Brush rabbit on the trail.
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Brush rabbit on the trail.
Mar 13, 2021
Brush rabbit on the trail.

Brush rabbit on the trail. I’ll call him Peter.


Montara State Beach, Montara CA


With Easter just around the corner, here’s an image to honor the day. I captured this guy right smack dab in the middle of the trail at Montara State Beach. I think I’ll call him Peter. The brush rabbit is common on the California coast. Their features include somewhat small ears, a compact/small body. On the cute scale, probably a 9.


Easter of course celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, after his life and cruel death here on earth. But I’ve always wondered how the Easter Bunny fits in this holiday? The symbology doesn’t seem congruous. One explanation is that the rabbit is a symbol of Easter because of their renown quality of great fertility. Fertility being a symbol of new growth. But then why in parts of Germany, the fox brings the easter eggs? I don’t have any images of foxes (yet), so we’ll leave this discussion of another day. Suffice, Happy Easter.

 

Michael Reining

have been a photographer since childhood. My passion ignited on a 50 mile hike in the Sierra as a boy scout. My compact instamatic camera got a workout. Shortly after, I graduated to an SLR camera. I wore my first SLR, a Praktica, around my neck for almost all my senior year in high school. I live in the most wonderful place on the planet, the San Francisco bay area. The City is amongst the most picturesque in the world, and with good reason. There are so many iconic features, most notably the Golden Gate Bridge. Beyond the City, we have the amazing California coast both north and south of the bridge. Parks and preserves are always close at hand. I love the fact that I can be downtown and within 5 or 10 minutes, I can be deep in a park with no cars or traffic and few people.

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