I have a new friend! Not too long ago, I drove up to Canada to visit friends there for a few days. I arrived and carried my bags into their guest bedroom … and found this little bunny rabbit lounging on my bed.
“Hi,” she said, “I’d like to be your friend. Would you like to be my friend?”
Such a happy bunny! How could I say no? So I said yes. 🙂
One of my Canadian friends is a fabulous quilter and knitter and seamstress, etc. Her work is art. She knit Bunny! As small as Bunny is, still, even her shirt and her coveralls are each separate items, so they can each be removed to be cleaned or repaired. Bunny is obviously a gardener and a good worker! There’s even a button (and a button hole) on the shirt collar that allows the shirt neckline to open up so the shirt can be taken off over her head. And yes, the two buttons that you can see on her coveralls in the photo above are real buttons and fasten into button holes … they aren’t just sewn on. And of course Ms. Bunny has a bushy white tail that’s cute as all get out.
My friend knit her and stuffed her and shaped her, and put a smile on her face. And then my friend gave her to me. I was so surprised and so impressed. Ms. Bunny warms my heart every time I see her.
At the end of my visit up north, I left my friends in Canada and headed home to the USA. Ms. Bunny came along with me in my big white truck as I traveled home. She and Little Towhee are getting to know each other and becoming fast friends. She fits right in.
Ever since Ms. Bunny arrived in her new home with me here in the USA, I’ve been finding Ms. Bunny (I have to find out what her first name is!) in all manner of different places around the house including, one time, on the kitchen counter (photo below) with one arm wrapped around a bottle of Canadian whisky! She told me she was a Canadian, born and raised there (well for a few weeks anyway, while she was being knit together by my Canadian friend). She told me that, as soon as she spotted my bottle of Canadian whisky, she especially felt right at home and very much welcomed here in the USA. I was a little concerned that she might figure out how to open that bottle, but given her size I figured it would not be a problem … and it wasn’t.
You can see that she can even stick her little paws in her pockets (and she likes to do that, especially when her paws are cold). She’s quite the jolly bunny and is always in a good mood.
And then time went on.
And chores got done.
And bills got paid.
And laundry got washed.
And the windows in my new home were replaced with wonderful new vinyl-clad thermal windows.
And all manner of other life events happened.
BUT …
just yesterday …
I walked into the kitchen to find this ….
Obviously, Ms. Bunny had figured out how to open that bottle!
Oh my my my my my …. I believe new rules will be put in place very soon.