It’s time for spring cleaning and I took a broom to sweep the deck. But whoa! What was this? Did I have a raccoon or a rat visiting at night? What a mess!

I found a clue. A fir cone left behind. But maybe it had just been blown there by the wind. We have had some very windy days….

But in the corner at the front of the deck, I found more clues. Again, it could have been blown there by the wind….

But a closer look told me that the vandal had taken time out to have a snack and even had plans to eat a second cone before something scared him away.

Busted!

“Hmm … what to do now?”

“I might just have to rethink this….”

“It’s a good thing she loves me so much!”