Bunny irony

My dear friend Anne gave me these little stone rabbits when we first told her we were moving back to the UK.  She thought they looked very "English Country Garden"-ish.

They do don't you think?

Here's the irony: we get loads of little grey rabbits in our garden - about the same size too- but they have all fallen victim to our cats, who mostly leave a little fur and the entrails as a present for us.

We were devastated at first, and of course tried to rescue the poor little things, but they died anyway.
Then before long, the cats had dispatched 50 rabbits, at which point we realized there might have been rather a lot of them out there....

Our neighbours have been thrilled, since the bunnies would eat all their home produce, and for the past two seasons they have not had a problem.
Well, I guess it saves on cat food.....

By the way, Anne, there is the peony you sent me in the back ground....it is looking very healthy!