{"id":1492,"date":"2006-04-15T23:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-15T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:44:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:44:50","slug":"the-bunny-next-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"The bunny next door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/IMG_0014-300x199.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">My neighbors are nice people; they mean well. Their kids *love* this bunny. But this is his life, day in and day out. He&#8217;s out there in the freezing cold of winter and the steamy heat of summer. He has shelter and shade, and food, but none of the comforts of a house rabbit. He is missing out on a lot, as are his owners.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Some info about the realities of life as an outdoor rabbit is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbit.org\/faq\/sections\/outdoors.html\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Someone from PetBunny sent along this little poem:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">All I Need to Know about Life I Learned From the Easter Bunny!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Don&#8217;t put all your eggs in one basket.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Walk softly and carry a big carrot.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Untitled1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Untitled1-231x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">There&#8217;s no such thing as too much candy.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">All work and no play can make you a basket case.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A cute little tail attracts a lot of attention.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Some body parts should be floppy.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Keep your paws off other people&#8217;s jellybeans.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Good things come in small sugar-coated packages.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The grass is greener in someone else&#8217;s basket.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">An Easter bonnet can cover the wildest hare.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">To show your true colors you have to come out of the shell.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The best things in life are still sweet and gooey.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My neighbors are nice people; they mean well. Their kids *love* this bunny. But this is his life, day in and day out. He&#8217;s out there in the freezing cold of winter and the steamy heat of summer. He has shelter and shade, and food, but none of the comforts of a house rabbit. He &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1492\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The bunny next door<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}