I don't know how well you can see this picture. It is a window in my garage. Yesterday, I came home to find some things turned over in the garage. I should have thought it was a break in - but I was afraid my cat had gotten out. I ran inside the house - found my cats sleeping safely inside. I went back into the garage. Checked the doors wondered what happened. Then I saw the wood on the work table and thought where did that come from? I raised the window shade and saw the destruction of the window frame. There is a wild animal or was a wild animal in the garage. When my husband got home we investigated it thoroughly. Found nothing - so we gave up.
This morning my husband says to me "Don't let any more wildlife into the garage" as he's leaving. We open the garage door. He sees something run off. We go to the open garage door - I look by my kiln and there is evidence of this creature's destruction from last night. It tore up some insulation around the base of the garage. It also manage to get up to the window photographed above and did that damage. Now both garage windows are torn up!
I try to tell myself - this is the adventure of living up here in the wilderness. I try to remind myself that wildlife is just living in their home and the truth is we are the invaders. Yet, I feel as if I have a destructive demon living in the garage. And how are we going to get rid of it.
What is it???? Well, I was thinking it was a rabbit trying to dig it's way out of the garage. Ah, damn rabbits. They are cute but not if they are this destructive. Then I told my neighbors this story and she said it's probably a pack rat! Ugh!!!!!!!!!! UGH, UGH, UGH!!!! She said mothballs might repel a pack rat - might - she wasn't very reassuring - but I'm off to buy a big old container of mothballs.
