Silhouetted Rabbit at Tidal Inlet Twilight

Cool blue twilight washes the tidal inlet near Mascara, turning the water into a dark, reflective sheet. A small warren entrance burrows into the muddy bank, its opening a shadowed void. A rabbit sits perfectly still before the hole, its form reduced to a sharp black silhouette against the fading sky. Fine white flakes drift down from the overcast dome, against the deep indigo tones of the water and the dark earth. The snow settles softly on the rabbit's rounded ears and the wet grass lining the inlet. The animal remains motionless, a dark shape anchored against the dissolving light of the midsummer evening. The edge of the burrow catches a faint reflection of the falling snow.