Out on the Flat Road, in between painting cupcakes at the Possum Hollow Studio, Margie Guyot is raising bunnies. She sees the cupcakes as subject matter for her art, and does not eat them. She sees the bunnies as dinner—though not yet, so don’t worry. No bunnies were harmed in the making of this slideshow.
Margie writes: Finally was able to get photos of the baby bunnies that were born on March 1st. I’d never had rabbits before, but one of my friends knows all about them and advised me not to go near them at first. Mother rabbits sometimes kill them if alarmed. Wednesday was the first day the nest fur was parted enough to see a little face. Yesterday they all had their eyes open. The little dark one was chasing Mom around, trying to nurse. Notice his little tongue? These are English Spots.
You think I’m kidding about the cupcakes? I’m not. Maybe it’s the weather. Margie has been painting cupcakes all winter. I have gained three pounds just from visiting her blog. But she’s about ready to move on to something else. A party scene.
Torch Lake Views 
Sybil
March 18, 2011
Eating rabbit makes more sense than eating cattle. Not that I eat either.
I DO however, eat cupcakes !
Gerry
March 18, 2011
I am omnivorous. A fair amount of the local food around here is meat. We are a carnivorous tribe in the County. However, we also grow excellent fruits and vegetables, so you would not starve should you travel this way. No indeed. And there are always the cupcakes!
Fee
March 18, 2011
Mmmmmm cupcakes ……
The children looked at the bunnies and went “aaaaaaaaw,” then their Dad looked and went, “not big enough for the pot yet”. This is what happens when you move to the big city and allow rabbits to become pets, not either vermin or dinner!
Gerry
March 18, 2011
I would have to be awfully hungry to bring myself to whack a bunny. We have quite a few wild ones on our wooded property, and Miss Sadie and the Cowboy think it’s great sport to chase them. Neither of them has ever caught one, but Miss Puss has. She does not play around. I rescued it and Puss was mad at me for days.
P.j. grath
March 18, 2011
Great springtime images, Gerry. We have a rabbit under a brush pile in our yard, and while Sarah doesn’t see it high-tailing away as often as I do, she certainly smells it. She would just love to get into that brush pile! I wonder if there are baby bunnies in there.
Gerry
March 18, 2011
The Cowboy is deeply interested in the woodpile by the driveway. I’m sure he knows what’s living in that corner, but I don’t. Any critter tracks have been obliterated by pawprints. Miss Sadie doesn’t seem to care what’s in the woodpile. She’s focused on the area under the deck. Sooner or later we’ll all know what’s what.
Robin
March 19, 2011
My husband’s favorite country fair food is barbecued bunny. I don’t think I could bring myself to kill a bunny. They’re too cute. So he gets his rabbit once a year at the fair.
I could never make cupcakes just for art. I’d end up eating them before the art part was even started.
Gerry
March 19, 2011
Huh. My favorite country fair food is elephant ears. I can only have that once a year too.
Margie, that rascal, does not bake her cupcakes. She acquires them at a fancy-schmancy cupcake shop, trading little cupcake paintings for cupcake subjects. Then she paints them a bunch of different ways and doesn’t even eat them. Inscrutable, Margie.
Barbara Rodgers
March 20, 2011
Very sweet bunnies! Wish I could pick one up and cuddle it without upsetting their mother!
Gerry
March 20, 2011
Dunno . . . Margie’s been telling me stories about bunnies that would make Miss Sadie’s hair curl. I suspect they may not be all that sweet.
Belinda
March 21, 2011
Baby Bunnies. Oh so cute! Once upon a time we raised them for food. I never did acquire the taste but they were so much fun to watch.
flandrumhill
March 27, 2011
Lots of hares have made their home in my yard over the years. We and our neighbors also kept some as pets years ago. I knew of three (one wild, two tame) that my dog was quick enough to kill. Apparently, there is something about the way a rabbit moves that unleashes the wild beast in large dogs.
Before we had a bunny of our own, we once ‘babysat’ a class rabbit over a long weekend. The teacher told me it was very tame and could have the run of the house because it was trained. Within minutes of entering my house it gobbled up the tulips and hyacinths I had sitting on the floor. It then chased the cat up the stairs. It was never invited back.
Rabbits will growl, box and bite you if they feel cornered or ornery. I’ve been on the receiving end of behaviour that would surely have Beatrix Potter turning in her grave. But then again, she did write “The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit’ so she was probably wise to them.
Gerry
March 27, 2011
I see that I have omitted to answer comments over here. Belinda, I am not surprised. A person who enjoys watching bunnies is bound to have a hard time acquiring a taste for them. I have that problem myself. It’s a good thing I’ve never spent all that much time watching cattle.
Amy, your rabbit tales have pinned my ears back in wonder and amazement. Rabbits have no manners either, then. Hmm. Perhaps it’s a failing of rodents generally.
flandrumhill
March 28, 2011
They’re a badly behaved lot Gerry. But they do make up in cuteness for what they lack in good manners.
Gerry
March 28, 2011
But boxing???
flandrumhill
March 28, 2011
Yes, the male bunnies box just like male kangaroos do.
La Mirada Bob
March 28, 2011
Gerry, I believe it is time for your “Bunny Lou” story. If you wish I will find, scan and send the picture.
Gerry
March 28, 2011
My head is spinning at the thought of bunny kangaroos, and now I learn that THERE ARE PICTURES OF BUNNY LOU?!?! Of course I wish. Would that there were pictures of the weasel.