Hello Rabbits…

“Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?”
“Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, “and see what happens.”
― A.A. Milne

whiteToday I went out to see the American Rabbit Breeders Association show at the Portland Expo.

I’ve never been to a rabbit show.

Who knew?

There were gray rabbits

fatgrayWhite rabbits.

whitejudgeBrown rabbits.relaxedSpotted rabbits.

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Small rabbits.

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Things called cavies (I thought they were ginea pigs…) This was was called a “silky.”

silkygineapigThere was a rabbit breed called a “cinnamon” (a friend of my mom’s breeds them which is what lead me out to see this panorama of rabbitdom.)

cinnamon5 cinnamon4 cinnamon3 cinnamon2 cinnamon1There were over 80 breeds of rabbits.

Frankly, I’m not sure I could have named one before today.

Now I can probably name two…