. So I've taken it upon myself to rescue it.

  The Slave also heard me knocking something against the couch, so she went to find out what it was. It was a spoon. She still doesn't know how it got there.

  All I know is I've found two items this morning and I still haven't gotten my reward(s).

                         ~Duchess

Duchess, QUEEN Duchess...

Now you must obey my every wish.

Happy Mardi Gras everyone!!

 I thoroughly enjoyed the photoshoot for this card...I must've eaten about 5 bunny bites! The Slave said I was very well behaved this card; she said that the set gave her more trouble that I did!

  My wonderful Auntie made me my cape, here's another angle of it so you can see the Fleur De Lis:

   Isn't it lovely? And I can move around in it too! The Slave made my crown, which is a nice accessory. They were very happy with how my first Mardi Gras card came out!

  Hope everyone has a great Mardi Gras day!

                      

                        ~Duchess

(Oh, and you can check out my Mardi Gras GIF here.)

Just You Wait, Silly Slaaave, Just You Wait!

Just you wait till I get outta here...

 This is what I get every night, just because I'm a bit destructive. Can I help it that the Slave needs to sleep? Please. Learn to sleep with your eyes open if you're that worried I'll ruin something!

  Actually its not because you'll destroy something, its because you jump on the bed and leave me...

Were you going to say something?

........

 I didn't think so.

                  ~Duchess

What is This???

*Chew chew* Oh, you're supposed to eat it!

 Apparently toys have another purpose besides getting in my way. So what if it took me longer than the average bun. The Slave gave me a vinestar for Christmas, along with some willow balls, and I only recently realized that you're supposed to eat them! Now I can say "Thank You!" and actually mean it!

  The willow balls I demolished in January, when the Slave gave them to me.(She didn't give it to me at Christmas since I had other things to nibble on...That I actually didn't/haven't nibbled on.) 

 I finally realized then also that you could nibble the vinestars, but only the past few days have I done any real construction on that strange, pointed, delicious toy. Now all that remains are two points, which I'm sure I'll devour before the week is gone.

 Now I can look forward to my birthday with this new knowledge on toys.

                     ~Duchess

P.S. The picture looks horrible because the usual camera's batteries are dead, and the charger was, uh, taken care of by a certain rabbit. All that remains is the video camera, which also takes terrible pictures.

                  

   

Thanks, Slave!

I don't know where to begin...

 The Slave has finally decided to let me get in a daily dose of Parsley. She has been trying to "perfect" her bunnies diets for years, and Parsley has always been one of the no-no's, except on special occasions. All because Parsley has calcium. Can't she give a delicious plant a break?

  Well apparently she can. She finally 

figured out that since I only have pellets occasionally (And they contain calcium as well.) that it would be Ok if it got some Parsley everyday. Geesh. All this time when I could've been getting parsley.

  I suppose I should eat it before she comes up with some excuse as to why I can't have it:

  Why all the worry about calcium? Well some bunnies if they get too much will get bladder sludge and all kinds of nasty things. (<-Notice it says SOME bunnies, Slave.)

  I'm lucky I get anything with this Slave taking care of me. I wish I was around when she was gaving M&D handfuls of Raisin's a day! I haven't even tried one!

                     ~Duchess

Need More Thyme in The Day...

*Sigh* So much to do...So little time (Also more Thyme wouldn't hurt)...

Where to start?

  Occasionally I have to make sure I give out my "NoseBonk of Approval" when necessary:

 I also have to make sure the Slave's making my breakfast or dinner depending on the time of day:

Eat Hay when I get the chance:

Eat my greens:

This is it? I thought this was the appetizer...

(Actually this is Second breakfast. Surprisingly I don't have any pictures of her eating breakfast/dinner)

 I also have to investigate strange objects:

This is going to take a while...

Can't forget to pray that the Camera breaks:

(...And maybe the slave could forget she already fed me, and give me some extra greens...)

Entertain the Slaves:

Eat greens again:

Dig on the bed:

You call this bed "made"?

Find time to Sleep:

The "Sleeperhold"

(You do realize I'm not actually sleeping?)

   ...

 

Not to mention I have to get in as many pets/treats as possible, destroy at least one thing, and make the Slave laugh/smile as many times as possible...

 Well I suppose eating hay/greens would be a good start...

 
                      
                        
                        ~Duchess

I Commited the Ultimate Crime

Go ahead, I DARE you

 I dared all right:

That's not embarassing

*Slurp*

Please, PLEASE make it stop!

 Well, I did have pity on her and put the camera away not long after this picture. She was more than happy to enjoy the rest of her pumpkin by herself. I did water down the pumpkin a little bit on accident, and it resulted in a ton of tongue action. Which was fine by me, although Duchess, of course, had a problem... 

 Duchess Here:Do us bunnies take pictures of our slaves with food smeared all over their face, tongues protruding, and post it on the world wide web Ooing and Aaahing over how cute they are? I didn't think so.

  Sorry Duchess, but those pictures were just too good to pass up. 

 (Note to self: Make sure camera is out of reach...)

 Duchess was sure to stay off the piano today, but I was sort of glad because I have yet to find the charger for the video camera...

              Until next post,

                       Duchess's Slave

 

How did this happen??

Apparently this was supposed to be a mat...

You're kidding, Right?

 The other day the Slave comes over and tells me that she's going to Crochet me a jute mat. Then last night sure turns up with the above "basket". I ask you, how does a mat turn into a basket? I asked the Slave and she told me it was her "first project". I mean really, how does something that's supposed to be rectangular turn into something round? I don't think the Slave even knows how it happened.

 Oh well, at least I have a use for it:

 

 

              

 Now I can be lazy and stay on my favorite pillow and eat my 3rd favorite type of food. And if I want, I can nom on the so-called "basket".

                   

                     

                   ~Duchess

The Playful Side of Duchess

You call this "playful"?

  As much as Duchess wouldn't admit it, she has been a *bit* playful lately.

  This evening while Miss Duchess was out and about, she came by me and did a few little binkies. I, of course, couldn't help but tickle her, and my to much surprise, she  actually binkied a few times when I tickled her. After this happened twice, any time I tried tickling her after that she gave me her usual slightly annoyed/what are you doing face. *Sigh* It was cute while it lasted.

 These past few days I've been skimpy on the binkies in the company of the slaves. (I've found that they are appreciated even more if they are spread out.) So I thought I would humor the slave and binky when she tickled me that one time. So she tickled me again. And again. What am I, a wind-up toy? I do not binky on command. Last I checked they humored me.

 *Nudges Duchess aside*

 Anyway. The other day I made the mistake of leaving her pellet cup on a chair. Needless to say she found it and proceeded to spill them ALL of the floor, then jump down and try to "vacuum" them up...After that I moved them to the table/area above the chair. Well you know how bunnies are, they can't help but make sure that you didn't make the same mistake again...

 

Geez, just makin' sure she doesn't leave things out!

 I had heard her scraping the chair when I was busy on the other side of the room, so next time I left the camera on. I then heard her jump on the plastic drawers and went to go grab her, as I had left some un-baked clay on my desk. While this video is different from the others, I just love having the fast and the slo-mo. I couldn't find any music to pair with this, so I just left it without it.

  I've been working on a number of videos similar to the Chinese Dance and the Bunny Dance, but I just haven't found the right match-up yet...

 

  Well that's all the news on this end!

                Until next post...

                      Duchess's Slave

   

Thursday's (hopefully) the Big Day!

 You think this is snoozing?  

   While we may have been "quiet" this past week, we've got big plans for the next coming days. Well, we hope.

   We're hoping to deliver baggies Thursday, if not then, then definitely next week. Also when we deliver the bags, there is a slight chance that I won't be the only rabbit on the car ride back...
 
   Until next post...

               Duchess

     

"Santa's" Little Helper...NOT!!

  Well last night I made the mistake of putting toys together in front of Duchess...

Somebun's gotta do quality check right? I mean this bag is all the way from August...So OLD!

  Apparently she felt the need to make sure that everything tastes like its supposed to. The Alfalfa is something I've had since August, so I didn't mind if she had a few bites of that...Just not in the bag. So I let her have clean-up duty:

 
Duchess here:

 The Slave is such a slob. I mean look at all this hay spilled! Although I have to say this was the best tasting clean up duty ever.

So while the Slave's got that whole thing going on, I've been trying to sneak into one of the bags that some more good stuff is in, like the one of each of the two kinds of twigs is in (Apple& birch...Smells SOOO good!) but she's been pretty good about keeping that away from me. She keeps telling me if I get into one of those bags, then that's yet another bag short for the bunnies.

Apparently only the bunnies at the rescue's main house will be getting baggies, since she hasn't gotten enough donations to also include the fostered bunnies. She's already pretty darn skimpy with the twig handing out, only two twigs per bag? *snorts* She's also putting in a few sprigs of rosemary (which I detest!) that's home grown and she's picking our lemon balm bush clean to try and cover just the bags for the bunnies at the main house. Can't I get any lemon balm around here?? Geesh.

   So as I was saying, she had clean up duty. Something she (obviously) enjoyed. Now while she did enjoy doing that, it didn't stop her from jumping on me everytime she heard a rustle of anything. Amazingly I did manage fill a good amount of toys despite her highness.

  This past Friday (Yep, Black Friday.) I went by Hobby Lobby and found a cute little stocking that'd be perfect for her:

 And then stitched her name at the top, a bit of a squeeze, but I managed (barely). By the way, the missing pom pom is in the stocking, I have yet to hot glue it back on.
 
  I still haven't found the time to work on the toy testing video, as things just keep popping up!

        Until next post...
 
                    Duchess's Slave

Happy Thanksgiving!!

  Hope that everyone has had a Great Thanksgiving!

  This photo shoot could've gone better...But she managed to sit still for a second so I could snap a picture really quick =D

  Today I had Duchess outside where all the kids could visit her, I was a bit nervous since she's not used to people and last time she was around kids she kind of freaked out, but today...Hold on a second, she wants to tell it (Apparently I don't tell her stories good enough *sigh*)

  Duchess here:

 So I was minding my own buisiness in the outdoor cage when all the sudden I heard the voices of small slaves. Last time I encountered smaller slaves I just turned tail and ran to the opposite side of the run. Treats or no treats. So this time I wasn't planning on doing any different. So the Slave walks up and takes me out, and starts shakin' the pellet cup, well, I couldn't just leave those pellets there, so I hung around her. For some strange reason the small slaves actually sat down and were relatively quiet, and they had pellets!! Like I was going to run off and leave those poor pellets in the hands of the slaves? What were they going to do with them? So I thought I'd just stick around and get in a few quick pellets and hop away...But get this, there were around 4-5 of them, and they ALL had pellets. So I did my duty and ate all the pellets...And they kept giving me some!! It was great. Plus I got pets, so that was an extra bonus. So I was Ok with these small slaves, they gave me food, pets, they were fine, so I acted like my normal self around them. (Which is just hopping around, eating grass, hopping by one of them to see if they had food.) And the small slaves LOVED me, all because I was doing my normal thing! Plus they were picking grass and feeding it to me, and that was Ok too. I also met some of the other family memebers and they all kept telling me how soft I was (Of course!) so that was nice too. Then they all left, and then came back before they went home.

 The Slave gave me a carrot as a treat, and all cilantro for dinner (which is my favorite green). So I had a pretty good Thanksgiving.

 Duchess really surprised me with how well she behaved; all of the kids kept asking if they could hold her, but I didn't want that happening since Duchess can still be pretty iffy as far as holding goes. Overall it was a very nice Thanksgiving for us over here, even Duchess enjoyed herself.

 Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

        Until next post...

                Duchess's Slave