Too Late

We went to the country for a funeral (which I will write about in the next post). The man who died was the brother of very dear friends of ours. Since we wanted to go to the visitation as well as the funeral, we stayed overnight at the farm. Today I was remembering that last year I had taken all the dishes and silverware out of cupboards where creatures roam starting in the fall and into a "creature free" cupboard. Just as I was remembering this and wondering when I could do it again, I opened the big spoon drawer. Then I said, "Eek," and danced around a bit because
there was a MOUSE IN THE DRAWER!!!
THEN I discovered not only was there a mouse
BUT A NEST OF BABY MICE IN MY SILVERWARE DRAWER!!!

That's not the only place inhabited by creatures. Something chewed the cute plastic shelf edging in this cupboard! That is not totally unusual, but I have never found a nest of babies before!
Oh dear! Sara will never bring her babies to visit us again! Of course if the boys were here, they would probably help Grampa put the babies into a cage and watch them grow.

That little pile of white stuff is the nest of babies which was taken outside where such things belong, if you ask me!

They are right there under the sweet peas which haven't done much this year.
I hope their mommy finds them, but doesn't move back into the silverware drawer! And now I am sure that we have lost some who wanted to visit our farm for the first time, or liked to visit in the past.