Tsuro

We were pleased - and somewhat relieved - to find Tsuro mowing the lawn when we arrived back from Lochaber, particularly as the man who maintains it with his very noisy strimmer had visited while we were on holiday, an event which we had rather feared might drive Tsuro away.

Imagine then our distress when, on Tuesday afternoon, we found....

....a small body laid out on our garden terrace.

We're not 100% certain that it was Tsuro, nor could we work out how the rabbit died, as there was no sign of wounds or of disease. We have had myxomatosis in the area before but rabbits which die from that horrible disease tend to have weepy eyes, and this little corpse look remarkably healthy.

We gave him a decent burial in a place where his nutrients will, in due course, benefit the garden which he so much enjoyed; and, while we're hoping that this wasn't Tsuro and that he'll suddenly reappear, we're also on the lookout for a small rabbit to take his place.