Hey..watch me pull a rabbit out of that hole!

When you move you experience new things, which may take some getting use to.  One thing I find myself missing is the 'wildlife' I had in TN, even with living in a subdivision I had a herd of deer, who stopped by almost nightly during the spring and summer months to get dinner and a drink from my potted plants and fountain.  It was like I was running a deer drive-thru.  In addition, I miss the neighborhood gaggle of turkeys, who would wander through our neighbors backyard and down the side streets.

I must confess since moving to Alabama, in the sum total of (1) year, I have spotted (1) deer and it was no where near our neighborhood.  I have seen a few coyotes, which unfortunately are running around our neighborhood.  We have a resident Owl, who lives and hoots in the tree adjacent to my mother's room.  He really gets to kicking on stormy nights...kinda eerie if I do say so myself.  Outside of that not much roaming wild and free around here...oh wait I typed too fast.  I almost forgot the one things we have an over abundance of .....drum roll please.........  RABBITS! Yep, we have rabbits EVERYWHERE! 

Not shortly after moving in we had a fence installed to keep the dogs 'in the yard', what we didn't realize is that Lulu our smallest was an escape artist, so dust hadn't settled off the tires of the work crew, when Lulu figured out she could 'escape' from the fence by pushing through the bars.  So, my husband did what any good husband would do, he installed black vinyl meshing all around the bottom of the newly installed fence, which stretched 2 ft. high.  Three weeks of weekend labor, as this took place in the heat of the summer.

One weekend, I was taking my familiar stroll around the back yard and house, when I noticed a pile of leaves wadded up in one area of the fence.  I pulled back the leaves and what did I find but a hole, which had been gnawed out of the vinyl mesh.  Hmmm, wonder what caused that I thought, then I noted it was just the right size for a rabbit to fit in and out of.  So, I took a second stroll and uncovered (5) additional holes "are you kidding me?" 

I called the husband out so he could assess the situation.  Yep, it was confirmed, a rabbit or multiple had infiltrated our back yard. Just thinking of all the work in the heat to secure that fence from Lulu's prying eyes made him mutter aloud..."son of a bi.....h!"  The second statement from him was "we don't need to fix it" until Lulu came strolling by and shoved her nose into the newly discovered hole.  "Dang Dog...Dang Rabbits". 

So off to the garage he trodded to retrieve more vinyl to secure to the fence.  He decided to 'lay it over the existing as sort of a reinforcement."  It took just a few minutes and the fence was secure once again!

The other night I was letting the dogs out, when I saw Lexi and Lulu sprint across the yard in hot pursuit of something four legged.  Just as it made it's way to the fence line, I made out the small image of a rabbit. Geez they have returned, maybe it is a fluke a 'lone rabbit' so to speak.

The next morning before leaving for work I decided to take a gander around the fence line and guess what I found?  Yep, you are right another (5) holes gnawed out of the vinyl meshing just one set of bars over from the original hole. I wasn't sure how to tell the husband as I think we are fighting a losing battle.  Maybe, I will invite him to the back yard for a little impromptu magic show.  You guessed it, I think I will lead off with...."Do you want to see my pull a rabbit out of this hole?"