Northern California Angora Guild: 8/3/25

Bunny Mangos, Bunny Mangos

Bunny Mangos, have you ever seen or heard of it?

This is the first I've seen "Bunny" being attached to mangos. Do the pointed tips look like bunny ears?

I've seen these kind of mango in the old days, but they were called Manilla Mangos as they were from Philippines. Now that these mangos are produced in Mexico, they sure need a new name. What can be better than Bunny? we bunny lovers sure love this name.

The inside is golden and juicy, a bit more acidity than the big apple mangos that we normally see in supermarkets, yet it is very tasty.

Remember When: Broken French Angora and the Presenter Carol Kerris

In the mid to late 1980s, there was a flurry of new breed and new variety presentations. As we know the Satin Angora and the Giant Angora were accepted during that period of time. Carol Kerris started the project of broken French Angora and got it accepted in 1993, she was successful in all the presentations. Here is a photo of Carol Kerris taken in 1994. I was present during the 1993 presentation at the ARBA Convention at Tacoma, WA. Unfortunately I did not have a camera with me then.

This is Carol Kerris's all time favorite: "2 Fat Pat", he did all three presentations. This photo was taken at his 13 year-old birthday. Yes, 13 years old, can you believe that?

Here is a newspaper write up on Carol Kerris.

The following three rabbits were a part of the 1993 presentation lineup. Some of the names were:
Bettie Bop, Bunny Nose and Seattle.

Old girl Twinbrook's Bettie Boop who did the presentation in 1993 was still competitive in 1997, won the BOSV at the ARBA convention at Madison, WI.

What a Fun to Knit Animals

Betty Chu is really having fun knitting up rabbits and cats! It all started with this one cat on the far left, then another cat on the right, then a rabbit, then more rabbits, it just keep on multiplying.

Carolyn Sawai is also into knitting rabbits and cats. They all have names: Pinky, Blossom and Fallyn Izzy.

Carol Green's flock of knitted emotional support chickens is growing, growing, and growing ....
Tell the chickens we not only want emotional supports, we also want some eggs!

Betty and Alice, 65 years of Besties

Alice and I went to high school together, we were besties then and still besties now. Alice lives in Taiwan but comes to Bay Area to visit her son and family once a year or so. From teenagers to oldies, we have a 60 plus years of history together. Alice is also retired as I am, she is now into painting, she gifted me a painting of cats. Isn't she quite an artist?

This is a close up of Alice's painting. Why cats? You may recall my two white kittens that came from Merced County Fairgrounds.

This is the photo that Alice based her painting on. Bao Bao on the right and Bei Bei on the left when they were about 4 months old. They were caught at the Merced County Fairgrounds when they were 4 weeks old, Albert and I drove all the way there to adopt them.

I got to return Alice's favor and also to show off a bit of my artistic side: I knitted a bunny for her. The face, ears and the legs are made of my handspun English Angora yarn, the yarn in the middle is kinda interesting: it was made in Taiwan some 50 years ago when Taiwan was yet to be developed into an electronic giant. There isn't any factory that produces yarn or similar products anymore. This yarn is basically a rare antique! (Thanks to Carol Green who found it and gifted it to me).