Friday, September 28, 2007
Time Flies
Can you believe that September is already coming to an end? Last year, I was counting down the days until Dancing With The Stars came on, but this year, it snuck up on me. I was just calculating that it's only eight weeks until my 46th birthday and nine weeks until we put up the Christmas tree. Where does the time go?
But here's a better question - how is it that the year flies by so quickly and yet it seems to take forever to get your own line of rabbits established? Why does it seem that the show season is just starting and it's already time to start thinking about wrapping up?
True, I'm trying to cut down on showing, so the number of shows I have left to participate in this year is smaller than what I had left this time last year. Still, it seems like we just got started back and I have just five shows and Convention left. Last year, I think I showed at 6 shows in just four weeks! (that was just plain crazy, by the way).
I had actually thought that by showing less, time might slow down a bit for me, but since I've filled in the spaces with ballroom dancing, it's going by just as quickly.
I have to say that in some ways it seems that rabbits have always been part of my life - it's hard to imagine life without them. And yet, it doesn't seem like 4 1/2 years have gone by either (we got our first rabbits just over five years ago, but I didn't join ARBA until a few months later). I can actually start thinking about whether I want to take out a certificate of development on a variety.
I've always loved blue points (blue sable points). I had been told that the Standards Committee would not entertain a request to develop them. There's some history that I don't have all of the facts about. We have sable point, which is more formally "black sable point." I'd love to see us add blue sable point (blue point), lilac sable point, and chocolate sable point. Perhaps future committees will entertain an application for a certificate of development on the other three types of sable points. I actually wonder if the Pearl variety in angoras are actually the four sable point varieties. It sounds like it. If they have it, why shouldn't Hollands?
Before you know it, Christmas will be upon us. Most likely, you'll experience a break from showing rabbits. If you live in the NC area, I hope you'll come to the Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers' Christmas show. We're already planning some really fun activities. It's almost like the rabbit breeders Christmas party for our region. Put it on your calendar for December 15.
So time flies on, except when you are waiting for a special doe to deliver her kits. Months turn into years. I hope your time is being filled with really good things. I know mine is.
Laurie ¶ 10:35 AM
But here's a better question - how is it that the year flies by so quickly and yet it seems to take forever to get your own line of rabbits established? Why does it seem that the show season is just starting and it's already time to start thinking about wrapping up?
True, I'm trying to cut down on showing, so the number of shows I have left to participate in this year is smaller than what I had left this time last year. Still, it seems like we just got started back and I have just five shows and Convention left. Last year, I think I showed at 6 shows in just four weeks! (that was just plain crazy, by the way).
I had actually thought that by showing less, time might slow down a bit for me, but since I've filled in the spaces with ballroom dancing, it's going by just as quickly.
I have to say that in some ways it seems that rabbits have always been part of my life - it's hard to imagine life without them. And yet, it doesn't seem like 4 1/2 years have gone by either (we got our first rabbits just over five years ago, but I didn't join ARBA until a few months later). I can actually start thinking about whether I want to take out a certificate of development on a variety.
I've always loved blue points (blue sable points). I had been told that the Standards Committee would not entertain a request to develop them. There's some history that I don't have all of the facts about. We have sable point, which is more formally "black sable point." I'd love to see us add blue sable point (blue point), lilac sable point, and chocolate sable point. Perhaps future committees will entertain an application for a certificate of development on the other three types of sable points. I actually wonder if the Pearl variety in angoras are actually the four sable point varieties. It sounds like it. If they have it, why shouldn't Hollands?
Before you know it, Christmas will be upon us. Most likely, you'll experience a break from showing rabbits. If you live in the NC area, I hope you'll come to the Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers' Christmas show. We're already planning some really fun activities. It's almost like the rabbit breeders Christmas party for our region. Put it on your calendar for December 15.
So time flies on, except when you are waiting for a special doe to deliver her kits. Months turn into years. I hope your time is being filled with really good things. I know mine is.
Laurie ¶ 10:35 AM
