These are from May 6th. One of our resident snowshoe hares showed up still sporting a bit of its white winter coat. Looked like it was wearing white stockings. It doesn't seem to have much fear of us, we can get within 10 feet of it before it hops off, and then only for a short distance. Of course, it doesn't take much distance to attract my German shepherd's attention. Last night I had the Beastie out for his walk, and BunBun decided to hop around the corner of a building right under his nose. Beastie exploded into the chase. Having one hundred pounds of dog hit the end of a leash at a full run tends to pop even the biggest and heaviest of us off our feet. Fortunately I've learned to brace for impact, knees and elbows flexed, bringing Beastie to a full stop. I'm glad there's not many around to watch this performance, it must be highly amusing to bystanders.
(Reminder to self: sprinkle a bit of pepper around the hostas before bunny finds them and enjoys a salad.)
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