Saturday June 13, 2015

I had the delight and pleasure of spending this weekend with my family.  Kelly and Matt, with Peyton, Logan, and Chase, came up last night and we spent the evening at their friends’ new house in Ligonier.  It was my intense fun to entertain 3 month old Conner all evening.  We bonded.  I’m now officially his newest ‘grammie’!  Thanks, Trent and Michele for sharing! The girls – Chris and Autmn – joined us for the day on Saturday, and Nate rounded it out by being here for the hot dog roast over the fire pit for dinner.

Today after our morning walk and a few errands we spent the day outside.  Peyton led the group in his traditional safari to catch that pesky wabbit.  We had rabbit traps, string, ‘rabbit stew’, bags, boxes, wood, flowers, buckets, and every other type of tool necessary to trap and capture that rabbit.  Rosemary (as she was dubbed earlier in the spring), successfully avoided capture and is right now dwelling quite happily under the deck.  She comes out to nibble on the clover by the fence.

Every year there is a bunny living under the deck, and this year is no exception.  Other little bunnies have been named Herb and Herbette, and even the bigger guy living under the Pussy Willow tree is named Basil.  Reason being, they basically live on the herbs from my herb garden, just beside the deck.  Rosemary is no exception. 

The kids are of course disappointed that Rosemary alluded capture, but I am secretly quite happy.  We can continue in the peaceful existence of co-habitation.  However, right now there is about 6 miles of string and fishing line woven through my gardens, tied to fences, and strung through the shrubbery.  Oh well, something to do tomorrow!!!