Brett
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I get birds that see their reflections in my car and house windows and then pooping all over ......
small raccoon. never had a problem before discount roofer a few years ago but this is just one of several problems from that bad decision to save money.That must be a pretty big bath exhaust vent! We have one, but it is small and it is made with a built in screen. The only thing that gets in there are wasps and we have to spray it every year. You need to put a screen on yours or buy one with the screen already built into it.
Before looking, I was thinking it might be like a tapping at my chamber door . . . only this and nothing more.
Things are getting even stranger here. I believe it was a pair of turkey vultures having a date by my shed. I don't think they were a match, one left in one direction, and the other went the other direction. I was not close enough to confirm bird gender.
Please nobody post about snakes, I don't want those. No hot tub, so no bears!
I am on a weird run in life, so nothing surprises me any more. Perhaps Pete the Peacock will make a return this summer??
I was going to buy your home but the snakes that get inside your home is a deal breaker! EEEEEKLOL!
Speaking of snakes, I wish I had the picture of the ones (yes- many-plural)- ringnecks -we had in our walls and came out into our screened in porch. Yes- we get them inside. I have to look for the one of the big milk snake that was in our dining room!
As for bears, we have had them at our terrace doors and on our ground level deck.
I was going to buy your home but the snakes that get inside your home is a deal breaker! EEEEEK
Another sign for you... time to move!
critter update: raccoon was in trap when I looked out this morning. Trap was empty when I went out to start yard work.
Great, I had to score Houdini Raccoon.
mpumilia, according to the Commander In Chief, this is mating season for snakes.
We now have deers, wild turkeys and geese in the morning & evening. City dwellers are moving to the country. Trees are being cut down and shopping centers and residential homes are coming.
We have been using a snake powder repellent and moth balls for years to kept snakes away from our home.
ugh!Yeah. We have also used snake repellent. Also, boric acid.
Once my husband blocked what we assumed was thier entrance way in the porch and then he sprayed some snake repellent
Well- bad move on his part. The snakes were already in the wall and they all tried to get out and couldn't!- tons of them on top of each other on the porch! Small ring necks! I wish I could find that photo.
I called my friend's husband who actually likes reptiles and he came over and actually scooped them up by hand (I kid you not) and put them all in a bucket and took them far away.
I was scared, but my husband freaked out. He was white as a ghost when he saw them all!
No idea. I only hope it wasn't a buddy!Wow. How did he get out? These animals are smart.
You are mighty brave. If I were to live alone, it will be a home without yard maintenance, let alone having to deal with creatures.No idea. I only hope it wasn't a buddy!
Late today I am cleaning up in the yard and happen to look up at that roof vent and I see him looking at me from inside it! Aw, darnit, he is So Cute!!! I didn't really know what to do so pretended I didn't know a thing.
I thought it might be bad to scare him while he is IN MY HOUSE looking out.
I did get to see trapped babies yesterday, they were adorable! Even tiny, they have massive claws! The tail rings are really not pronounced yet.
I have been busy planting flowers and veggies, including Marigolds (hope my memory is correct, that they will keep deer out of my veggies) , plus catnip and lavendar, which are supposed to deter mice. I have an acre and a half, woods behind, I will plant ANYTHING that will help keep invaders out of my house!!! If the raccoon lived in a tree, no problem, just stay out of my trash can. If the mice lived in the woods, no problem!
The hawks were very active today, but I did not see any mice, snakes or raccoons in their talons.
guess I will be on the lookout for snakes tomorrow....
No idea. I only hope it wasn't a buddy!
Late today I am cleaning up in the yard and happen to look up at that roof vent and I see him looking at me from inside it! Aw, darnit, he is So Cute!!! I didn't really know what to do so pretended I didn't know a thing.
I thought it might be bad to scare him while he is IN MY HOUSE looking out.
I did get to see trapped babies yesterday, they were adorable! Even tiny, they have massive claws! The tail rings are really not pronounced yet.
I have been busy planting flowers and veggies, including Marigolds (hope my memory is correct, that they will keep deer out of my veggies) , plus catnip and lavendar, which are supposed to deter mice. I have an acre and a half, woods behind, I will plant ANYTHING that will help keep invaders out of my house!!! If the raccoon lived in a tree, no problem, just stay out of my trash can. If the mice lived in the woods, no problem!
The hawks were very active today, but I did not see any mice, snakes or raccoons in their talons.
guess I will be on the lookout for snakes tomorrow....
Oh, but so many of the creatures are wonderful! The hawks have been sailing all day, the deer stop by before I get up and pass back through at dusk. Been a while since I've had cows in the driveway, but the calves were so cute! Chickens rarely make it up this far and I am fine with that. I really would like the peacock to return, he was beautiful!!! I am waiting for the llamas to bust out and come see me.You are mighty brave. If I were to live alone, it will be a home without yard maintenance, let alone having to deal with creatures.
Oh, but so many of the creatures are wonderful! The hawks have been sailing all day, the deer stop by before I get up and pass back through at dusk. Been a while since I've had cows in the driveway, but the calves were so cute! Chickens rarely make it up this far and I am fine with that. I really would like the peacock to return, he was beautiful!!! I am waiting for the llamas to bust out and come see me.
I like nature, this is the right spot for me. No gym membership needed, plenty to do. Quiet and private, too. I am working on a massive veggie garden, flowers, too, and hatching a plot to perhaps sell excess. I want all this as far along as possible before shoulder surgery so I can mostly laze out back afterwards. I am creating a haven for myself in a spot that is shady most of the day and breezy when there is wind.
I am not sure if I am brave or nuts. A little of both, maybe? Maintenance can be a headache, I am only so handy, and can only recognize problems that I've run across before or happen to know of. There are 3 ladies living alone just on my part of the street, they are older than I am, so certainly braver. I do sometimes think about running towards further simplicity, but most any problem can be solved. It's mostly a matter of finding it in time to not be $$$$$, and the challenge of finding quality workers. I have terrible luck with plumbers, have yet to find one that helps more than hurts. I may have finally found a good electrician.
For now, I remain on the plan of staying here so long as I am able. I don't think I could handle not having a yard. It turns out that I am someone that really digs nature. I am thrilled with my E Go mower. Lightweight, quiet, no fumes, no having to fetch gas. I can push that baby around for decades. I oddly do not mind mowing the lawn now.
I grew up in suburbia, walking to school. We lived on a culdesac so plenty of room to play (and much to mow). Mom is a nature girl, planted many gardens, always bird feeders, etc.Wow. You live like I do, except I have my husband. I totally get it. But I could not handle living here myself. I need Mr. Fix It around always. There is just too much that always needs to be taken care of- inside and out. I need his male physical strength for lots of tasks and I am not mechanically inclined either.
When I got up this morning, a deer was out by the tree on his hind legs nipping at some leaves on a branch and the birds are singing and the woodpecker is pecking. I am home alone all day and it is dead quiet except for those birds.
The other day I did a double take. Thought I saw a baby deer but it was actually a fox just hanging out scratching himself.
Soon the chipmunks and squirrels will be messing about. This time of year it is glorious. Got my windows cleaned (I hired for the outside windows because of my shoulder issue) and screens up so I can "bring the outside in". It is like a retreat.
Now if I just had a small pool outside to float around in....
My first avatar on TUG was of Snow White. When I was young I always wanted to be Snow White because of her little cottage in the woods and all her little woodland friends that would visit her. Remember the scene with her singing and sweeping the dust out of the cottage, with the dwarfs standing outside? That is how I envisioned my life.
I grew up in a small development in Rockland County, NY when it was rural and spent my childhood playing on a farm, apple orchard and in the woods. Mostly alone or with a few friends and my brother. I was introverted and sensitive, but gregarious. (I think I am the same now. LOL!)
As I became a teen, Rockland County became suburbia and away went that farm and apple orchard and woods and this upset me. So much so that I went away to college in a rural area- an Agricultural and Technical college; and when I married we immediately moved to the country to a small handyman bungalow on a hill in the woods that we purchased.
As much as it is lonely here and we have to move as we age, as I stand inside my home looking out the windows with nothing but nature showing through them, or outside on our property, I always say I will really miss this.
Where do you live geekette? I don't recall if you mentioned it at one time or not.....