Was out and gadding/gabbing about this a.m., speed-walking away and minding my own business when......lo and behold....a bunny! A real-live, furry bunny. Sitting on the road in all it's brown, furry, ears-twitching glory.
Now I dunno if the Easter Bunny thought it was time Sedgefield had its own live population of bunnies, but it seems to me there are more and more of the little critters about. I've spotted them in different places, all sizes and colors, day and night. Given that Easter is a few weeks away, maybe some kinda soul decided we needed to liven the place up a bit and went around, distributing them all over Sedgefield.........to join our nosy, noisy, car-dodging population of Guinea Fowl.
And these cute little cuddlies are fast too. Tried to catch one a while back and damn, it could move! I thought I'd do it a kindness since it seemed determined to get flattened by Guinea Fowl-dodging cars. The bunny easily eluded my grasping hands and disappeared over the road, into the bushes. On second thoughts, it was just as well since I had no idea what I'd do with it once I'd gotten it home. No doubt my dogs and cats wouldn't have that problem.
So....will we see more of these cute cuddlies in Sedgefield, and perhaps even the entire Garden Route? No doubt! And they breed like rabbits!! Maybe we can learn to eat rabbit stew....and don't get me wrong, I'm an animal lover of note....have trouble killing bugs......but I'd hate to see bunnies competing with Guinea Fowl in little old Sedgefield. And mayhem and murder when the stray cats discover them too.
Written in haste, with tongue firmly in cheek, until next time, I am.....
the Garden Route gab.
