Since the pandemic and working from home, my girlfriend and I have been spending a LOT of time on our back patio. So much so, that we started recognizing the specific wildlife that frequents our yard, from squirrels to birds and specifically Brenda, Buster and Bingo, the family of rabbits living under our deck. I've become so familiar with the latter, I promised my gf's sister that I would hold one of our rabbits by the end of the summer.
Due to my gf's deal with cancer treatments and my wrenching my shoulder a few weeks ago which resulted in what's most certainly a torn rotator cuff, we hired a lawn service to mow once weekly. Nice guy, Jose, comes every Friday, and is able to knock out our lawn in about 30 minutes with his industrial-strength equipment, and he's very systematic; never stops moving until he's done. Last Friday, while we were sitting admiring his superhuman ability to decrease the length of our backyard's grass in record time, we noticed he'd stopped and turned off his mower. We thought he was adjusting or repairing something, but then he went to our pool, knelt down, and scooped out one of our rabbits who'd jumped in out of fear of the mower. He handed it to us, and we both got to hold it. It closed its eyes as we petted its head while it caught its breath. I fell in love with this animal. Reluctantly (I seriously felt like a kid about to ask my gf if we could keep it,) we released it back under the deck, but I was good on my word; I held one!
As a thank you, we gave Jose a healthy tip in his envelope with a note: "Thank you for saving our bunny!" Jose is an exemplar for all humans everywhere. Be like Jose.
Due to my gf's deal with cancer treatments and my wrenching my shoulder a few weeks ago which resulted in what's most certainly a torn rotator cuff, we hired a lawn service to mow once weekly. Nice guy, Jose, comes every Friday, and is able to knock out our lawn in about 30 minutes with his industrial-strength equipment, and he's very systematic; never stops moving until he's done. Last Friday, while we were sitting admiring his superhuman ability to decrease the length of our backyard's grass in record time, we noticed he'd stopped and turned off his mower. We thought he was adjusting or repairing something, but then he went to our pool, knelt down, and scooped out one of our rabbits who'd jumped in out of fear of the mower. He handed it to us, and we both got to hold it. It closed its eyes as we petted its head while it caught its breath. I fell in love with this animal. Reluctantly (I seriously felt like a kid about to ask my gf if we could keep it,) we released it back under the deck, but I was good on my word; I held one!
As a thank you, we gave Jose a healthy tip in his envelope with a note: "Thank you for saving our bunny!" Jose is an exemplar for all humans everywhere. Be like Jose.
