Cheeky Chooks!!!

Hi all it's Sweetie here,







Why is it that every time I think it is safe for a snooze in my burrow the chooks have to get up to mischief??? Have a look at what those cheeky chooks have done this time!!!! I don't know what I'm going to do with them!

Oh so naughty! Stealing tomatoes! My Yollie will not be happy.  

Who do you think is was? Let's see now, who looks guiltiest?

 Belle? Hmmm head down, worried stare? Maybe! Ariel hiding in the back ground doesn't look too worried......  who's next ....

Could it have been, "We hope she's a girl" ?  Standing up tall, head raised? 

Yep, Probably not then. Who's else is there? Willow, hiding behind "We hope she's a girl", not looking very promising.... But... wait a minute ...

 What's this, who's hiding under the umbrealla? Oh dear, not a good sign at all.
Is that you Pox trying to make a quick escape? Could it be?

Why Pox? Why did you do it??  You give yourself away every time! It's no use trying to look coy now! Let's hope My Yollie is in a good mood.

"Sorry Sweetie, I couldn't help it, they just look so yummy! Boy was I wrong. Let me give you a tip. Green tomatoes give you the runs!!!! I just learnt the hard way :o( I think next time I'll wait)."



Thanks everyone for helping my solve the mystery.  Good work.  Take care, Love Sweetie

Here's the giant! ...

As promised, here is the gigantic sunflower that can be seen from the next kingdom! (well from over the fence anyway) ;o)

And here are the three watermelons, 

And finally here are some updated pics of our Fairy Castle from the veggie patch! Boy have things changed in one season! :o)

Oh dear, I am not used to blogging in the day time, a bunny needs her beauty sleep you know! So, I think I will go back to my daytime nap now!! Till next time, take care  xox Sweetie ;o)

A quick catch up ....

Hi Everyone,
It's Sweetie here! I have been so busy of late. I need to apologise for neglecting my "blogging" duties.  It has been go, go, go around the castle farm.  We have been out pruning the weeds and helping cultivate the earth ready for the next lot of planting.  My Yollie has been frantically harvesting all sorts of goodies.  We love our extra tasty and fresh and crisp treats as reward for all our hard work around the garden.  My favourite is the little cucumbers, too small for the humans but oh so yummy for the bunny!!




 The Rock-melons have been fantastic, My Yollie picked 15 good sized ones this week and we got three undersized but still juicy and delicious specimens. It wont be long now till the watermelon will be picked. They look super juicy too!

Lastly I need to give a mention to the enormous Sunflower growing in the garden (we don't have a picture to post yet, but hopefully tomorrow I can get one).  It is gigantic. I can't even see the top! It is so big.  My Yollie tells me you can see it from over the fence when you drive past! It's even taller than her (not that she is very tall by human standards) and the mature nectarine tree !!  To think it just came up all by it's self from some of our discarded animal feed. Then with some magic from mother nature and hey presto, giant flower towering over all else in the veggie patch, amazing. Well till next time, happy autumn and  take care.  Sweetie xox.

A Milestone to Celebrate ...

Hi Everyone,
It's Sweetie here again.  My Kingdom has returned to normal. All is good in the land. The rodent has returned from whence it came!!! Ahhh, bliss!

I have some wonderful news to share with you all.  Guess what I found today! Go on guess.....  No? Okay well I'll just tell you.  It's very exciting....  Young Willow or "Will" as we like to call her,




her, just .....  I know the suspense is killing me too. Let me just get on with it ...  Now where was I?   Oh yes.  Young Will celebrated a huge milestone today.  She laid her first egg!!!  Yep, her very first goog!    She is so clever, we didn't hear a peep out of her.  And to think Patches kept telling us she was a he. How wrong can my brother be? Luckily for Will she is a SHE or you know how it goes for the boy chooks once they start crowing in suburban neighbourhoods.  Thank goodness we don't have to worry about all that. So long as we keep quiet, spayed or neutered, to our selves and out of trouble, we are fine, especially if we are luck enough to reside in a castle!  Okay your right, I am very happy at the moment and yes I have forgiven My Yollie. Now that everything has returned to normal, who can stay mad with such a loving and caring human? Well not I.  So until next time, take care Sweetie xox

Please forgive Miss Sweetie....(A message from Yollie)

 Hello,
I'ts Yollie here. I'm filling in for Sweetie.  Not that I really have a choice. As I am sure you have seen she is not happy and is currently hiding out in her burrow.  I thought I should do the right thing and introduce you to our little guest, also called Sweetie.

 All that sulking for nothing really.  This little girl is a pleasure to look after. She is no bother at all. The best bit is that she goes home in 2days.  I really don't know what my bunny is fussing over!

I would hardly call this little treasure anything but precious.  (Just keep it between us though) You have seen how my "baby" bunny gets with what she considers "competition".








That is about it from me, I'm not really very good at the blog writing thing. I'll leave that for Sweetie (bunny) when she comes out of hiding.
Take care, Yollie

Let me know when the rodent has left the building!

Hi, it's a "not very happy" Sweetie here,

I am not a very happy bunny at the moment.  Can you believe what My Yollie has done? She has opened her home to none other than a Guinea Pig!!! A rodent, like it's not bad enough we have to contend with mice but now a real life Guinea Pig.  To top it off it's name is also "Sweetie" so not only to I have to share my castle, but my name too!!!  Did I mention I'm not happy? :o( !!!!!!!!!  So just let me know when the "visitor" has gone!  I'll be in my burrow.  Until my kingdom returns to normal, Sweetie xx

Do you see me, in my burrow?  I'm behind Will

 Oh, I can't bear to look at her, and she has the same name as me!!!  Yep that's right I share my name with a rodent!

Has she gone yet?!?

All Hail, The Emperor visits the Fairy Castle

Hi Everyone,

It's Sweetie here,  big news today!  We had a very important visitor to our Castle.  It was a short, broad, smooth but spiky looking caterpillar. Oh, a caterpillar I hear you say, well  not just any old caterpillar but an Emperor Gum Moth (once it goes through metamorphosis) none the less!!

Here take a look at the regal little guy...

He crawled onto a paper towel, and kept very still for a photo.  I think we even got a cheesy grin!!

Here's a photo of an Australian stamp with the little guy on it : 

and this is what the little guy will look like one day:

Onto other news.  My Yollie brought this adorable little lady home from the local fleet market on the week end. What do you think.  I call her "Mabel Bunny" I think it suites her.  I like how she keeps an eye on our fruit and vegetable harvest. I made sure I had a good chat with her, to make sure she's up with all the goings on of castle life here.  I think she will fit in just great.  Dad and Mum seem to like her too. Who knows with my goofy brother, no one really knows what he's thinking most of the time!!

And finally, I just wanted to say, Happy Birthday Chessy, 10 today!!!!  He has had a lovely day, doing what he does best.  He kept an eye on us while we were having our morning romp while the other eye was having a rest.  He shooed away the pigeons while the chooks had their brekky and then had a big nap, in the bit of sun we had today on top of the hay bale.  After his nap he caught that pesky mouse who should know better than scurrying around his resting area and left it for My Yollie.  He got a nice supper of warm oats with butter and milk followed by some birthday chicken (please don't tell the feathered ones that live here!!).  All in all a wonderful day!  Take care till next time, Sweetie xox