Rabbit Antics

The ranunculus are with us again!

There is no better way to loosen stiff muscles and start the day well than an early morning rabbit chase! Shandy is slowly working her way through the latest garden litter and much as I hate  the thought of killing those fluffy babies I know it's either them or our plants. This bunny in question had taken shelter underneath the water butt and was well and truly cornered with Shandy on one side and Giles reaching in from the other, but baby Buggs wasn't giving up that easily and managed to slip past using shock tactics on Giles. We then played a merry game of chase in and out of the lonicera hedge and iris border until Buggs made a fatal error dashing out of cover literally straight into Shandy's jaws! So that's one less mouth for the garden to feed. Shandy proudly buried her prize and spent the rest of the afternoon laying on the spot and basking in the sunshine. Our only worry now is when will she decides to dig it up and eat it?
It could be rather fragrant by then and we shall have to avoid any vigorous hoeing in that area for a while!

"Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled"
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It's my rabbit and I'll lie on it if I want to!