Fury tail, originally uploaded by misa/neb.

Frosty tail, originally uploaded by misa/neb.

In honor of Hans, he was a beautiful bun.

Frosted Flake, originally uploaded by misa/neb.

I haven’t posted photos of bits in a while, so I thought I’d throw up a quick one of frost. We think her mouth area is getting lighter, and she has new little white tufts in her ears. I guess my baby is getting a little older, aren’t we all…

Before coming to Iceland, I found this interesting article about the battle on the island between rabbits and puffins. Puffins are native to the island and very strikingly cute looking birds.

Rabbits, as you may know, can and will reproduce every 30 days and can eventually destroy the habitats of native animals. In the case of Iceland, the rabbits were brought over from Spain some time ago. Puffins dig holes in the ground to lay eggs and spend the rest of the year flying about elsewhere. While the puffins are away, these Spanish rabbits drop in, connect the holes to each other to form burrows and have their own babies.

Puffins return and naturally want to use the same holes as the last time they laid their eggs and so there is a bit of a scuffle in which it’s believed the rabbits win.

Apparently Icelanders feel for for the puffins (even though they also tend to eat a bit of puffin here and there) and so are shooting rabbits to help out the puffins. But on the other hand, Icelanders also feel for the cute rabbits and so don’t want the rabbits shot.

I can’t find any more recent information on this ongoing Puffin/Rabbit struggle than the 2006 article. So I guess I’ll have to set up a Google alert for this to see if there are any future developments.

We took it easy today, wandering around the city on foot to the house where I lived from 1985-1989. On the way there, we saw my old Icelandic school (where I remember Meg & I eventually started skipping in secret a lot), our old local swimming pool and the Reykjavik farm zoo which didn’t exist when I lived here but they had rabbits, so of course we had to go!

We’ve seen the hot dog stands everywhere which I remember from my youth as well, but I also remember the sauces as being the dominating issue and since I didn’t feel like eating lamb here (especially after seeing them at the farm zoo!), I’ve been getting them without the meat - which is on the menu, so it’s not that strange. The brown flakey looking stuff is dried onions; there is also fresh onions, ketchup, a mayo type of sauce and a really delicious mustardy sauce as well.

I really need to write more about Frost. Image from wordle.net.

… a designer. He’s inspired by his own elegance. He’s not afraid to get his big back feet dirty and be crafty. If he needs to chew something to get the design right, he’ll do it. His design sense is especially focused on the removal of hard edges — Fury likes soft curves and organic shapes. Even though his styles may sell at retail for hundreds of dollars, his materials are mostly plant matter and paper.

For example, here are a few of his works:

Fury chose the carpet colors for his burrow by chewing on some carpet tiles and not others. Fury has even helped other rabbits design livable spaces — for instance, it’s a big no-no to decoupage anything that’s going to go in a rabbit’s burrow with a reptile and snake pattern.

Fury is also kind and will always lend a paw to help in any design challenge you might have.

Given all these traits, Fury is most like the famed designer Todd Oldham.

What human is Fury most like? We’ve selected someone based on Fury’s looks, personality, instincts, and general manner. We’ll be revealing this human tomorrow. Until then, you should try and guess who it is.

Here’s a big pic for inspiration:

Hehehe… Thanks, Mim!