採花賊

To my dismay, our 24 newly planted snapdragons were ALL EATEN within a couple days (do they know how hard it's to plant something with a 3 yr old who'd do the darndest thing ?) At first the nanny thought snails were to blame, but Jonathan figured they can't possibly eat that fast. Sure enough, a mouse was caught the morning after he placed a trap nearby. No relief though - we then discovered blooms were gone from most of the new jasmine plant too. Later that day, we discovered another dead mouse a few yards away. This time the cause of death was unknown as we didn't set up another trap. Did it eat too much too fast ? Or was it allergic to the fragrant jasmine oils ? Who knows - it's all very unsettling - as pesky and these critters were, it's not the nicest thing to have to end their lives. The only comforting thing that came out of all this is the kids seemed to sense how bummed I was and were very empathetic and kept comforting me. Katrina even made me flowers to "replace the ones outside" - how can these not cheer me up !