Monday, April 13, 2009

Fun, rabbit, fun!

I got to be the Easter Bunny this year, and if I do say so myself, I think I did a stellar job of making the eggs just hard enough to find.

My mother-in-law has an amazing property. She has a cozy house that her late husband built,


a beautiful formal garden,


a small patch of 2nd growth forest,

and my favourite, the sea lion rock.


I did briefly consider hucking an egg or two into the swamp to see exactly what a nine year old boy will do for chocolate, but you'll be glad to hear that I thought better of it.


We saw the usual deer come on through, which was great. My MIL hasn't seen a cougar in years, but the bear still visits from time to time. But the scariest wildlife was spotted at about 11 am on Easter Sunday:


The hunt over, the pack of wild nephews animals retires to its den to gorge on its prey.

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8 comments:

  1. PhizzleDizzleApril 13, 2009 at 1:46 p.m.

    nice pictures and cute narrative!!

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  2. AlyssaApril 13, 2009 at 2:58 p.m.

    LOL Nice egg hiding!

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  3. Amanda@Lady ScientistApril 13, 2009 at 7:11 p.m.

    Excellent egg hiding. Oh, and to alleviate your wondering a 9 year old boy will climb onto the roof of a house-- without a ladder-- to get at chocolate (as my brother has proven). So, I think a little swamp wouldn't stand in their way!

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  4. Professor in TrainingApril 13, 2009 at 7:19 p.m.

    You should have tossed one into the swamp - I would have :)

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  5. The bean-momApril 13, 2009 at 7:20 p.m.

    That does look beautiful, Cath. Nice job on the egg-hiding. I'm glad to hear you thought better of chucking an egg into the swamp!

    Me, I just threw plastic eggs onto our back lawn, then let my girls loose. The four-year old *still* had trouble finding eggs in plain sight! But her toddler sister was scooping them right up!

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  6. Cath@VWXYNot?April 14, 2009 at 7:54 a.m.

    Thanks Phizzle and Mrs CH! No-one else wanted to go out in the rain to hide eggs, but I actually enjoyed it. It's good to get the little buggers to work for their chocolate!

    Amanda, why was there chocolate on your roof?!

    PiT, it wouldn't have bothered them, but I don't think their Granny would have been too happy about the swamp mud getting all over her beautiful house!

    BeanMom, sounds like fun! The boys missed a LOT of my eggs the first couple of times around the garden, but as the initial frenzy wore off they started looking properly!

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  7. uphilldowndaleApril 16, 2009 at 12:09 a.m.

    I'm somewhat envious of those lumps of rock and that table and what a wonderful looking wood, there must be all sorts of interesting things living amongst that greenery

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  8. Cath@VWXYNot?April 16, 2009 at 6:38 a.m.

    Yes, it's a photographer's paradise! It's a shame I have no idea what I'm doing and just point and snap.

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