Today I went to check the cabin…had not been in a while …we had rented it out…
And of course I found traces of mice activity. Everyone has a theory about mice; some say they only come in when the weather turns cold. Other say they only enter unoccupied houses.. Some people say they don’t get any. Others say that everyone gets them and that those who claim not to are simply not looking close enough. We have tried everything, to keep them out: from the old standard wood trap to the sticky pads to plug in gizmos…But they keep coming back and it is part of life I guess…What amuses me is what they choose to nibble on. One year it was my pastry brush that was the star attraction. The bristle took on odd shapes at it got chopped down a little bit at a time. Another year it was the sunflower seeds we used as bird feed. That year we found seeds behind furniture, under pillows, even inside folded socks. Another time they had eaten through a box of plastic backs…But today, I must admit they showed good taste. They started with a bottle of virgin olive oil. They removed the cap, carried it to the shelf below, where they proceeded to chew through a plastic bottle of mayonnaise. They also chewed out the paper label on a honey bottle as well as a vinegar bottle. Now if that is not the making of a great salad dressing I don’t know what is! I suspect that if I had waited another week to come by I might have noticed my wire whisk was missing…