April Showers...2 Days Early

And the home owner's motto? Never give up, never give in...to

naughty leprechaun shenanigans that is!

A few new stones, 3 new faces and something to keep those April showers

at bay...

The story of this spunky homeowner will be in Thursday's edition of the Dayton Daily News accompanied by pictures taken by one Susie Q from Rabbit Run Cottage!

The rain fell for three days. Perfect weather, if you're a robin lookinng for worms. The ducks and geese were everywhere, in pairs,

happily splashing in puddles and protecting their nests from evil

intruders. Evil beings like me...

HONK! Stay away from my nest you human you! HONK!

This goose was doing one of the best weather vane impressions

I have ever seen! Here he is doing an inimitable WNW!

Leprechaun Shenanigans

Leprechaun shenanigans were afoot near my town Tuesday night! A house not too very far from Rabbit Run Cottage has long treated the community to a little holiday *rock* festivity! Each season and holiday a group of stones receive their finery and bring a smile to the face of each passerby.

But in the wee hours of St. Patrick's Day eve, a naughty leprechaun, or gaggle of leprechauns,

played an evil trick on the happy home's residents. They awoke Wednesday morn to discover their stones had been beheaded!

Yesterday the home owners crafted this sign and placed it where

the sweet stone faces once sat... No word yet on whether or not a ransom is being offered!