June 2005
Nearby are former Kansas
cornfields, now being developed into houses. The other day, our dog KC, sniffed
in the bushes in our front yard and bit something, which screeched in pain. I
jerked her leash to prevent her from eating it and she flipped it over onto the
porch. It was a baby hare – there was a nest in the day-lily bushes, next to
the curry plant. (In the photo, I put stones over it)
Its
eyes were still closed, as it was a baby. We thought it would die from the
injury and when I picked it up, its head was bleeding and was writhing in my
hands, so fell down again on its head onto the cement from a good height. My wife applied “new skin” spray on it to stop the bleeding. I laid my hand on it and
we both prayed for it and we put it back in the nest. The next day it was fine,
and a few days later, both eyes opened. My wife nicknamed it ‘BBR’ (below).
There
are about 7 of them in the nest. But we want them to grow up and go away. I
have planted eggplant (Brinjal), which is more expensive than meat over here
(at least 3 times the price of chicken) and I don’t want them to eat up my
plants.
July
4, 2005
The mother hare ate up my
eggplant and some of My wife's flowers, down to the ground. The hares either left
or were eaten up by a cat I saw nearby one day.
I shall stop now, with love,
