Kitty Friends in High Places

When brothers Bao Bao and Bei Bei were months-old kittens, they were able to get on the top of the refrigerator.  They played with each other on the highest place in the kitchen.

At one year old, they are not as playful but they still consider the top of the refrigerator as one of their favorite places.

Brothers are calmer at one year old than as 3-month-olds.

Now 4 years old, can you tell the difference from their younger days?

They are a bit chunkier than the younger days but still active, still love to be at the high place.

Garth Brooks has "Friends in Low Places", we have kitty friends in high places.

 

Big and Little Debbie Win Triple Reserve In Show

Debbie McCormick has a gorgous English Angora chocolate doe named Little Debbie.   

Big Debbie brings Little Debbie to a triple show in Georgia, 7-1/2 hours from her home.

Judge Josh Humphries awards Open Reserve In Show to Little Debbie.

Big Debbie is so happy that Little Debbie wins Reserve In Show again in the next show.

Judge Kendal Bledsoe who moved from CA to the east coast in show C also awards the Reserve In Show to Little Debbie.

Debbie McCormick also brought a Californian and a New Zealand with her, both won big, and even earned $120 from the Stewer and Fryer contest.  Rest assured that neither got stewed nor fried.

 

Raecelia is Growing, Growing…

The last time we saw Raecelia was in July, just before she was about to go to her first show.  She was under 5 months old.

This photo was taken after she came back from her first show, and she just made 5 months old,  She was not expecting anything when she was at the show but she managed to win over her older relatives: the white senior buck, the white senior doe and she received the honor of Best of Variety (BOV) in all three shows.

This Raecelia's profile when she was 5 months old.

Raecelia is still a junior doe right now but she is getting closer to being a senior, just another week to go.

Raecelia will be competing in the senior doe class in the coming show.  Still not expecting much as a very young senior but she is growing and growing and getting prettier and prettier.   

 

Renner and Renner Doll

Carolyn loves Renner. 

Renner is a lucky bun to have Carolyn as his mom.

Renner gets carried and cuddled daily.

Carolyn made a doll using handspun Angora yarn and named the doll Renner.  Hubby Earl enjoys Carolyn's creative talents. 

Renner does not go to shows anymore, but Renner doll goes to shows.  

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Carolyn even has an 8x10 photo of the Renner doll.

 

Angora Rabbit of the Year 8/1/2025 - 7/31/2026

The 8/1/2025 - 7/31/2026 sweepstakes year has come to an end.  The winners of the top rabbit in each of the 4 Angora breeds are revealed.

The top English Angora of the year goes to Betty's colored senior doe Chu's Raeberta BC2RL.

You may notice that Betty also has the 2nd place Chu's Raeanna BC1RL, the 3rd place Chu's Autumn Beauty BC1AJ and the 10th place Chu's Autumn Delight BC2AJ.

The top French Angora of the year is Carol's colored senior doe BCG's Willow BCG7H. 
Carol also has the 9th place BCG's Astrid BCG2H.

Top Giant Angora of the Year is Tammy's Mr. Giggles TKM105. 

Tammy also has the 3rd place, the 5th place and the 7th place winners. 

The Top Satin Angora of the Year is Casey's Fuyumi.
Casey also has the 4th place, the 5th place and the 8th place winners. 

The west coast sure has good Angoras!

 

National Angora Standings 8/1/2025 - 7/31/2026

We got good news this morning.  The preliminary report of the 4 breed ranking has been uploaded to the NARBC website.  The first places of English, French, Giant and Satin Angoras are all in the west, of which 3 of the top spots belong to California breeders.   The sweepstakes year covers the period of 8/1/2025 to 7/31/2026.  The sweepstakes are calculated by the winnings and the frequency of the showings.  The ranking shows how competitive and active the breeders are in their breed.

Betty is the number 1 on the English Angora list.  

Carol is number 1 in French Angora.

Tammy in WA is on top of the Giant Angora list.

And last but definitely not the least, Casey is number 1 in Satin Angora.

The final points may change a bit since the show reports are due in 30 days from the day of the show.  The sweepstake year ends on July 31, so if there are shows held at the end of July, the secretaries still have until the end of August to send in reports.   

Autumn Delight Yarn

Autumn Delight is a very handsome buck when he was in shows.  He even won over all 7 wool breeds with more than 100 rabbits to have awarded the Best In Show at the War of Wools show at WCC.

All good things have to come to an end, Autumn Delight is still handsome in the front but the back is "missing", his wool is now in a big pile to be use for making yarn.

Here is the art yarn made from the wool from Autumn Delight.  The next step will be a couple of hats.  

Angoras are sure multi-purpose rabbits.  They are pretty, they are tame, they are sweet, they can be beautiful show rabbits, they are lovely pets, they are faithful companions, and they can provide wool for art projects.

 

The Saga of Micro Girl

Her name is Micro Girl.  Why Micro, Micro means small, she is not that tiny if we look at the photo. 

On January 1, 2026, Aurelia gave birth to three babies while her due date was January 3, they were premature.  

A day later, there were 2 left.  One baby did not make it.

A week later, there was one.   Ironically the sole baby was the smallest of the three.  Lots of assisted nursing.   

 

At 22 days old, the sole baby looked like a one-week-old, not even an oz.

No one expected the premie to survive but this is the little one at 26 days old.  

The little one is so tiny but it made it to one month old, weighed at less than 2 ounces. 

Lunar New Year came in mid February, the tiny girl is being referred to as the "Micro Girl".  She still did not look good, but she's alive.

At two months old on March 2, 2026, Micro Girl started to look better, the wool was no longer a mess.

On March 22, 2026, Micro Girl is 2-3/4 months old, she's ready to explore the outdoors.

In April, 2026, Micro Girl celebrated Easter.  

Micro Girl is still tiny in body but her head and face are getting prettier by the day.

In May 2026, Micro Girl started to look like a pretty junior doe.  

Micro Girl finally made it to 6 months old and exceeded the minimum weight of 5 pounds to be a senior doe.   She has yet to go to a show, but she is getting prettier by the day.

Look at Micro Girl now, she is 7 months old!  When is she going to a show?  That's a hard question to answer.   Autumn Beauty is very dominant at the current time,  it'll be next to impossible for Micro Girl to compete with her older cousin.  It's a happy story for a premature baby to be alive and growing well, this is a success regardless of whether she willl be going to a show or not.