Rabbit Irony

So, if you have been reading this blog, you know that we got a pet rabbit named Hoppel about a year ago. He's the cutest bunny on earth, and is a great pet. His chewing on the couch only bothers us a little bit.

But then we moved to Aurora Colorado, which turns out to be rabbit capital of the friggin' world. Let us give you an example. We have started a tradition of taking weekly walks along the greenbelt paths that back our house. The first time we took one of these walks we didn't make very good time, because we had to stop every ten feet to look at some new little bunny that was doing something adorable in someone's yard. They are seriously all over the place. We tried to explain it to someone, but we got the feeling that they didn't believe us. So here is the proof. Each of these pictures is of a different rabbit. They all look alike, so you are going to have to trust us, but they are all unique and individual.

This little guy was hanging out in our backyard before we left on the walk. See how pathetic our back lawn is? Yeah, that has got to go. We are thinking xeroscaping with some stamped concrete walkways and a stone mosaic. We'll have to see what time and budget allow.

This one was three houses down from us in the greenbelt, where it is actually more green than brown. He was chasing another rabbit around and being adorable in general, but he stopped all that cuteness just in time for us to take this boring picture. Nice, cooperative rodents we have here.

If you look really hard, you will see the other kind of rodent we have around here: ground hogs. There is one poking up out of the mound in the middle of this picture. Usually they are standing up and chirping at each other, but they took one look at the camera we were holding, and instantly stopped any and all cute behavior. The rabbits and ground hogs are in cahoots to ruin our blog.

These two (one in the front, and the other running away) were also chasing each other and behaving like something from a Hallmark card. We show up and they head for the hills. Typical.
This one was behind our house when we got back from our walk. He didn't do anything cute at all. By the time we got back the word had spread about the cute boycott. At least he let us get relatively close to him to take this picture.

So there you have it. Proof that we have just about the most superfluous pet in the city. Its like buying a parrot and then moving to the Amazon. Or maybe like buying a rat then moving to New York. Of course we still love our bunny, but he now has his work cut out for him if he wants to keep his title of cutest rodent in Aurora.

Another thing we do on our walks is develop new and unusual talents. Here Dana is using a blade of grass to make an incredibly loud and ugly noise, a lot like the sound a duck would make if you stepped on it. It makes the neighbors wonder what is going on. Good times.  At least Dana didn't stop being cute when a picture was taken of her. Dana is pretty much always cute.