Looking at my last entry I can see its been around 3 yrs since the page has been updated and boy has so much happened since then, We still have all our animals,
I suppose thats the real big change to myself and Kim as well as Tarax Stud as of May 2018 Kim was diagnosed with Early onset Alzheimer's, in particular a rare form of this disease called PCA or Posterior Cortical Atrophy, this effects her vision in particular, especially her perception of depth. Colours blend together or she cannot see certain colours (yellow for instance) also words and numbers written down Kim has lots of problems with. Since this bombshell we have obviously been side tracked with our rabbits and have stopped our breeding programmes and closed down the boarding side of things, we have also cut back on all our breeds to the point where Kim has 6 Lion lops, we no Siberians, only 6 Glavcots, 5 mini lops and a few Lutino lops. So some big changes there 😧 this journey that Kim and myself are now on means we make the most of what we can....so Kim does horse riding every Monday with the RDA (riding for the disabled) swimming 2 to 3 times a week and sailing for the disabled oh and singing for the brain lol, so understandably I have been more side tracked than ever before lol.
Anyway from the day of diagnosis in the hospital so much has happened
we did the early onset alzheimers walk along with Kims mum and dad, the roof blew off our boarding area 😲
we were still breeding rabbits and had some nice youngsters, which mainly went as pets lol
We tried to have as much time as we could with family and friends 💗
Another day incorporating family and rabbits lol
we both got a tattoo done
still went to shows
had another grandchild 💖
more shows
had another grandchild!!
more shows
tea at the ritz
another tattoo
still had fluffy rabbits
pamper days
regular horse riding every monday.....and more tattoo's
still have lutino's
and the pair of us dressed up for a theatre night out.
So much has passed in the last couple of years as you can see with the photos...because of Kim's journey we have slowed down so much with the rabbits but we have geared up with our lives together so that we can enjoy our memories together for as long as possible. As mentioned the boarding side of Tarax stopped this year and we started selling the blocks of hutches off, Kim cut right back with the Lion Lops which we will eventually let go completely but for now they give Kim moments of pleasure with grooming and handling. The Glavcots have had a few things happen, some went to America to start of a foundation stock there as well as start up new colours, a few went to new breeders and a few we lost last year to myxi getting into the shed 😢 so only a few left of those at the moment. All our BEW lines went (mainly abroad) so at the moment we only really have lutino's left. Matings have been non existent to be honest but we did mate a few mums up in march so have a few kits in the shed again
We organised a bucket list for Kim so Tattoo's, horse riding, burlesque shows, dance shows, singing, sailing, steam train ride and at least one holiday were all things we put down and have luckily been able to do 😄 unfortunately a few things have made it hard for us the 1st with Kim's mum passing away suddenly last year then we have been in lock down for over 3 months with the corona virus pandemic which has all made it tough to move forward in some ways....luckily we have our animals and family to check in on to keep us sane. Anyway I will finish it here as so much to take in and I know there are loads of moments I have forgotten so until next time keep safe and enjoy life my my friends. xx
whoops ps sorry I nearly forgot...the design at the start of the page is something we made for Kims wheelchair and walking stick 
