It may be too early to get excited, but...
So, I cleaned out my garage today. I took everything out, even the old bicycles that haven't been ridden since the Clinton administration, and put it all on the driveway. I thoroughly cleaned the floor, paying particular attention to the corners, where the most junk tends to accumulate. Finally, I cleaned everything up and put it back in the garage.
Later on, I mowed the back lawn. After that, I trimmed the grass around the house, deck, "rock garden," and air conditioner. I raked up some leaves that had gotten left back in the fall.
Though I'm sure you're all terribly interested in more details of the totally rad things I did today, I bring up these particular activities for a reason. In doing all those things, I did not see one single trace of the vole. No poop under the lawn mower or in the corner of the garage, no pathways leading under the deck or under the air conditioner, nothing. Given how obvious the vole's presence has been in previous spring seasons, this development is very surprising. Frankly, I'm not sure what to make of it.
I'm going with the theory that he finally listened to me and moved on to my neighbor's yard.
Comments
Katie said:
The vole is a crafty beast. He's probably at the beach selling drugs.
wendela said:
I don't know what to say;I'm going to miss him *sniff*.
jasmine said:
i'd knock on wood if i were you. it's only april. i think you may be thanking your lucky stars a bit tooo sooonnnn....
Radioactive Gorp said:
Seems like a setup, something to instill a false sense of well-being. I'd start checking the closets.
And kitchen cabinets.
Glo said:
I'm hoping he took up Wendela's suggestion to come and be my bodyguard. I'll be the coolest chick in all of L.A....and no gang will dare molest me (in the bad way - wink, wink)...
Onj said:
Or he’s finally completed his underground layer complete with plumbing. Just to be safe, I think you should bring in an excavation team and have them perform some imaging tests on your property below the surface…
Viking said:
He may be staging a clever sneak attack... If I were you, I'd start sweeping the yard for landmines...
cadiz12 said:
i think he's at my house. i was sitting there quietly making a baby blanket and watching reruns of 'friends' and i heard squeaking and scratching coming from outside the garden window. then again, the vole is pretty sneaky, so i'm sure i've got a dumber, louder cousin or something.
I said:
I am trying not to get too excited, but today was another day with a lot of yardwork, and still no signs.
I will keep all the suggestions in mind, particularly the one about sweeping for land mines.
Wags said:
i'd carefully examine the inside of your house. do you hear the tv on late at night? are items disappearing from the fridge? strange rustling sounds from the attic? perhaps the vole has decided domestic living is better than the yard.