We've arrived in British Columbia after five days on the road - lovely trip....lots of whining, mostly me, and the kids told me to stop but I couldn't help it. The trip up the Olympic Peninsula was especially beautiful - definitely thought about retiring there. Might want to get a job before planning the end of my working life.
Spending loads of quality time with our close friends who left the real estate evils of the Bay Area for a lovely career and home in Victoria, BC. And seeing lots of bunnies. Let me 'splain. I have it on good authority that once a year, people bring their hop-a-long Easter rejects to the University of Victoria. Hopefully these sweet furries are neutered. I'm certain that the lesson from Australia cannot be forgotten so soon.
When you arrive at the University, it looks like a lovely green place - lots of lawn, people with books, the normal nods to self-important educational edifices. Then you'll spot some irregularities in the grass, some black and brown spots - perhaps an inferior groundskeeper or dogs off leash doing their business? But definitely something wrong with the grass. And then the spots start to move, hop, run. Bunnies, bunnies, everywhere. Nothing is more fundamentally incongruous to the serious, staid world of learning and academia than a fluffy, bouncy, irresistible bunny. Every school should have them. Harvard Law with bunnies? I'm sure people would be happier. Harper proclaimed that her college experience would be meaningless without lawn rabbits. I agree.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
British Columbia and Bunnies
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Oh, what a funny sight! Sabrina would love to have a bunny, but all I can think of is a certain bunny who chewed through electrical cords and ate wallpapers straight off the walls. I told her that if she was prepared to clean up rabbit poop, she was welcome to have her own bunny! She quickly decided against it.
I agree with Harper--college just doesn't seem complete without lawn rabbits. Damn it! Every university should equip themselves with lots of furry bunnies to de-stress students (and faculty/staff).
Matthew and I are thinking of doing a trip to Victoria this June (part of a conference I may go to on environmental studies). We'll be on the lookout for the bunnies!
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