Angelica

One of my two original French Angora foundation does, Angelica, left this world on Friday. She was an old girl by rabbit standards and slipped away in my arms, after having what was probably a heart attack. She was a gentle girl who loved to have her head scratched before eating her meals.  She was born in a snow storm in our potting shed during a particularly bitter winter and she and her litter mates were almost frozen when I got to them.  I was able to revive 5 of the 10 kits by warming them in my hands.  Considering her precarious start in life I would say she had a good run. We built a small memorial in the back yard this weekend for all the rabbits that have lived at Lilac Haven and who are buried in our backyard.

Yes this is her. The dark nose that she had the first year faded out over time.