Friday, February 29, 2008

Our Very Own Backyardigans

Now I'm not sure what happens in our backyard at night....and I'm not sure I ever want to camp out back there after this morning's discovery.
I'm sure you all have heard the rat story. Or the skunk story. Or the possum story.

This morning Kyle went out to the back yard and I heard him yell (he has a habit of yelling without giving intelligible information when he's surprised). So since I didn't know if the yell meant "Wow, look at the size of our parsley bush!" or "Wow, here's an animal carcass hanging off the fence!" I ran out to where he was and this is what we saw in the middle of our little yard.


Feathers, feathers, feathers everywhere in a huge, fluffy, sad circle. Obviously something went down last night and it wasn't pretty for the feathered one. We think one of the crazy neighborhood cats attacked a bird. We followed the sad trail of feathers leading to the fence and then it disappeared. Kyle took some more graphic pictures of the destruction which I deemed unecessary to post since we aren't running an animal autopsy business here. All this to say. Our backyard is a scary place. I think I'll impose a curfew for John when he is older.

1 comment:

MAM said...

I'm fairly sure John has not entered into the Dreamworks movie phase so there really is not a logical reason you guys would have seen "Over The Hedge". However, I highly recommend it for your viewing pleasure. As I read your rodent posts I believe it may deliver some laughs and experiences you could possibly relate to :)

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