Candle By Night

I realize most of you probably didn't even know my family was gone from Friday until this evening. I have lots of pictures to post but I just wanted to say "Hi!" and share something. It still gives me the creeps. I went to start laundry tonight. The bucket that I keep the dirty diapers in got left by the back door, next to the washer, last week when I did the laundry. I don't recall leaving it outside for a period of time...but maybe I did. Anyway, I went to start a load of laundry, looked over into the bucket to move it, and saw a BAT! Yes, there was a bat laying face down, dead, inside the bucket. I have no idea how it got there. As I said, I may have left it outside overnight, but I can not be sure. I don't think I did....and....if I didn't....how did it get in the house and why did it land in the bucket. Yuck...hubby is disposing of it now.

At what Beloved found. He was outside mowing the yard and the next thing I knew he needed the camera. Well, I couldn't follow because I was giving the younger 2 children their nighttime baths. Anyway, Big T brings me the camera and here is what I saw. I lightened the last picture so you could see it better. You can also click on the images to make them larger. Beloved said that when he came around the corner of the garage the bat just started shrieking like crazy. We thought it might be stuck under the rafter. It was hard to tell. Another bat decided it needed to fly very close to my head and I was ready to go in. When I asked if the bat was stuck Beloved said, "I don't know....I am not going to touch it with a stick to find out." But guess what? For those of you who know him you won't be surprised. His curiosity got the best of him and yes, he did poke it with a stick. It eventually flew off, but Big T liked checking out our new "neighbor."