A WORD ABOUT WALLS!

   TUESDAY, JANUARY 31ST., 2017
       A WORD ABOUT WALLS!

   There's been a lot of talk about walls
lately. We have one at our house. It
separates the bottom of our mobile
home from the ground below.
    Some of it is made of aluminum
siding. Some from large sheets of
wood.
    We had added the aluminum
sections in an attempt to keep
polecats (aka skunks) from getting
underneath. We should have added
more.
     A couple days ago we heard a
noise under our kitchen. It could
have been a cat or a squirrel. And I
wish that it was. But the strong odor
that suddenly filled the air was
sufficient evidence our visitor was
a skunk.
     Having dealt with these critters
before we searched around the
property and found the spot where
Pepe La Plau had entered. Accordingly
we waited till late a night when he (or
she) was likely to be out, then placed
a couple bricks and a large rock across
the opening.
     It seems, however, we had sealed
the animal in! We didn't realize that
until the next morning when we found
the bricks moved aside and the huge
rock simply pushed out of the way!
     We've borrowed a trap now in the hope
of capturing and relocating him (or
her) a couple miles away on State Game
Lands.
    But there's at least one important
lesson to be learned here. No matter
how big or secure your wall.....a skunk
can always get in!
    Hope all your NEWS is good!