Vacation Pics!

As promised I am finally posting some of my vacation pics from Gatlinburg TN for you.

We were unable to do much in the Mountains this year because it was so foggy we could hardly see anything.

We did find a trail at the base of the mountains we could walk that led back to this creek.

I think one of my favorite and scariest parts of the trip was riding the trolly over the mountain to Ober Gatlingburg  We were so high in the air riding on cables the trolly would swing every time we came to a tower and I thought I was gonna wet myself.  The little girl standing beside me laughed the whole trip up which was about 10 min.  The conductor that she was funny and told us we were only 1.5 seconds from the ground.  I guess that was kinda a relief as I would not have to scream long!  The conference was great amazing speakers and amazing concerts rung in the New Year with the News Boys first time I had seen them and they were great.  Its amazing how humble that can be with all the lights and everyone there to see them yet they keep the focus on God and not on them.  God Bless!

Snow Pics

We have 2 snows in the past couple of days here in Southern Indiana and this last one is a very beautiful one! So on my way home from my blood work apt I took some pics to share with you.

God bless and keep those critters warm!

It's been to long and rabbitry update

It have been way too long since I have posted anything for you guys to read.  I have turned into such a bad blogger.  Christmas has came and gone and I was very blessed to be able to spend time with my brothers they families and my moms side of the family.  Since I have posted last I have some new faces on the farm I need to post pics of soon for you.  I got 2 LGD puppies Roman and Ramona who are Great Pyrenees and Anatolian Shepard crosses.. They are very young yet but mingle with sheep well and are not afraid to bark at any noises they hear.

 My Blueface Leicester ram lamb Glen Rock came home in Oct from my friend Lisa at Somerhill  Farm.  I ended up putting both rams together with the ewes this year.  So I will have a mix of lambs from the Cormo cross ram and from the BFL.  I did see Glen Rock breed my favorite Shetland ewe so I am very excited to see those lambs. 

As far as the rabbits go I have been cutting down a lot and now only have 8 Angoras that are mine, 1 that belongs to a friend and a couple waiting to picked up yet to go to their new homes.  I have kept my 2 Chin French Angoras, a Harlequin German cross and some Giant crosses that are black and 2 Agoutis.  I only had one litter this fall and was hoping for Chins but none I did end up keeping a Sable buck out of that litter.  It was a surprise my Chin FA buck carried sable.  At the moment I am torn if I want to breed or not, I have been thinking of shifting focus to FA so I can have the colors I want like Chestnut and Chinchilla that will keep their color well and be very easy to manage.  I dont show because of all the work the coats take but the FA would be less work if I wanted to show them.  I do dearly miss showing as well!  Since I have been missing showing I picked up a couple of Himalayan so if all goes well I will be at a couple shows with them starting is Feb.   That is all for now but I will keep this updated more for all of you in the next year I promise! I am off on vac to Gatlinburg TN starting Dec 31 and super excited will have pics for you!  God bless and keep warm.

German Crosses For Sale

I have 2 German crosses available

Dusty's Gizmo 42.75% German DOB 5/31/12 he a black who carries "ej" if anyone is interested in Harlequin angoras. He has awesome texture and tons of wool. $25

Sorry for the dark pic it was taken with my cell phone


NW Jesters Boy 23% German DOB 5/17/11 JB is a Harlequin and sire of above buck. I had planned on using him to start a Harlequin line of my own but I am having to cut back on my angoras and no longer have time to take on this project. He has perfect texture and good density. $40

God Bless
Dustin
located in Southeastern Indiana 47227
psalms121@rocketmail.com

Little House

Tonight I have been watching Little House on the Prairie one of if not my all time favorite shows.  Yes its out dated but I believe it shows how people really should act and treat each other.  No one is perfect everyone has their issues but still they love thy neighbors.  Tonight's episodes are the ones about Albert being addicted to morphine, I have a hard time with this one because I can relate so much to it.  It has even brought tears to my eyes because I know what its like to think you have to have something to function normally.  It's crazy how shows made about a time way before us can somehow relate to how we live or things we have gone through in our lives.  After they find out bad Alberts addiction is his father takes him to a friends cabin to go through withdraws and cleanse his system.  At one point he is begging his dad to just give him a little just enough to take the pain away.  He asks his dad "why are you doing this to me" Charles responds " You did this to yourself, you put this poison in your body".  Then Charles picks him up like a small child and carries him back to the cabin.  You know our heavenly Father does same thing to us.  So many times we make a mess of our lives and when everything is going wrong He picks us up and carries us back to the place we need to be get it right again.  Charles stayed with Albert the whole time he was going through withdraw holding him while he couldn't sit still and wiping is face after he got sick.  Jesus does the same thing for us He has for me many times throughout my life as a Christian and even leading up to being a Christian.  So many times we get carried away with the things of this world and the things we think will bring us joy and happiness and every time Christ is there to pick us up and put life back together for us. When Albert is finally starting to feel better and sits at the table with Charles to eat some dinner he looks at Charles and tells him how scared he is because he knew if he was alone and there is drugs there he would do them.  He tells his dad he does not know how he is going to make it when Charles leaves him.  In this moment just like with God Charles tells him I am not leaving you your my son I will never leave you.  To me this speaks volumes about how God works in our lives.  We fall we fail and we get carried away with stupid things from time to time but no matter what He never leaves us.  It is amazing the things He does in our lives and the ways He has changed mine.  I pray He works in all of your lives the way He does mine even when I make mistakes and even when I get carried away He is there to carry me back to place I need to be get life right. 

Here is another movie from Lifetime called Bringing Ashley Home that I also relate to very strongly.  The ending is not as happy but I can still understand and relate to how this young girl feels and the things she is going through in life.  I know I have talked about my past life many times and mention some of my struggles here from time to time and I pray you don't get sick of reading me pouring my heart out because I believe that God has brought me through all this for a reason and He tugs on me heart from time to time to share with all of you.  You see just because its part of my past does not mean I don't struggle with it still.  There are days I still want to get my fix and let go of everything.  At times I still want to get tore up or 3 sheets to the wind because at those times it's easier to be myself and not care what other people think or what they may say.  At those times I could totally lay it all out and not have to worry about your rejection.   At those time I let down all walls and feel accepted.  The key here is though with God I can feel accepted and loved be myself and not worry about rejection.  We spend so much time searching and trying to find what we need to be hole when He is always there waiting for us to join Him.  God bless all you and thank you very much for listening to my rambling thoughts.

Unsure Territory

I have not posted anything for a while so I thought I would do some thinking out load (or in type) for all you to read to see whats going on in my life.  I have working on cutting down on the amount of rabbits in my barn my goal was 12 from about 35.  All the American Fuzzy Lops went home with my dear friend Pam and her husband the other Sunday and I have a couple more rabbits spoken for just not picked up yet.  I went ahead and bred a couple of does either for a color I wanted or a buck I have sold and wanted one last litter from. 

As you know I have been working on Black Giants for some time now and I am getting some REALLY nice rabbits type and wool wise I still need to work on color a little more to get the depth I really want but I am very pleased with how the rabbits are doing.  However I am really loosing the interest in them I had when I first got my rabbits.  I dont show anymore and maybe that's part of why I am loosing interest.  I mean I miss going out and see everyone and I do like some friendly competition and I have made many wonderful friends.  I do not miss the expense of traveling to shows and all that jazz sometimes I miss grooming but more times than not I do not miss that either.  I have been working more on the fiber aspect of my angoras and doing pretty well at it I dont spin as much pure angora as I should but I dont spin as much as I would like right now either.  That should change in the winter time.

I am not sure in what direction God is taking me right now but I feel the need to free myself up some more maybe take some more clutter out of my life. I know God has something in store I just dont know what that is right now.  God Bless please pray for God to lead my heart and for me to make the right decisions for His will in my life.    

Black Giant Anogra Crosses for Sale

I have 2 Black Giant Angora crosses for sale out of my breeding program.

Bluewood Bunnies Black Ice DOB 1/31/2011 Reserved Phil and Judy Osborn
This guy has tons of soft wool goes back to the black Germans and out of a doe from Abundant Acres in MD. Weighs right around 10lbs proven breeder.

 Dusty's Petros DOB 2/10/2012 $100 Sold thanks Missy!
Very nice little guy I would like to see more strength in his shoulders but if I didn't have both parents and his sister he would be staying to sire babies.  Lovely soft wool very nice density.  I think this guy has perfect texture!  At 6 months he wights 9lb4oz so should have no problem making Sr weight. Bred to a Giant his babies will be pure!

 Contact me at psalms121@rocketmail.com
God Bless
Dustin