Flopsy reunited

If you read my earlier post (here), I'm sure you will be pleased to have a Flopsy update.

When Flopsy left Warminster last Monday she was carried by Royal Mail to Suffolk, where she arrived on Wednesday and spent a few days with her Gran and cats, Benny and Tess.

On Saturday she flew, with her uncle Dan, to USA (business class, no less!), and spent the night in a hotel in Manhattan

and then on Sunday she was reunited with her little girl

A happy pair of bunnies!

Flopsy's emergency treatment

Meet Flopsy. This photo was taken when she was just a few days old, and ready to be sent off to USA as a gift for my friend Kate's granddaughter.

Little did I know then that Flopsy would become one of the little girl's favourite things. It was only when Kate came to visit recently that she told me how fond her granddaughter was of Flopsy.

Fast forward just a couple of weeks, and I received a desperate email from Kate's D.I.L., saying that Flopsy had been involved in an accident involving a dog. I had a quick look through my yarn stash, discovered that I still had some of the original yarn both for Flopsy and her dress, so asked for her to be sent back to me. She arrived last Friday, looking rather sorry for herself,

but not beyond repair. Thankfully just her face and her dress had taken the worst of the damage, so straight away I set about knitting a new face.

Some extra stuffing was needed,

double stitching around the aperture to stop any further damage caused by running

then the new face was stitched into place, and compared to the original.

As she was such a well-loved and well-travelled rabbit, she was a bit grubby, so I gave her a bath

and while she dried out in the airing cupboard I set about knitting a replacement dress.

One fully repaired rabbit, now on the first leg of her return journey.

p.s. the parcel is finished using one of the dots and spots range of tapes, they are just fab, why not take a look?

Ten on Ten for September 10th

I love joining in with Rebekah's (A bit of Sunshine) Ten on the tenth, when you spend the day finding the beauty around you over the course of ten hours.

Our day starts early, as GM is up soon after 5am, and I have a cup of tea in bed just before 6, so my first photo is taken at 6 am, I'm still in bed, and writing my "5 positive things" from yesterday.

By 7am we are up and dressed and ready for breakfast, this is one of my two meat-free days each week, my breakfast looks rather delicious, dont you think?

8am, and I'm wearing these slippers that I recently bought for myself, they are really, really comfortable.

9am. My third son, GO, and his girlfriend recently brought these flowers for me, after over a week they are still looking good.

10am, well almost, speaks for itself

11am. I am very excited to receive this parcel. If you follow my blog over the next few days, weeks, months, you'll find out why

12noon, a couple of raspberries that just need to ripen up on the windowsill for 24 hours, then they'll be perfect.

1pm, lunch time. Another tasty meat-free meal with home grown tomatoes.

2pm, and it's down through the park to the supermarket for some shopping

3pm. Back home again, through the park, to say hello to the ducks.

I hope you've enjoyed sharing these brief moments of my day. To see lots of others who also share their day with us, please click here.

5 on 5

I've just joined Sandie at Itchifingers for my first 5 on 5, you can read about all about it here and join this month's here

My five photos were taken this morning in my garden