Little Bunny Foo Foo

The natives are restless.  I think they think the boys are gone for good.  At first it was like a great big hairy slumber party (I have since shaved my legs!) but now they are pacing and meowing and literally getting on my nerves.  Kitzilla is pacing and stopping and staring at me.  I have no idea what she wants.  I fed her.  I clean out the kitzilla box.  This morning she tried to eat out of my empty bowl.  I was preparing my breakfast and she was right there nosing around.  Good thing I was pouring cereal and milk and not chopping veggies for an omelet.  I had to keep moving my bowl and box of cereal and milk just so I could unify the three things...not an easy task with a cat on your tail.

The outside natives are restless too (we are in a drought and water ration).  The other day I saw a jack rabbit in my backyard foraging for food.  The rabbit was ever so still by a tree and Brooks was sitting on the patio staring at the door.  Can you say "watch dog?"  Not!  I was so excited to see that rabbit that I let the dog in as I was heading out the door with a carrot.  I thought I'd found his (or her) little hidey hole and I stuck the carrot at the front door as if to say "welcome, neighbor."  That was the last time I saw that rabbit......until yesterday.  I was washing dishes and hop hop hop across the patio hops a long eared cotton ball tailed jack rabbit.  I was so excited!  I waited till the rabbit was out of sight and grabbed two carrots and hopped out the back door and dropped them on the patio.  I'm nothing if not hospitable.  Then I crept back inside and turned off all the lights and waited for JR to accept my gift.  Jack rabbits must be suspicious creatures because that dang rabbit hopped right past my carrots and continued foraging through the dead grass eating God knows what!  This morning is water day (if one lives in an even numbered house, one gets to water on an even numbered day--that's easy to remember-- when I can remember my house number!).  I passed by the two now shriveled up carrots and the ants are making a home in them.  Hey, who wouldn't want to live in an edible house?  So JR, that's it for you.  You can continue searching around for food.  Fool me once, shame on you; don't eat my carrots twice-- stupid rabbit.

Happy Even Day today.  Time for me to go move the hose and disturb the birds.  Sorry birdies.