high bunny drama

i left out a small detail about lily's bunny... there used to be two of them. but in the past few weeks, there's only been one. i assumed something happened to the first rabbit, but as it turns out they were boyfriend and girlfriend. i let the dog out this evening and she makes a b-line for the herb garden. she's head first in the rosemary bush and I knew immediately this wasn't going to turn out well. sure enough she pops out with something in her mouth. my mom and i corner her and pry her jaws open and out flops a tenny tiny baby bunny!!!!! i start running around the yard in a panic- what to do what to do.. so I get my witts about me. get a box and scoop the poor little wet thing up and put her in it. i knew of course she had to have siblings so back i go to the rosemary bush. sure enough, two more. let me tell you, these things are WICKED cute... look like little chipmunks- they have their hair (they're about 2 1/2 inches long) and their ears are starting to grow longer. what the heck do you do with baby bunnies whose mother is probably NOT going to come back now and who you can't put back in the nest as the dog will get them again. I throw them in the back of the car and zoom down the street to the animal shelter. it's friday night at 8:30- CLOSED. i call animal control as i'm leaving the shelter and they don't know if they'll come (the operator tells me) if the animal isn't injured. at this point i don't know if the bunny pried out of lily's jaws will make it. in desperation i stop at the pet store at one minute till close hoping they might have numbers or something! well these are some lucky bunnies, because Kristine tells me "i'm the small animal caretaker and i know how to take care of them" . relief! poor little defenseless things! and so cute!! i wished in retrospect i had taken a pic but in my panic to get them to safety i forgot. it even looks like the little runt that lily carried off will make it too (i hope).
so here's to Kristine - THANK YOU!
as for lily- i'm so disgusted.. i know she's a dog and that's what dogs do, but i was so horrified!

zucchini babies

my dad is an avid photographer. by avid, I mean he takes lots of pictures and by photographer, I mean he has a camera. altho to give him credit, he does have an interesting eye for what he thinks is art. he recently sent me a picture of a zucchini he grew. it reminded me of my youth and living in washington state. because of the mountains surrounding the valley (at one time active volcanoes) the land yields amazing produce. my grandmother would grow zucchinis the size of small babies. as a 4 year old child, my idea was to dress up said zucchinis any push them around in my baby carriage. i tried to do that with the cats, but they would never stay in the carriage. zucchinis stay exactly where you put them as long as you don't put them on a hill.

lily

my baby sister lily. she's a cavalier king charles spaniel and very energetic. her hobbies are playing with her toys (knows them by name), eating her chew sticks, eating dryer sheets, eating books, eating plants and oh yeah, chasing bunnies and birds. there is construction going on behind the house in the greenbelt and has apparently stirred up the rabbits. one of which has taken up permanent residence in my mom's back yard. this, fortunately, has provided HOURS of entertainment for lily. when she's not looking for something to get in to, she stands sentry at the back door hoping for a bunny glance. when she does see one, she goes nutty. i was telling my friend alyssa that she sounds like a chimp- you know that screeching noise they make when they're excited- that's what she does... one of these days i'll capture it on camera. i don't know what she'd do if she were to catch one though. silly lily, rabbits aren't for you!

whimsical ditties and amusing anecdotes

fine. i give up. all my friends are doing it, so i will too. i will join the land of the bloggers.
a friend of mine and i long ago were going to write a book of whimsical ditties and amusing anecdotes. that never came to fruition and was long before the time of the internets.. so enter blog stage left and now maybe i have a venue? will see how it goes... be kind, i'm fragile.

so it goes something like this- the really cute maintenance dude was walking out for the day at work:
he: good night
me: takealickanick!!

yep....

this is my track record, and one of the many reasons why i'm in my late 30's and never married. i believe my brain wanted to say "take care, have a good day", but it didn't quite work out. it's been 10 years and my friends still don't say goodbye to me without saying 'takealickanick'. when I first met these friends (at work) and we were all getting to know each other, i'd tell stories of my family. one story i was relating was of my brother. i told them what a pain in the neck it was to provide food for him because he's a vegetable. the horrified looks on their faces made me quickly realize that they didn't know me that good yet... my brother was a vegetarian. i explained myself and their immediate relieft was obvious... oops.. sorry about that guys.
i've never tried to take life seriouslly, but sometimes you're forced in to it.

i have a baby sister. she's one and a half and is really sweet. her name is lily. she's black and white and has super soft long ears. she likes to look out the window waiting for bunny sitings. she also likes to eat books. but i'll tell you more about her later- and a picture or two.