It seems we have had some night visitors. Since the air-conditioning is on during the summer, we don't hear what's going on outside, but DH had a tale to tell when he came in today.
We have a storm moving in tonight, so DH decided to get as much mowing done as possible before dinner. We have quite a large yard, so he was only able to do part of it. As he was mowing, he found some evidence that "people" have been using our front lawn to "party" at night.
First, there were tire tracks through a section of my driveway garden which is down for renovation. A small to mid-size car might be able to drive through that area leaving the drive and traveling across the lawn. He felt they had parked behind a pod of lilacs that would have shielded them from the road. Secondly, they left used rubbers behind.
DH thought they may have visited several times before they came with the car. Of course, we think it's likely that kids from one of the new neighborhoods to our east or west have found us. I'm going to have to put stakes in the garden to discourage them from passing through again. We're going to use black plastic to do a solar burn off of that portion of the bed, and they won't be able to see that at night. Maybe I should put up a scarecrow in the center!
We were talking about this as I fixed dinner. DH said we should take an empty disposable camera one night, sneak up on them and click the flash. Actually....that sounds like a fine thing to be doing at 1:00 in the morning. *G* Have you any better suggestions??
Comments (3)
Yeah! Really take their pictures, and threaten to post them somewhere where everyone will see them unless they leave your garden alone.
Posted by Mad Bull | July 15, 2003 12:13 AM
Posted on July 15, 2003 00:13
How about buying a Freddy Krueger mask and sneaking up on them while weilding a machete or the like. If you manage to catch them while 'in the saddle', that should sure put and end to the heated passion. Man, I can see the blog post already!!!! ;-)
Posted by Dr. D. | July 15, 2003 8:16 AM
Posted on July 15, 2003 08:16
I can see that you both think we should take a stronger stand. I wonder if we'll start a war of reprisals then? One of the neighborhood kids comes along in the middle of the night, when he is bored, and bends the mailbox doors off their hinges. I can deal with that, but I'd hate to have the kids drive through my peonies.
Posted by Buffy | July 17, 2003 2:51 PM
Posted on July 17, 2003 14:51