Orca the Killer Bunny and a Good-Looking Loaf

We have a pet bunny rabbit. When we lived in Petaluma, she lived in a dog run. She would run back and forth across the length of the dog run, hopping as she went and it reminded me of a killer whale, because she's got similar markings. So I named her Orca The Killer Bunny. But we generally call her Bun Bun or Funny Bunny. How do we know it's a she? Well, Rachel was in 4-H and learned how to sex rabbits. When we moved here, we put her hutch in the unfinished sunroom. This rabbit has spent its whole life living either in a cage or on cement. Last summer, we built her a bunny run in the backyard. Within five minutes of hitting dirt, she started digging a burrow.

Over time, the borough turned into a tunnel that led under the fence into our neighbor Diane's yard. We caught her a couple of times and plugged the hole, but she kept digging new holes. Apparently the grass is not only greener on the other side of the fence, but it tastes better to. I talked to Diane and she said she didn't mind if the bunny ran around her yard, so we decided to let her roam. She kept coming back to her run, because that's where the food and water is, and she seemed happy. But I didn't see her at all for a few days and started getting worried. A few nights ago I heard some scratchings and rustling sounds coming from the sunroom. I went to investigate, and there was Bun Bun hopping around. She dug another hole under the fence from the neighbors yard back into our yard and went right back to where her hutch used to be in the sunroom (we leave the door to the yard opened for the dogs). I guess she feels at home there, and it's a lot warmer than it is outside.

Also, I baked some bread last week. There was a pot luck at Rachel's work, and she said she would bring bread and salad, and she came home and asked me to make the bread. I've made banana bread, and pumpkin chocolate chip bread, but this was my first herb loaf. I had to roll the dough out into 30 inch ropes, braid them, tie a knot and make it look all pretty. It came out pretty good for a first try, and we quickly finished off the little bit she brought home.

By the way, before you report me to PETA or the SPCA, the bunny and the dogs get along fine. She runs right up to them and they play together nicely. Sometimes she teases the dogs to make them chase her for exercise. She always gets away and keeps coming back for more.