A balancing act

Bunny Von Hurter is taking advantage of her big brother Fletch’s absence on a sunny Monday afternoon. Normally a timid little thing, today she follows me into the garden and after taking a long run up, she scuttles up the trunk of a young olive tree and peers down from the matchstick thin branches at the top. Her eyes widen as she makes her way forward, her little legs wobble on the spindly branches that splay underneath her weight. Unable to go forward or backward the only way is down. Landing on her bottom with a gentle bump, Bunny is still for just a moment before gathering her limbs, hoping onto the grass and making another run for it…