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![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 ![]() ![]() |
We are doing some home remodeling and drainage work... always a joy. The long boards of our back deck are being taken out this weekend. Besides Purvis, I wonder who is living under there these days. Guess we'll find out! |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31126 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 ![]() ![]() |
I'm sure there are some eight legged critters under there. |
Admiral Gloval ![]() Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21568 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Let’s hope all the residents leave peacefully. ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 ![]() |
When we lived in Concord, CA in the mid eighties, our tall, gray, male cat "Roscoe" waited patiently in our little succulent garden and nabbed a gopher that was at least as big as he was. Roscoe had very long canine teeth; and cats have the instinct to bite behind the neck. When we first moved there he disappeared right away and I thought he was lost for good. One night --a few days later I woke up at three AM and just had the feeling that I should go outside and look for Roscoe. I climbed up on the hills that abound in the East Bay area and called out his name. Sure enough there he was; he answered back and came up to me. He subsequently never got lost again and we took him to New Jersey with us when we got sick of what San Francisco was becoming. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 ![]() ![]() |
I helped with hauling boards out during the demolition. Purvis must have slipped out when I wasn't looking. We found three of my gardening shoes under there. Raccoon kits like to play with such things. We also found some dusty old garbage that raccoons must have dragged under there when they raided trash bins. The spiders pretty much got out of our way. The most interesting thing we found was a skull of some small animal. Eric thought it was maybe a cat or a skunk. |
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I helped with hauling boards out during the demolition. Purvis must have slipped out when I wasn't looking. We found three of my gardening shoes under there. Raccoon kits like to play with such things. We also found some dusty old garbage that raccoons must have dragged under there when they raided trash bins. The spiders pretty much got out of our way. The most interesting thing we found was a skull of some small animal. Eric thought it was maybe a cat or a skunk. I found a small animal skull when I replaced my deck. (Probably a cat.) Just the top part. And I still wonder where the rest of the skeleton went. ~Sue~ ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 ![]() ![]() |
Our contractor found evidence of a rat colony where our deck used to meet the house. I guess all those years of my feeding birds resulted in my simultaneously feeding rats. Good thing there are lots of small hawks in the area to keep those friends of Mickey in check! |
Admiral Gloval ![]() Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21568 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 ![]() |
And a few Owls 🦉. ![]() ![]() |
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