But let’s start with the “old friend”. Thomas the woodpecker is not so much a friend as a royal pain in our a*s.
Thomas, he's a real jerk
He stopped by our house last year and decided to mark his territory by boring holes in our siding and not just in one place…in multiple locations. And he’s such a great friend that he decided to come back this year! We were so excited to see him again!
And turns out the guy is a real genius. He actually pecks at the siding surrounding the chimney so you can hear him going to town on a Saturday morning when his beak hits the metal sheeting lining the chimney. Thank you Thomas for ruining our plans to sleep in on the weekends!
While we were hoping that he would be the only friend that we have to worry about getting rid of, turns out we were wrong.
This weekend we met a new friend, Marvin, when parking our car in the garage last night. Good thing that I’m not afraid of bats or the fact that there has only been one documented survivor of rabies without a vaccine (enter sarcasm here).
This is Marvin. I really hate bats so this is the only picture I could put up without nearly vomiting
Here’s to hoping that Marvin has found a safe place for the winter or found a way out of our garage, the latter of two being preferable.
Our last and newest edition to our deranged family is someone who I accidentally evicted this afternoon, Squeeker. While redneck rota-tilling my raised box garden with a shovel to loosen up the dirt for next Spring, I must have dug under Squeeker’s home in a corner and then pitched him and some dirt a few feet. I don’t think I’ve ever screamed so loud.
Squeeker, now looking for food stamps and a warm place to stay
Just imagine seeing a mouse fly a few feet in the air, land near your feet and then run for his life. It was freakin scary.
In all seriousness I can handle the mouse living in the garden but the bat and the woodpecker need to find a new home because they are no longer welcome here! This is not a homeless shelter for rodents!
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