The Rabbit cont.

I first introduced you to our visitor a few weeks ago here.

Well, the plot has since thickened.  We figured out that the rabbit is actually our neighbors’ bunny and goes by the name Snowball (very fitting we think.)  We were told by our neighbor (the father) that we could keep her if we wanted to (hmmm… been researching bunny habitats.)  Snowball is also a sweet junkie.  Since she has eaten all of the peaches that are expired in our yard she has returned to her own yard to eat the expired apples.

Since we found out her name was Snowball we also found out that she can do backflips (just been told, never witnessed it), is litter box trained and that her name isn’t Snowball.  It is actually Crystal or Hippity Hop.  We have also not confirmed that she can be relocated.  I never trust the info given by fathers!

Smurfs could be living here

The “National Geographic” that is our new home continues.  After a 2 mile nature walk in the woods we found what appears to be a Smurf-a-minium in our backyard.  It is the biggest mushroom I have ever seen.  I can only imagine what could be living in it (smurfs, fairies, trolls…)

My mom suggested we transplant it so we can keep an eye on it and build our fairy garden around it.  My son asked “so can I kick it?”  For now it remains where it was, unharmed.

As for the blue construction hat - also a find on the nature walk.

There’s a Snake in Your Boots

Well maybe not in your boots… more like on our porch.  And maybe not a snake, but more like a snake skin.  But Still!

And that bad boy measured in at a whopping 75 inches long!  If it were a child it could ride on all of the roller coasters around!

Better seeing the skin than the snake and better seeing it outside than inside.  And I’m hoping the rabbit we saw a couple of days ago is soooo big that there isn’t a snake that could eat it.

Hasenpfeffer

Here at our new house we are experiencing all sorts of nature.  Here is what showed up next to our porch a couple of days ago.

D was so excited.  He called me to come downstairs “quickly but quietly”.  This bunny was HUGE.  I’m thinking it was the Easter Bunny checking his route.

I can see why D said quietly.  Look at those ears!

The New Digs ~ Our Home

I had mentioned before that we moved both our workshop and our home.  I figure I should give a few details because our new surroundings have become rather entertaining.

We moved from Woodstock, GA (which has become quite Suburban) to Monroe, GA (which is quite rural – they do have a Walmart, McDonalds & Chick-Fil-A though).  For those with a map handy, Monroe is right outside Athens (home of UGA – Go Dawgs [I guess that’s what they say]).

Our previous house was in a subdivision and had approximately .75 acres (1/4 of it was down a steep slope – a great sledding hill if it ever snowed enough).  Our new house is on 8.5+ acres which are pretty much fully wooded with a river bordering the back of the property.

This “city” girl (Suburb of Chicago to Suburb of Atlanta to Rural outskirts of Atlanta) has already come across a whole lot of country in the short month we’ve been living here.