If you are old enough, you might remember Ellie Mae on the Beverly Hillbillies and all her critters. If it had fur or flew, she made a pet out of it.
We don’t have any pets, but it sure seems the critters are attracted to us. OK, maybe not us personally. I guess they like our home and yard.
My husband is currently battling a bunny in our yard. That rabbit has eaten on our green bean plants three times. We wound up having to buy poles and fencing to keep that one out. My spouse said he was ready to catch it and drop kick it over the house. Hubby talks a good show, but he’s very kind hearted. He just gets upset when something bothers his garden. Just when he thought he had that battle won, the rabbit has decided to attack his newly planted flowers. He isn’t eating them, but runs by them and breaks them off. Personally I think he’s angry over the rabbit proof fence.
My husband also seems to be communing with a robin. He says that robin lets him know when it’s thirsty so he waters a tree and it makes a small moat and the robin comes and drinks. He’s named the robin Robby.
We also have two mourning doves that hang around the front yard. He said they also like the moat. He hasn't named them yet.
Our back yard seems to be a playground for the squirrels. It’s cool and shady and we have a variety of trees. Sometimes they jump on the roof and run around. The sunroom has a tin roof so they sound like elephants stomping.
The other day we had a visit from a turtle. Now, we live in the Midwest. It’s pretty landlocked, so seeing a turtle is a bit unusual. We think he waddled over from the pond at the golf course by our house. Maybe he heard of my husband’s generosity with the garden hose. My husband was going to carry it back over to the pond, but a neighbor and her two boys beat him to it.
A friend of mine puts on her Facebook page how many garter snakes have gotten into her house. She hasn’t figured out where they are coming in. Personally, I think I’d move, but that’s just me. She just picks them up, puts them in a coffee can, and carries them outdoors. She says she puts them in the coffee can so they don’t squirm and she would accidently drop them and possibly hurt them. She has all sorts of pets from birds to dogs to mice, so she’s truly a modern Ellie Mae.
The other night as we pulled out of the driveway to head to church, a squirrel was sitting on top of the roof looking at us, Robby was sitting on the edge of the gutter, and the mourning doves were cooing their farewell. I kind of wondered if they were hoping to take over the house while we were gone!
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