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Super bunny

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Today, with the weather in the mid-20s (Celsius) and the sun shining, my wife and I did some cleaning. I swept out the basement outside stairwell.

Since they descend next to the outlet for our electric dryer vent, those stairs accumulate a lot of blown lint, as well as leaves, nuts and debris dropped by squirrels and crows, spiders, wood bugs, dirt, and miscellaneous yard junk. The concrete steps didn't look too bad when I started, but by the time I was done, my dustpan held a dust bunny that was truly frightening. Why?

Because I realized that this dust bunny was about the same weight as, and considerably bigger than, an actual bunny.

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