o/` And When You Go...Chasing Rabbits... o/`
Well that was interesting.
Walking through Homeland tonight (essentially a big sprawling residential community with enormous yards, tons of old trees and flowering plants, old-fashioned street lanterns, no trash, little traffic and some streets with duck ponds) was my first time actually touring the place after dark. I knew there were rabbits in the community, but I never figured I'd see them so...well...frequently, after dark. Here a little hoppity brown puff darting for a hedge, there a flash of tufted white tail bound-skipping away.
One in particular seemed to be leading me on for several blocks. He (or she) kept about ten to fifteen meters ahead, sticking to the roadways and grassy lawns and sidewalks but always keeping me in view. Said bunny would dart off the road when a car came, only to find its way back on and continue onward, as well as stopping when getting too far ahead of my slow strolling, turning and watching me as if waiting for me to catch up.
After a couple turns of the corner it stopped in a cornerside lawn, and I saw why: We had arrived at a point with two or three other rabbits just lounging, one in the street and two off the side. My guide stood on its rear legs as if scouting around. The others watched as I stopped about four meters or so away. So I figured the germane thing to do would be to park it for a while at a respectable distance and just listen a bit more to the music I had playing. A bundle of rabbits and one wayward human soaking up the night air.
It's in our nature to see patterns in stuff like this. It reminded me of the human-adapted chipmunks and squirrels on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus that became so due to students feeding them, though. Maybe it was just silly coincidence, but I think it sounds neater to imagine just being the brief walking companion of a friendly rabbit. :3
We parted ways due to the inevitable car scurrying the gaggle off, and my guide went as far down a side street as (s)he'd dare before stopping and watching me venture past and continue on. Understandable, as there was a rather big dog a couple yards away that didn't look like he was leashed.
It was something that helped turn an uneventful night's walk (at the end of a depressing day) into something neat! I love Spring nights even more than the days. I should do that more often.
Walking through Homeland tonight (essentially a big sprawling residential community with enormous yards, tons of old trees and flowering plants, old-fashioned street lanterns, no trash, little traffic and some streets with duck ponds) was my first time actually touring the place after dark. I knew there were rabbits in the community, but I never figured I'd see them so...well...frequently, after dark. Here a little hoppity brown puff darting for a hedge, there a flash of tufted white tail bound-skipping away.
One in particular seemed to be leading me on for several blocks. He (or she) kept about ten to fifteen meters ahead, sticking to the roadways and grassy lawns and sidewalks but always keeping me in view. Said bunny would dart off the road when a car came, only to find its way back on and continue onward, as well as stopping when getting too far ahead of my slow strolling, turning and watching me as if waiting for me to catch up.
After a couple turns of the corner it stopped in a cornerside lawn, and I saw why: We had arrived at a point with two or three other rabbits just lounging, one in the street and two off the side. My guide stood on its rear legs as if scouting around. The others watched as I stopped about four meters or so away. So I figured the germane thing to do would be to park it for a while at a respectable distance and just listen a bit more to the music I had playing. A bundle of rabbits and one wayward human soaking up the night air.
It's in our nature to see patterns in stuff like this. It reminded me of the human-adapted chipmunks and squirrels on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus that became so due to students feeding them, though. Maybe it was just silly coincidence, but I think it sounds neater to imagine just being the brief walking companion of a friendly rabbit. :3
We parted ways due to the inevitable car scurrying the gaggle off, and my guide went as far down a side street as (s)he'd dare before stopping and watching me venture past and continue on. Understandable, as there was a rather big dog a couple yards away that didn't look like he was leashed.
It was something that helped turn an uneventful night's walk (at the end of a depressing day) into something neat! I love Spring nights even more than the days. I should do that more often.