Thankfully, I happened to be watching her this morning when she was playing a tune. She stepped on the bass notes, not her usual melody...
She had spotted a hanging branch of the parlour palm plant, which lives 'safely' - and usually out of reach - on the bureau beside the piano...
I caught hold of the pot just as she tugged the branch, toppling the plant. She darted out of the way, but the bureau, piano and carpet were showered with compost, and all the pebbles and pine cones the children have collected and placed in the pot over the years.
What a mess, and she showed no remorse. Instead came a battle between me and two bunnies, both desperate to sample the spilt contents of the pot.
Is nothing safe?! Thank goodness for Hetty's extra long tube.
Oh, naughty, naughty girl! I have to say she is not the first, though we haven't a piano here so naughtiness tends to be quieter. Here's Nutmeg in his younger days helping himself to overhanging leaves.... http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/roslynlamb/Cinnamon%20and%20Nutmeg/Nutmegpruning.jpg If you look around the edge of the pot you can see the barrier I had erected to keep bunnies out of digging holes in the compost - using willow sticks they didn't want to eat to make a barrier. This was after Rosie (butter wouldn't melt, it wasn't me Guv'nor, honest, it was somebunny else) dug said holes and practically felled the 'tree' by biting through its trunk. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/roslynlamb/The%20dBuns/Rosie-2.jpg
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