It's a Rabbit's Life

This rabbit was hopping around in front of The Ferry Stores this morning, obviously very anxious to go in to the shop. However, even though some of the staff came out, and at least one noticed him, none thought to hold the door open so he could go in.

He had probably heard that there are some really first class carrots for sale in the shop at the moment, produced by the Community Garden (website here), which is currently supplying the Stores with a lot of good-looking vegetables.

There are plenty of rabbits living alongside humans in the townships here - it was only last Monday that we published a picture of one sitting in the road during the morning rush hour (here). The rather fat one in the picture above lives near a very well-kept caravan along the Ormsaigbeg road, the main reason being that he helps the owner to maintain a quite beautiful lawn.

We rarely see evidence of rabbits beyond the boundaries of the townships, even when we've been up in the hills looking for tracks in the snow. This is probably because the grass isn't maintained at a suitable length for them - and, of course, there are no shops up there.