Today is my rest day. \u00a0That means I did a whole bunch of stuff that I can’t do on the days I run. \u00a0 The primary thing I did today was cut the grass.<\/p>\n
You all know I love to mow. \u00a0It is probably my favorite non-running related chore to do. \u00a0It was a perfect afternoon. Sunny. \u00a088 F. \u00a0Light breeze from the south. \u00a0Terrific day to be outdoors!<\/p>\n
As usual, I started on the west side of our property. \u00a0I was a little annoyed because our neighbors to the west had just mowed and had left me with a crooked line to straighten out. \u00a0Oh well. \u00a0Got that fixed and was enjoying the day.<\/p>\n
I was getting close to the wild plum tree thicket when all of a sudden, I saw something dart out from them. \u00a0It was a baby bunny! \u00a0Just a tiny little thing! \u00a0So cute!!!<\/p>\n
But that bunny was so scared! \u00a0It did not know which way to run, it just knew it had to run! \u00a0I felt really bad. \u00a0It changed direction and bolted straight for the mower. \u00a0This was bad.<\/p>\n
I stopped mowing. \u00a0The bunny stopped. \u00a0I started mowing again and that silly rabbit ran towards me again! \u00a0Dumb rabbit. \u00a0I needed to get it away from the mower. \u00a0It was tiny enough that I could easily mow right over it.<\/p>\n
So~I stopped the blade of the mower and started driving toward the bunny. \u00a0I was not trying the run over it or anything, I wanted it to run away from me! \u00a0And it did. \u00a0The rabbit was getting smarter by the second.<\/p>\n
Gradually, I led the rabbit across the road~where I knew it would be far enough away so I could not accidentally run over it.<\/p>\n
I steered back to where I had shut off the blade and resumed mowing.<\/p>\n
Finally I reached the front yard. \u00a0I was making passes right up close to the house. \u00a0Zoom! \u00a0I stopped again. \u00a0This time it was a lizard…without a tail. \u00a0Now, I KNOW that I did not run over that lizard!<\/p>\n
You see, Kali and Castro, our cats, love to catch these lizards. \u00a0These lizards are the kind that let their tail fall off when caught and then just re-grow their tail again. \u00a0All summer we have these tailless lizards running around our yard. \u00a0You can always tell how long it has been since they have been caught by the length of their tail.<\/p>\n
The only other thing I saw of interest today was the toads that like to frequent the yard. \u00a0They hop all over the place, running from the mower just like the bunny. I usually just stop the mower, catch them and move them to an area that has already been mowed.<\/p>\n
So, today, I saved a bunny a few toads and laughed at a lizard. \u00a0It was fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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