We have had many adventures in the last few days and sadly our gorgeous mop-eared rabbit Mopsy suffered a gruesome death while we were having them....lets start at the beginning...
It's off to Scotland Island to make swords!! Inspired by a great wood working stall at Peats Ridge, the boys were all desperate to fashion their own swords from real wood, using real tools. Luckily A'Ruth'a and Captain Pancake are in the process of building their own home so have a perfect 'construction site' including tools of all shapes and sizes. It was boy heaven - power tools whirring, fabulous unique swords emerging from old offcuts, boys sitting chatting and oiling wood, enthusiasm high and practical skills being, well, practiced! It was lovely doing this 'workshop' with friends in a beautiful bush setting, drinking tea and hanging out. I actually found the sanding quite addictive! This was followed by a yummy dinner, a dramatic thunderstorm and chatting well into the night....sleepovers ROCK!
Then on saturday it was in to the city for the free fabulous fun of Sydney Festival First Night. Hyde Park and the Domain were transformed into an entertainment precinct with stages, happenings and yummy food. We saw the Erth puppets and heard the story of Gabba the ancient child stealing spirit - Gabba was actually very accomodating and even posed for a photo with the boys! Flex commented "I bet he doesn't brush his hair much."
We also played in the Tangled garden - it's amazing how much fun you can have with some coloured undie elastic, a few poles and a bunch of excited people! Then we saw some really wonderful musical performances from Holly Throsby, Casper Babypants (originally lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America), a New Orleans jazz band and a crazy Jimi Hendrix inspired one man band called Lewis Henry Lloyd (or something like that). Then we braved the throngs of people over at the domain to see Gurramul and Washington, but probably should have stayed at Hyde Park.....the domain was one surging mass of people, the queues for food were horrendous and you could only see the stage on a screen...oh well, still an adventure. BTW the weird shadowy photo below is St Mary's cathedral in funky light projection style.
And now for the sad part.....while we were away in Sydney our wonderful neighbour S was looking after the menagerie on the freedom farm. She did a great job but had the horrible experience of finding Mopsy dead in her enclosure. Not just dead, but dead with eyes popping out and head wet....S was worried it might have been myxamatosis but the mystery of bunny death was solved yesterday....Gav was up feeding the chooks when he noticed a massive diamond python in the rabbit enclosure working hard (and succeeding) in hypnotising Ruby rabbit! The snake moved away when it noticed Gav, but suddenly it all made sense...S must have disturbed Mr Python while it was trying to consume the already strangled Mopsy, which was why she had no marks on her besides a wet head and bulging eyes. Anyway, the result is the same. One rabbit in the fridge awaiting burial.
She was a strange rabbit, a bit flighty and bitchy to the others, but has been a member of our family for close to 3 years. She had a good life here on the freedom farm, a life of carrots and digging and grass and adoration from lots of children. RIP Mopsy.
She was a strange rabbit, a bit flighty and bitchy to the others, but has been a member of our family for close to 3 years. She had a good life here on the freedom farm, a life of carrots and digging and grass and adoration from lots of children. RIP Mopsy.
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