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Monday Bunday: Oma Rapeti

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Starting this Friday at the Haus of Flox Showrooms at 13 Great North Road, Michel Tuffery, Flox and invited guest artists will be showing an Auckland version of the Oma Rapeti exhibition. “Oma rapeti” means “run rabbit” and any kiwi will fondly remember the song we sung as kids. The exhibition began at Pataka Gallery in Porirua and is traveling to various locations around New Zealand. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/N8VLaB and here: https://www.facebook.com/floxnz?fref=ts Here are a few pieces from the show.

Tofu Tuesday: Juice Pulp

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I made a juice the other day and had just emptied the juice pulp into our worm farm when suddenly a rabbit stopped me in my tracks. He demanded that I hand over the juice pulp container, which I did. He proceeded to investigate. Too late buddy, that was worm food. Click here to see more editions of Tofu Tuesday.

Tofu Tuesday: Pietje’s Cupboard

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Tofu the bunny posing with a rabbit and toadstool in a jar from Pietje’s Cupboard. Pietje’s is pronounced “peaches” and are all about whimsical woodland goodies with toadstools and furry friends. Check out more of Pietje’s Cupboard’s work, including moose, unicorns, foxes, deer and racoons here on their Facebook page. The Koala and I attended the Auckland Fair in December last year to buy some Christmas gifts (for other people). We accidentally came home with this rabbit for ourselves. Click here to see more editions of Tofu Tuesday.

Monday Bunday: Air New Zealand Tortoise and Hare Video

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For an airline for a tiny country like New Zealand, Air New Zealand sure do get their branding right. From their their many humorous, sexy, or epic safety videos, to their award winning, left of centre uniforms, they might take time to grow on you or you might like them instantly. Here is Air New Zealand’s brand spanking new commercial called The Tortoise and the Hare. Featuring a tortoise, a hare, a red fox in red heels, mountain biking, a cheese board, a chopper and all shot in the beautiful scenery around Wanaka, New Zealand. The Koala and I did a little road trip around this area two years ago. Check out my write up on it here.

Monday Bundy: Needle & I Design

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Local creative crafter Lauren Butler is responsible for Needle & I whose blog I have followed for some time. She is also an avid foodie, a great home cook and LOVES to photograph food. Please check out her blog here or her Instagram here. Here are a few pics of some bunny-related Needle & I designs. Her range of cushions, garlands, mobiles and bedding use high quality natural fabrics like linens, cottons, silks, and boiled wools and are available at stockists such as Father Rabbit and Nature Baby.     Click here to see more editions of Monday Bunday.

Tofu Tuesday: Watermelon

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Rabbits eating watermelon is kind of a thing and after seeing my friends’ guinea pigs demolish watermelon, I thought I’d better give Tofu his first taste of watermelon over the Christmas and New Year period. Since then, Tofu gets a piece every time we have watermelon in the house. Nothing quite like a chilled slice of melon on a hot summer’s day. Aww yiss. Click here to see more editions of Tofu Tuesday.

Monday Bunday: The White Rabbit

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Monday Bunday went on holiday last week, I don’t know if anyone noticed but today I present a double whammy Monday Bunday rolled into a restaurant review. I recently joined the NZ-based bloggers group #brunchclub. Here, bloggers can network, share tips and advice on all things blog related and of course, meet regularly for brunch. On Saturday, I attended my very first#brunchclub meetup. I was super excited not only to meet local bloggers (some who I have followed for a while) but also because it was at a newish cafe/bar/restaurant called The White Rabbit. This week’s Monday Bunday is a review this visit. History of the space The White Rabbit is in downtown Auckland on the corner of Customs Street and Gore Street, where the slightly dingy pub Rose & Crown and later Britomart Brewery used to be. The building, originally known as Hotel Britomart was established in 1864, just a year before Lewis Carroll published Alice in Wonderland. Painted white and fitted out in Scandinavian inspired light fittings, the space is light, bright and very white. …

Tofu Tuesday: Pellet Bowl

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  Rabbits are generally quiet creatures, but if you’ve ever lived with a house rabbit, you’ll know there’s nothing quite as loud (or annoying) as a rabbit hullabaloo up at 2am in the morning. Rabbits are crepuscular, which means they are most active at dawn and dusk, though midnight can be a good time for a bit of theatre.       Thankfully, it doesn’t happen too often. If Tofu is being noisy in our bedroom at night, we either scoop him up and put him outside our bedroom, or sometimes putting him on the bed makes him settle. Sometimes.   Click here to see more editions of Tofu Tuesday.

Monday Bunday: Rabbit With Mask – Exclusive Interview

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  The Koala recently pointed me to a Chinese artist named Shae Syu whose portfolio titled Rabbit With Mask recently met a cult following on the web. Shae is an artist from Taiwan who draws and paints amazing rabbit related pieces.   Here is a small selection of her works. You can see these and more over on her portfolio here or on her Facebook page here.  I caught up with Shae over the summer to ask her some pressing questions. Who is your favourite artist? Beatrix Potter. What inspires your work? I like the creativity of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”.  Beatrix Potter has made the rabbit very interesting and real, making the reader feel warm and happy, also her style is very unique and there is a lot for me to learn from her. What is your art/design training? I have been interested in painting (and drawing) since I was little.  Before high school, I started by drawing things that I like, mostly animals and people. I studied art and design in high school, …

Tofu Tuesday: Shady Nook

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RWAF NZ Hopper Group is a rabbit welfare group in New Zealand. Yesterday on Facebook, the RWAF Hopper Group of New Zealand posted a pic of a rabbit enjoying a shady nook. A shady nook is the cool spot that bunnies seek out during hot summer days. Rabbits prefer the cold to the heat and are very good at finding the best spots. Tofu the bunny spends his days roaming in our garden. It can get hot out but there are plenty of spots for him to find shade. Tofu used to have an intricate grotto inside a bush in our garden. He had several tunnels in that bush so that he could enter it from different points. Here are couple of photos from 2012 and 2013 of Tofu and his lush grotto:   Since he has become blind, the grotto is now overgrown and this summer, he prefers to hang out in the desolate junk pile that has accumulated under our deck. I keep meaning to clear out the junk, as it looks pretty …

Monday Bunday: Bobo Pot Mat

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This pot mat is made of MDF and features a close up of a bunny face. If you don’t want to use it as a trivet, you could always use it as a platter as pictured. Designed by Elisabeth Dunker at Fine Little Day. Get it here. Elisabeth is from Sweden and has a background in graphic design, illustration, interior styling and TV photography. She enjoys second hand shopping, whimsy and collecting and curating her finds. Check out her Instagram over here. Click here to see more editions of Monday Bunday.

Tofu Tuesday: The Great New Zealand Cookbook

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Tofu the bunny has a flick through The Great New Zealand Cookbook that I received for Christmas.  The Great New Zealand Cookbook is a huge compendium of New Zealand’s biggest names in food. So many awesome recipes and a few new faces too. The bunny stops at the carrot cake recipe. No surprises there.   Click here to see more editions of Tofu Tuesday.

Monday Bunday: Snow bunny YDA

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This goes out to those in the heart of winter. This poster for the Young Director Award 2008 is quite simple. I’m loving the contrast in size between the boy and the bunny. Sometimes we all take on big projects. It doesn’t look like much until it’s done. Advertising Agency: TBWA/PHS, Helsinki Creative Director:  Zoubida Benkhellat/Minna Lavola Art Directors: Minna Lavola Copywriter: Markku Ronkko         Click here to see more editions of Monday Bunday.

Monday Bunday: Flappie

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Flappie the bunny gets a Christmas surprise. A Dutch commercial. The beginning of the video looks grim but it has a happy ending!   From Wiki: Flappie is the name of a Dutch Christmas song written by comedian Youp van ‘t Hek in 1985 The song describes Youp’s remembering Christmas morning of 1961…He looked in his rabbit cage, only to find that his pet rabbit Flappie was missing. He went to his mother to ask for help looking for the rabbit, and his mother told him that he’d have to wait for his father, who was busy in the shed. However, if Youp goes off to play, he’ll get a treat later.  Youp feels incredibly guilty about his pet rabbit – he could have sworn that he locked the gate, and now his thoughts were that his poor rabbit had frozen overnight in the snow. His father eventually comes to help look for Flappie in the woods and by the lake, but there’s no sign of the rabbit. During the meal on that fateful Christmas Day, …