People often ask how we became such rabbit enthusiasts to the point we would collect so many bunny items. Since we live our day to day existence in the “Mid-South Bunny Museum” we forget how overwhelming it can be for first time visitors to our humble abode.
Linda started liking bunny items in the 1980’s (they were not as plentiful then as they are today). We had heard about rabbits being kept in the house as pets, so as Marinell Harriman was writing her ground breaking book House Rabbit Handbook, we were joining the ranks of the House Rabbit Movement without even knowing it.
I purchased a gray Netherland Dwarf at our locally owned pet store as a Christmas present for Linda. I picked up the bunny on Christmas Eve, and successfully surprised Linda Christmas morning when she awoke to find a wooden hutch cage in the living room. She was thrilled with her bunny rabbit, and has been thrilled with every bunny we have owned since - and so have I. We named our first bunny “Binky” no knowing this is the term used when a bun jumps up in the air for sheer enjoyment.
We learned quickly through personal experience about bunny proofing the house. There was no Internet in those days and few rabbit periodicals to help us become well informed owners. A year later our Binky mysteriously became sick and died. We were heartbroken but immediately went out and acquired another Netherland Dwarf we named “Twinkles”. We enjoyed her for seven years. We are now on our sixth house rabbit, Bincy (Bean-see) bunny who is our first MiniLop.
As our enthusiasm grew for everything “bunny”, Linda & I would go “bunny hunting” in our spare time. We only collected those items we deemed worthy of our collection. In 1999 when we moved to a larger house we were able to display most all of our collectibles inside and out. It was then that we realized our home was becoming what we have dubbed “The Mid-South Bunny Museum”.
Our neighbors quickly named us “The Bunny House”. Linda painted a white bunny on each side of our mailbox along the curb, plus we have a statue of a rabbit in the middle of our front yard flower display. We also prominently display flags each month that usually have a bunny on them, and at Christmas we have a Santa Bunny that Linda made that rides in a lighted up sleigh pulled by two reindeer. And the personalized license plate on one of our automobiles reads “WABBITS”. Continued
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informed owners. A year later our Binky mysteriously became sick and died. We were heartbroken but immediately went out and acquired another Netherland Dwarf we named “Twinkles”. We enjoyed her for seven years. We are now on our sixth house rabbit, Bincy (Bean-see) bunny who is our first MiniLop.
usually have a bunny on them, and at Christmas we have a Santa Bunny that Linda made that rides in a lighted up sleigh pulled by two reindeer. And the personalized license plate on one of our automobiles reads “WABBITS”.