With heavy hearts, shocked by our sudden loss, we say "Goodbye beautiful Harry" ....

Princess Harriett "Harry"

It is a post of sadness and loss tonight I am sorry...

Sweetie here,

As spokes bun of Fairy Castle Farm it is my duty to inform you all that tragically our girl, Princess Harriett "Harry" of Fairy Castle Farm has passed away suddenly ....

What is more baffling is that we are unsure as to why?

She roosted as she normally did, happily after a day of laying her speckled egg, foraging, evading General Hudson, dust bathing and gossiping with the rest of the flock. So this really has come as quite a shock!

It was only when Yollie came out for our nightly bunny chat-time, treats and snuggles that I was able to alert her to the sad turn of events.

As you know, Yollie and I are closely bonded... so much so that when I feel happy, sad, worried or even scared she knows right away... Well tonight she saw right away that I was desperately worried and sad.  I hopped right over to the side of the coop to show her that Harry had crossed over to fly with the flock over Rainbow Bridge.

Patches

Immediately Yollie broke down, once she realised nothing could be done for Harry, her very special and bright 'Cheeky Houdini' hen. Yollie, bursting into tears, sank to her knees beside me, I licked her cheek as she tried to understand what had happened.  We had a long chat, I told her I did not see any obvious reason why this has happened. I stayed by her side, comforting her until she could pull her self together. Even Patches hopped over to lend and ear... I nearly fainted when I witnessed what he did next, he licked her!!!  Yes that's right, an actual Patches kiss right on her wrist, unbelievable I know.


I wish I had more answers to share, I know we all have many questions... but sadly sometimes this is just how life goes.  

Harry ..... she forged a very special place in Yollie's heart... always by her side when there was work to be done....  

So, to our dear Harry.... 

Young Harriett - our little Houdini... whom we all thought was a "Harry" ... and proved us very wrong indeed 

"Bless you, please watch over us and keep us safe..... we know you will be re-united with your Mum Belle, Dad Wilbur and Sir Chester The Mouser.  Please hug each of our friends-past, tight. Until we meet again over Rainbow Bridge, from all your family, Rest in Peace".  

Sir Chester the Mouser 

Dame Belle

Wilbur

To all our dear friends, I wish you well, take care and until next time, goodbye.


Sweetie xoxo    

Teegee the Tremendous ...

Yollie here,

 We were privileged to see first had this amazing feat of our girl bunny, Teegee.

Have you ever seen anything like this before?

Please click this link to see it for yourself....  you won't be disappointed ....  ↓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax2L0SCTDnQ&feature=player_embedded

What this clip does not show is, for Teegee to re-fill her burrow, in took her about 4 hours.

She used her paws to scoop the dirt (she had previously dug out) up into a mound and then push this along the ground and into the hole... it was awesome to watch.

My clever girl x

And after?   Well a Kiss for her hus-bun of course... here Teegee is giving Angel a kiss on his brow xx

Teegee ... ready for her next trick!

Thanks so much for stopping by... as Sweetie says, don't forget to say Hi! 

Our magical, foggy Kingdom 

Not again!!! Snakes......

Hi Friends, Sweetie here.......

Some of you may remember reading My Yollies all too-close encounter with a live Brown Snake ... here is the link if you want to take a look, http://fairycastlefarm.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/yikes-brown-snake-watch-out.html Now it has happened to me! *THUMP*

Here is what happened. My Yollie keeps our hay in the East Wing (our silver tool shed) up on blocks to keep it clean and dry. This bale came from a different Fodder store to the one that sold us the 'soiled' Pellets (click this link for full story:  http://fairycastlefarm.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/angels-feels-mother-natures-gift-of.html ). Boy are we unlucky with Fodderstores of late!

Sorry, back to my story, okay.  

While My Yollie was on her daily afternoon 'rounds' of the Kingdom- I Sweetie, as usual accompanied her.  Well I was getting bored and fidgety listening to My Yollie fuss and croon over Teegee and Angel for like, FOREVER! So My Yollie suggested I might like to wait for her in the East Wing.  

So I hopped of like a good bunny and began a very thorough inspection of the oh so scrummy Hay bale. Just as I was ears deep in the scrummy hay 'inspecting' it, Yollie came back.  

I have never seen and felt such fear and shock wash over a human so suddenly!! My senses went into overdrive.Yollie's arms dropped to her sides, the Chooks' food she was holding spilled to the ground and I swear I could hear My Yollie's heart pounding, all at the same time!! I leapt off the bale, to the floor and only stopped when I was safely hidden behind her legs!  I peered cautiously from behind her and to my horror I could see what had frightened My Yollie so....  I saw a gleam just to the back of where I had just been perched. It was this snake. 

This is the (dead) Brown Snake:Can you believe it? ....  a dead young Brown Snake was under my paws, literally!!!!!  It is true! This is not the first time we have been visited by such reptilian....  

I literally freaked out, thumping like mad.... primal fear and all. 

Patches demonstrates my look!

It took me a second to workout it was not alive. I watched My Yollie as she went over to confirm it was dead.  With relief written all over her face (and body) I too began to calm down.   Acting quickly, My Yollie closed the East Wing, got a snap lock bag and carefully removed the little guy.  As scared as we were, I have to say I could see My Yollie felt a bit sad for the little tacker.  We could see that he had his spine broken, most likely during the harvest and had died right there in the bale.     -Later My Yollie told me that she called the store but hey did not care at all! They did not offer an apology, not even wanting to take her details. We were concerned that considering their clientèle (race horses) they might want to be aware... but apparently not. So now Yollie does don't got there either anymore.

Here you see Miss Princess preparing our breakfast and my Daddy Angel, 'inspecting' the hay bale. Not the same one that had the snake, but you get the idea...

I am just happy the ordeal is over and now I am very careful when I hop up onto the Hay Bale, I check with My Yollie that it is safe to do so first!

Thanks for stopping by friends,

Keep safe and remember "Don't be shy to hop by and say Hi!!"
Sweetie xx 

Yes, we are still here, a catch-up ......

Hello to all our wonderful and caring friends,

Sweetie here,

 So sorry we have not blogged in what seems like forever!

Hi, here in the window, yes that's it ... I'm in the castle (Teegee)

Many wonderful things have been taking place here in the Kingdom; Princess Willow is thriving and growing with eachday.

  Mum and Dad are still happy and living harmoniously as are Patches and I.  Yollie is still hopeful in re-bonding us as a family of four, time will tell.

(L) Angel and (R) Teegee - loving life again, together xx 

Holly (aka the beast) Dog is ageing well, she spends more time indoors of late, with Nannie beside the heater in the Granny flat.  

However, unfortunately some not so nice things have been to visit too.  Miss Princess had a horrible bout of Pneumonia and her most recent samples for Salmonella have still tested positive, so we will have to wait a little longer for a clear bill of health.  My Yollie battled Bronchitis not once but twice this last month!!  Mr Stewart too fell ill to the spell of the Flu ...  But enough about icky illness back on to the good stuff!

Firstly I would like to thank you all for visiting. Although My Yollie has not been well enough to post of late, we have enjoyed reading of all your adventures.  Mrs Bok, we are very excited to hear your family will be adopting a feline too, soon.  And Speedy, thanks so much for caring about us... we have missed you too!

Welcome all new followers and guests from all over the world, we hope you enjoy your window to our Kingdom.

Still picking mountains of tomatoes, you wouldn't know it's already winter!!

I leave you all with a picture of our Kingdom and all the hardwork we have been doing to plant up the castle veggie garden...  well, I have been helping, I promise.  Eating the spent plants is helping! *giggles*

Enjoy,
xoxo Sweetie

*👑🎺🎼* Presenting: "Princess Willow the Fearless" of Fairy Castle Farm

Hi, Sweetie here - hope you are all well... *giggle* 

Boy do I have a surprise for you!!!  

Ready?

Okay here goes.....

We are so excited it’s hard to keep our ears still!!!!  

Without further adeiu allow me the pleasure to introduce you to our newest resident..... *drum roll sounds*

Welcome: 
"Princess Willow the Fearless" of FairyCastleFarm.

We are so happy to welcome her into our Kingdom... we can't wait to share all our wonderful adventures with you all, except *yawn*  oh it has been a long day - 
it will have to wait till tomorrow!   

Sorry the pic is a bit grainy but we wanted to share her with you all right away!!

“Princess Willow The Fearless” 

This is the life 

So Thanks everybun for visiting, until next time take care and remember "Don't be shy to say Hi"

Sweetie xoxo

Naming our girls .... Thirsty Work!

Hi Sweetie here,

Sweetie eating her breakfast greens - prepared by Miss Princess 

Welcome, hoping all our friends are having a bun-tastic time where ever you may be.... we are well and enjoying our burst of Autumn sunshine while it lasts!


Best of all it is only 7 sleeps until a
certain Vet and camera crew make a return visit to our Kingdom.  We are starting to feel the nerves grow, but we are sure we will be fine.

Patches taking a bunny break as he ponders the possibilities...

Oh and then there is just the small matter of introducing you to our girls. They have all come of age and earned their feather names...

Shhhhh don't tell them I'm hiding.  Is it safe to come out? Is the naming over yet??

The un-named Flock of Fairy Castle Farm

 So without further adieu .... please join me in celebrating the success of finally naming ALL the members of "The Flock of Fairy Castle Farm"....  We will start with "Harry" or so we thought he was a Harry, but we were wrong, "he" is infact a "She"

Princess Harriett "Harry" Houdini
(Yes!  She is a girl!! We have the eggs to prove it!!)

Young "Harry"
Still looking very Boyish!

baby Harry, really looks like a 'he' doesn't she

Moving on to ......

Princess Rosina The Brave

Princess Regina The Beautiful

and finally, presenting ....

Princess Gracie the Swift

Yay!!!!  We are so happy to finally find the right names for all our girls, let us know what you think.
For all our new guests, we thought we would also present our named Flock members,

General Hudson with his Miss Princess (Thanks again to all who helped in naming our beautiful boy)

Lady Tinkerbelle

Dame Ariel

Job Done!!!  Time for a drink....

Ahhh!  That's the spot

Phew!  Naming our girls is thirsty work!!

Just before I go (for a well deserved nap) I will leave you with a couple of pictures .....

A quick pic on how things are going between mum and dad... doesn't My Yollie look pleased with herself xx

A Picture tells a thousand words.....

Big whisker tickles to all our friends and welcome to all our newest subjects.  Remember as I always say...  Leave a comment,

"Don't be shy to say Hi!"

Sweetie xoxox

Todays Harvest ....

Is this thing on????  Can you hear me???

Oh, hello dear friends. It's me, Angel today I shall share our Kingdom's happenings with you all. Princess Sweetie is still a bit sad, she misses her dear old friend Belle and although she know that Belle is flying free over the rainbow, we are just giving her some time to mourn.... How are you all?  Good I hope!

Welcome and thank you so much for stopping by *waves paw*

Just a quick post today -

We want to share with you our garden harvest for the day :

Today we have rear to front, Basil, Tromboncino Zucchini (the really long green veggie in the back), Yellow Tomatoes, Truss Plum Tomatoes, Snow Peas, Eggs, Crystal Cucumber and Sweet Baby Carrots. 

You will notice that the tops of the carrots are missing......   I am please to inform you that they were DELICIOUS!!!!!

Till next time, remember - Don't be shy to hop by and say Hi .......
 From Angel xxxx