More fauna

MORE VERMIN IN OUR HOUSE !!!

• two Sundays ago, a squirrel;
• Friday night, another mouse;
• then a mouse at 3:00 the next morning (lying in bed, I heard Martin & Mary hunting it);
• then, at dawn, another mouse.

Without much difficulty, we shooed or carried all those vermin out of the house. So far, we haven’t committed any violence against them. It was suggested that we drown one of those mice, but I protested; then Martin was going to squash it, but before he could, it ran away.

UPDATE, TUESDAY: We’ve found more mice. They’ve been getting into the house through a hole in the cellar. Martin has killed three of them, with traps.

UPDATE, WEDNESDAY: This afternoon, Martin took me down to the cellar to look at the day’s catch. He’d been experimenting with different kinds of traps. Today only one mouse was caught, but now Martin knows better which traps to use and how to use them.

And what has Bianca been doing about the vermin? Nothing much.

(Photo by Edoarda)

Tonight we’re going to eat at Hacienda, for Martin’s sake. None of us, except for Martin, really likes Hacienda.

I just turned thirty-three. I feel very wise … and humble.

And calm.

These days, what do I blog about? Domestic bliss.