We have a husband-and-wife rabbit couple who live in a warren somewhere in the bushes that edge the far end of our backyard. The two bunnies spend time in our yard in broad daylight, munching on the clover and dandelions. They're not afraid of us anymore.
Tonight as we ate our dinner of ribs and salad o'CSA goodness, the rabbits ate theirs. Clover, clover, dandelion, clover. Monsieur was feeling randy, and hopped close behind Madame, who lay her ears flat and tried to make her way back to the safety of the bushes. She didn't seem in the mood.
I'm pleased that we have these creatures sharing the land. We may live in the middle of the city, but we still have Nature.
WHAT? No pictures?
Posted by: Audra | June 19, 2008 at 23:26
Sure doesn't seem like the middle of the city! Where you live is charming, serene. We look forward to seeing it again when you're Mrs. n4ku.
Posted by: bhd | June 20, 2008 at 00:21
We used to have two rabbits that lived in our backyard as well. I loved watching them - the kids even named them. My mom told me to watch out for a moment when bunny 1 and bunny 2 decided to get busy while the kids were watching. HA!
Posted by: Smilf | June 20, 2008 at 14:44
Psycho and I wish we still had bunnies in the backyard. Psycho didn't threaten them and they didn't scare him. Now we have a fox. One night I noticed Psycho sitting at attention on the deck and staring into the yard. I turned on the flood lights and saw the fox sitting in the middle of the yard and staring back at Psycho. One morning, around 5 AM, I took Champ outside so that he could pee. Before he could he suddenly whipped around and tried to jerk the leash out of my hand. The fox was sitting about 20' away from us. I guess the fox is the reason why we no longer have bunnies.
Posted by: Mike | June 20, 2008 at 20:37
And soon, you'll likely have 44 rabbits...!
Posted by: sandra | June 22, 2008 at 16:45
We don't see too many bunnies, except the ones our cat brings us - which are no longer cute, by any stretch of the imagination. We have chipmunks aplenty, though. I hate what they do to the house and the garden, and I'm just waiting for them to chew through the pond liner. However, they run back and forth chasing each other right outside my window here, and I love to watch them play.
Posted by: AlisonM | June 23, 2008 at 16:35