I just finished updating the waterproofing on our beautiful Steven Kenzora carvings. I was just about to photograph them when I looked up. The sun was shining through the canopy and I thought it looked like there were angels dancing on my roof.
If a thousand angels fit on the head of a pin, then the tiny roof of my tiny house makes a very magnificent dance floor!
Angels on my roof
Kenzora’s work is out again for the year.
THO warrior
The guardian of the forest
At 2:00 am, Dieter signalled that he had to go outside. Hj turned on the upstairs lights and tottered down the stairs with him. Then he turned on the downstairs and outside lights, including the spotlight out to the dog’s garden and since it looked clear, he opened the door to let Dieter out. Dieter immediately rushed out the door barking and began chasing a large animal around the yard. Hj was yelling “Dieter, Dieter, Dieter” and running after him. At first we thought the animal was a fisher, but within moments we understood it was a porcupine. A big one, of about 25 pounds.
Fortunately, Hj was able to get Dieter back into the house and the porcupine never made contact with either of my guys.
S/he is right there under the sapling. Can you see our prickly friend?
The porcupine, I guess needed to relax after such a burst of commotion, so s/he stayed in the fenced area for about half an hour and then finally scaled up the fence and continued up one of the maple trees. After s/he climbed up Dieter was brought out to go to the bathroom… ON A LEASH, this time. He really did have to go to the bathroom but quickly did his business without further incident and came back in.
Dieter (doing his best Flock of Seagulls imitation)
Dieter is, by the way, our most recent rescue. He is five and a half and was adopted in December. He had been living in a cage in disgusting conditions for the first five years of his life. His owners were backyard breeders, who ran a small puppy mill. He was the “stud”. When he was pulled along with all the other dogs he was half the weight and had half the hair that he now has. He was covered in fleas and suffered with tapeworm just as all the other dogs in the house. He has made a stellar recovery!
Please adopt, don’t shop. Dogs like Dieter make such grateful and wonderful companions!
This past weekend I removed and relocated 19 very cute but very messy little mice from Tiny House Ontario. I thought I had them all at 14 because I did not hear any noise but on the last day, I lifted the toilet and there was a wonderful plastic bag and toilet paper home. It was a mom with four tiny pink babies.
I removed her and her family easily right in the bag. Since I know this is the access point for them, I then covered the area under the sink and toilet with a cup of cayenne pepper, a cup of cloves, and several types of essential oil which I understand they dislike the smell of. Lavender, peppermint and clove oil was what I used. I have to tell you, the bathroom smells heavenly to me. Clearly, I am NOT a mouse because I could sit in there all day and sniff.
The mice made one hell of a mess. It was seriously awful what they did in a five week period. They found a five pound bag of niger seed which I use to feed the song birds and this was absolutely everywhere. Further to this, they peed all over everything. The entire house had to be emptied and washed. All food, paper, tissues, towels, tea and coffee had to be disposed of. They got into everything. It took me hours to clean the place and it still smells of urine.
Mouse urine does not seem to be like urine from other animals. I think it has a lot of oil in it because it was never dry in the area where they peed. I normally don’t use a lot of chemicals when I clean but this time I bleached and then used oil soap to clean up the mess.
I the house still smells when I get back I will rub the wood and floors with pine essential oil but for now, after three days of work the house looks reasonable again.
Lets hope it stays that way.
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