THE MOLE- view at your own discretion. . .

WARNING: These are yucky mole pics- view at your own discretion. . .

A few weeks ago we had an unwelcome visitor in our basement and I decided that I needed to get rid of it- Denny was at work, the boys were asleep and I was freaking out after I saw the little guy in a corner of our basement:Yes, there was screaming and running and, yes, the cats slept peacefully through it all and made no attempt to "take care of" the creature. Of course, there was the frantic call to Denny followed by a pic message asking if the little creature was, indeed, a mole, or, gasp, something worse!!! And, yes, my husband thought I was being ridiculous and reminded me that I am the mother of two boys and I better get used to little creatures roaming around the house. Which, of course, just thrilled me to pieces. But, I decided he was correct and that I better jump right and get that little mole out of the house all by myself.

Amazing what you can do with a broken splatter guard and a deep bucket (it had to be deep, I reasoned, so the little mole would be too far away to jump up and attack me. . .). As I gently nudged the little guy toward the bucket (with breaks between each nudge to run and scream), I couldn't get the picture out of my head of all the cute little moles in Ewan's books, so, once safely in the bucket, I took him outside and deposited the little guy in the hedgerow. So, here he (or maybe she?) is- in the bucket prior to being freed from our home, hopefully, never to return again!!!

And just because I think my boys are so cute, here is another sweet pic of them: