As I was finishing putting in the final seedlings in the ground, I noticed something completely terrifying on the back fence.
I’ll explain. Kaileigh graduated in December 2018 with a degree in wildlife biology. When Kaileigh came back from her travels last summer, she stayed with us and did a gig on a research project with bats at Texas State. This past January, she did a short internship in Northern California studying mountain lions. Or maybe it was Pumas. Or it could have been cougars. It was definitely kitties!
Then she moved to Illinois where she is on a project studying skunks. And has sent us pictures that make me want a pet skunk. Like Apollo. No, this is what was on our back fence. And actually still is because there is no freaking way I’m touching it.
I could only think of six possible explanations.1) this is the neighborhood association’s way to tell me our grass is too long.
2) brain tumor. But you can see this, right?
3) Elsie finally got the upper hand in the cat wars. But that assumes she killed the boy, stripped the body, and somehow managed to hang his skull and spine on the fence. Two problems- I don’t think she can get out the back door, and 2) exactly who is she trying to warn off with this display, seeing that in this scenario there is an ex-Leo?
4) Jill has a new hobby and I really need to pay more attention.
5) I have a new hobby that I don’t know about, See #2 (brain tumor) above. Or
6) my wildlife biologist daughter left us a present.
likely the last one is the most plausible, but I really don’t want to think about my lovely daughter ripping the spine out of some mid-sized mammal.
And one final possibility. I don’t watch horror movies, but I imagine this could portend some looming evil upon our homestead. If it’s in a different part of the yard tomorrow, I am so out of here.
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