05/17/04’s illustrious band:

Bunny Hop

Brought to you by my back yard bunnies.

The neighborhood around Sensational Acres is home to numerous rabbits, a few of which live under the shed in my back yard. In addition to grazing that part of the yard down to the dirt, these local long-ears entrance my feline companions. The cats watch them raptly through the windows and, if allowed outside, stake out the shed for hours at a time. The rabbits, being professional prey animals, have a good -- but not perfect -- record of evading capture.

On Saturday two of the rabbits were apparently feeling their oats. The first would rush at the second, who would spring about two feet straight in the air and land a yard or two away. Then he’d wheel around and return the favor, causing his friend to levitate. Rush, hop, rush, hop; the game continued for at least 10 minutes. The cats looked like they were watching a tennis match.

That wasn’t the only action around the Acres this weekend, though. Since Mother Media arrives for a visit this week, preparations kept me rushing and hopping, too. I had a house to clean, a car to clean, a lawn to mow, a fridge to stock, an interview to conduct, and laundry to fold, in addition to some editing projects that needed finishing. I also talked to some friends on the phone and computer, watched a couple episodes of Farscape on borrowed DVDs, finished a good book (Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities), and attended my usual T’ai Chi classes. Whew! Almost makes work seem like R&R.

Today around the world: May 17 is Discovery Day in the Cayman Islands, when everyone tunes in to the same educational TV channel.

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