The Evening Star

Vesper is Latin, meaning "evening star," and shares part of its meaning with the religious term evening vespers, meaning "evening prayers." We lost our own Vesper last Sunday. It's taken me all week to be able to write about it. She was an older girl by rabbit standards and was cherished for her sweet shy personality and her amazingly dense and beautiful black coat. She was second generation in my French Angora line-her sire was Evander and her dam was Angelica. She will not be forgotten.

Vesper 2008-2013

Evander Holyfield

RIP Grand Champion Somerhill Evander. He is the bunny that, along with my friend Lisa , got my crazy rabbit adventure started many years ago when my fiber addicted sister in law Amy (alpacas) told me that I needed to get an angora rabbit. Evander lived a long and happy life and was the sire of all my Grand Champion French Angoras at Lilac Haven, gave me lots of lovely fiber, and enabled me to make a lot of wonderful rabbit friends over the years.  Evander was almost 7, which is by rabbit life expectancy standards was elderly.  I found him having a stoke yesterday morning but there was nothing I could do for him but pet him and tell him I loved him. It was sad as it always is when you lose a pet but he had been looking weary and picking at his food for the past month so I wasn't totally surprised.  His full name was Evander Holyfield as he was feisty with everyone but me. He once bit my brother on the hand and wouldn't let go.  Luckily my brother was mildly amused and continues to help me care for my rabbits from time to time.  Evander wasn't mean that was just his personality. Anyway my mom gave me a package of mixed spring bulbs and Andrew and I planted them over his grave last evening so in the spring there will be a little burst of color in that place.