Bun v. Hawk (or Owl)

Yesterday in our backyard there was a bunny v. hawk (or owl) situation and I am happy to report that the bunny won. Probably.

Front yard bunny by St. Francis

Hot tipper Grammy spotted the action while she was doing some yard work in the evening. That is how ladies with grown children roll, they can do activities they enjoy at their leisure in the evening-or whenever they want to. We were hunkered down in the house watching Toy Story 3/making dinner. Grammy burst in and pointed us to the back yard, where the large bird of prey (like I said, either an owl OR a hawk) had it's wings over the bunny. I was scrambling to put the memory card in the camera, keeping my eye on the action. Ada was totally engrossed in Toy Story 3, she has only seen it 20 times so it makes sense that she couldn't look away. Something distracted the hawk (we'll just say hawk) and the bunny leaped into the air and ran, ran, ran for the woods. The hawk flew away, and if I can assign it some human feelings here, I'll say it was disappointed. If it had arms instead of wings it would have punched the air in anger or thrown a stick or something. It flew off squawking, "I'll get you my pretty!".  Grammy and I were pretty excited so see such titillating nature drama going on in our own yard.

Front yard Mother bunny/Baby bunny combo

I've seen The Lion King, and went to middle school so I totally know about the circle of life, but when it comes to the bunnies in my yard, I want them to always win over the big birds. It is true that the bunnies all look the same and they are a dime per dozen, but there is a set of backyard bunnies who are always out there munching and pooping. I think it is the same two all the time, right?? When I was a teenager there was a one-eyed bunny who hung out in the backyard-are these his descendants. They have 2 eyes but I like to think so? There are a couple of regular front yard bunnies too-they are daredevils and hangout right by the front porch , in open spaces and only flee if people get really really close. I worry about those front yard bunnies. They hang out by the St. Francis statue-hopefully that is enough.

So, in summary, Mother Nature is quite a lady. I am happy I had a chance to see the backyard bunny be victorious and that it is possible to watch it out of my window. Have a great day!

May 14th, Spring has Sprung!

It took 36 hours of being out, and the diapers still had to go in the dryer, but I think we can safely say that clothes line weather is here. It is such a treat to have line dried clothes and linens-they smell so fresh and feel so crisp. And there are ants crawling on some of  the clothes which adds to the authenticity of the whole process.

I need a cute clothes pin holder. That is all.

Happy Spring everyone!

Maybe A Fish or Whale or A Dolphin

A few weeks ago we went on a big adventure with Grammy. We walked across the ferry and had lunch at Ivar's. The girls were both delightful at the restaurant, it left me hopeful for a future of eating out. When we were back on the island we rode the bus up the hill to the car. Ada said many times, "Spring is here and I am so happy!" and ending it with a ride on The Transit was a big hit. The whole outing was just about perfect-just about. Ada started the trip with 3 metallic marbles in her pocket and 2 managed to fall out between disembarking the ferry and entering Ivar's. Although she was disappointed Ada was a trooper about the whole thing.

Last night at dinner Ada said, "Maybe my marbles rolled down the hill, into the sea. Maybe a fish or a whale or a dolphin ate them. Maybe we can put on our diving clothes and go into the sea and they will open their mouth and we can get them." What a sweet little person, I am tempted to get some diving clothes on and hit the Sound-it might do us all good to have some marbles back around here!

Sea Diver Ada

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