In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Tree rats (AKA roof rats, fruit rats) are a real thing. They're quite a bit smaller than sewer (ie Norwegian) rats, their bodies (nose to rump) are generally no larger than 5" and they're agile climbers, capable of running on electrical lines etc.
We have a lot of fruit and avocado trees around which always produce more than anyone can eat, so the rats have a field day here!
Huh. I did not know that. Are they at least "clean", as compared to the vile ones that will take up nests in homes and buildings?
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Altho you're not too far off thinking of squirrels as tree rats. Hard to believe but rats, mice, rabbits, squirrels, hamsters, even beavers (!) are all classified as rodents.
You can always tell rodents by the ever-growing upper two and lower two teeth. FWIW possums, skunks, and raccoons aren't.
I didn't know that about squirrels either. I just hate the little buggers after they ripped a hole in my roof not once, but twice, before I had the two dying trees cut down last year. When they ripped up the shingles last time, they didn't even have the courtesy to finish the job and rip a hole in the wood. The Jerks. Even worse, they put it at the worst possible spot so I couldn't do a legitimate roof patch and it looks pretty ghetto. It holds the water out for now, but I'm going to have to find somebody who will fix about 3 or 4 full shingles for a reasonable price. I did the best I could while doing my best Sylvester-Stallone-From-Cliffhanger reenactment from he peak of the roof.
Planted what might have been my biggest Ob ever today. The next time somebody asks me to help them lift a 400lb bath tub up 15 steps that turn on a 90 degree angle 2/3rds up, I think I'll have to politely tell them no. You don't get somebody asking that everyday though, so hopefully my first time will be my last. I definitely won't be hanging out that shingle.
Everybody made it out in one piece though, and we didn't even damage the walls or the non-carpeted stairs.
Jury's out on how my back is doing until I wake up tomorrow, but so far so good. Going to bed early tonight after I eat my early dinner.
I've got to start exercising again and stop thinking about it. With my hair and beard as long as they are now, I could still look like some sort of Greek God before I get too old to do it anymore.
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It is going to be a wet end to this week and wet for the beginning of Spring on Sunday.
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Soggy, soggy day for my walk.
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It's stopped raining now and the sun is trying to come out.
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Walk in the dry for now.
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Back from my walk and still bright and sunny.
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Glad that you have nice weather!
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I spent the morning ordering stuff online - flea meds for the dog, misc household items, a replacement bath rug, some replacement filters for our tankless water heater... AND!... seeds from a southern seed exchange, with the idea that they may do better in our hot summers than some of the varieties I've been buying from our local nursery.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
Glad that you have nice weather!
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It is beautiful. I just want it to stay. Weather people are calling for a rain. Have to see if it happens.
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