Fairy Castle Farm

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Jungle June Continues .... Part 3.

Good Evening, Sweetie here :

Firstly I would like to welcome our new followers to our humble blog! Thank you ever so much for taking an interest - and introducing yourselves. We will enjoy very much getting to know you!

Here are some pictures of my daddy-bun Angel and some of the other residents of Fairy Castle Farm - while our humans were away on holiday...

below we can see my dad performing his daily stress relieving Yoga ritual ....

And this is just a special one I wanted to throw in for old times sake, daddy and my Yollie sharing a tender moment! gives me goose-bumps!

Here we have Holly scheming ways to annoy us, while our humans were away. I am happy to report, nothing too severe was accomplished. Certainly nothing a good foot thump didn't resolve anyway.

Cheeky Chester was the master of sneaky "snoozes" when he was supposed to be on mouse patrol - but I caught him!

As promised here are more of my humans holiday snaps ....

On this day they visited Bali's culture park

The Balinese are currently making this monument, it is a statue which is just one piece of many that are going to be place one on top of the other - the finised project will stand higher that the Staute in Brazil - Impressive!!

Below you can see where the base will be fitted once compete.

Here you can see another finished piece of the monument

and below is a replica of what they are building.

This is the site where they have cut through the rock to create sufficient area for the project.

M|y Yollie said there were some of the most spectacular views from this place. Below you can see my Stewart and Little Lani taking a peek at the wondrous view...

This is some of what they saw below:

Beautiful isn't it!
Next they went to Daydream beach, which was also very picturesque ...

Finally they enjoyed a climb to see the Cliff Top Temple. They got very hot, sweaty and exhausted but it was worth if for what they found at the top!

the picture below shows a fisherman right at the top of the cliff, can you see him? He must have had a really long line to be able to reach the ocean!!! (click on the images to enlarge them - this will work on all the photos) =(;O3

There is even another fisherman in the picture below - he is leaning over the rocks! Very brave - or perhaps a little crazy?

The temple is home to wild monkeys, not the friendly kind, so they were to be admired but left right alone!

Their day ended here, at the Cliff top Temple, in Ulawatu - where they enjoyed the sun setting while watching the Traditional Fire Dance Performance.

Oh, and there was even a toad to keep My Yollie and little Lani company while Stewart went off to find their driver to go back to their hotel.... this little fella was sitting ever so quietly right next to Lani for ages before they noticed him!!

that's it for me. take care, Sweetie xoxoxo

Friday, June 10, 2011

A Million Thanks are not enough, for our Vet Dr Mary!!!!!

Hello to all my wonderful people and buns out there around the Globe, it's Sweetie here!! Thanks for visiting!

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I would like to dedicate this entry to one very special Veterinarian - Dr Mary Devane of Southern Animal Hospital in Morphett Vale, South Australia.

We are so thrilled that this very lovely lady decided to undertake the monumental amount of study and hard work required to become a vet and then dedicate her life to helping fury friends. We honestly don't know what may have happened to our very important family member Patches had this not happened. Do you want to know why?

Well I'll tell you!

Because not all Vets are the same - there is a big difference between species and just because a Vet is wonderful with dogs and cats does not mean they will be very savvy with "exotic" pets. Unfortunately us Bunnies are in the latter category. It really pays to check that your Vet is well reasearched and has a special interest in the "exotics" or is willing to communicate with other more savvy Vets in need. It can mean the difference between life or death of your little companion. Trust us we know. Or if you have trouble trusting a bunny then trust My Yollie (our human) she knows first hand the pain of loosing one of her buns due to lack of medical knowledge on a Vet's behalf.

So please allow me to take a moment to sing one very special Vets praises ....

DEAR DR MARY,

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FROM THE TIPS OF OUR LONG EARS TO THE BOTTOM OF OUR CUTE BUNNY TAILS!!!

THANK YOU!

YOUR EXPERTISE, TREATMENT AND CONTINUED SUPPORT WAS INVALUABLE TO PATCHES RECOVERY.... BINKIES, KISSES AND BUNNY NUDGES TO YOU!

From every one here at Fairy Castle Farm but especially; Teegee, Angel, Sweetie and your special patient, Patches xoxoxox

Bye for now - tomorrow I will continue to update Jungle June - Holiday Photos,

From Sweetie xoxox

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Jungle June, holiday snaps part 2 - turtle island

Howdy all, Sweetie here. We are all doing great, but freezing our little cotton tails!! It's brrrrrrrr fffffrrrrreeeezzzzyyy here in Adelaide yesterday got to a whole 11 degrees (about 50 f) . Luckily we have a cushy hay lined castle to keep toasty warm. My Yollie laughs because in the morning our window is all frosty on the outside and steamy warm on the inside. =(:o)

Back to warm sunny pictures of the tropics, namely, Bali;

Firstly this is the sunrise from the balcony of the Seminyak Town House apartment. Taken at about 5.45am...

They were off to Turtle Island..... beware though...... you need to watch your stuff here...

A quick "Donut" cruise to get the blood pumpin'
Poor Lani, did not enjoy this at all. Even though my Yollie asked if it was ok for her girl, and was assured all was fine, the poor little lady nearly had her arm torn-off and was airborne whilst cruising through the waves . Luckily, My Yollie held on tight - she would never let anything happen to her baby.
Miss Lani's first comment on touching terra ferma? "Mummy, I saw my life flash before my eyes!!"

I hear it took quite a bit of convincing the little lady to continue on and venture to Turtle Island on the Glass bottom boat!

But she did, such a brave little girl and when she got over the fear of a repeat episode of the "Donut" she quite enjoyed herself. She even got to feed these little guys some bread.

Here are their captians! The driver was 12 years old, and an expert.

After a relaxing 20min cruise my humans embark on .......

TURTLE ISLAND.....

here are some babies ready for weighing and feeding.....

here is our little lady ...... fearless ..... someday she hopes to become a Vet, we can't wait!!

Here are some happy sea turtles being fed by the visitors. Seaweed I think...

The purpose of Turtle Island is a conservation project, where staff and volunteers catch, raise and release native turtles which are desperately depleted and face extinction. My Yollie thought it was a wonderful programme and the locals were very informative too. They clearly love their work and are happy to share the experience and their knowledge with others.

This boy below is a mere 60years old!!

Oh, here is my humans wonderful tour guide, Made (pron. Mar-dey), taking a look at a Balinese Horn bill. I Wonder what he is thinking?

My Yollie taught me how to tell the age of this bird, do you want to know how??????

You count it's ridges over the bill of course! This guy is .... um .... 1, 2, 3, ...... 4!!!!
Next, we have My Yollie, petting a water monitor - hey!!!! I thought I was her special little critter, boo hoo!

EEEEEEKKKKK!! Oh, it's ok, it's just a picture, oh boy - me hear nearly jumped out my little chest! Phew. Ok, this is a bird of prey, can't remember the name, too frightened even to look at it. Quickly moving on...