We were out checking on Leo's farm again today. In Leo's barn is a cow with a crooked neck. Mom said this cow was bullied its entire life by other cows (makes you wonder if the word 'bully' actually comes from the cow family). The neighboring farmers can't milk it because it is too mean. That means that there will not be a happy ending for it. I can't look it in the eyes. Market day is on Wednesdays, so it has a few days. My sister wants to walk it over to mom's farm where it can just live freely and we would all chip in to feed it like a pet. Maybe we could find it a job at a County Fair Freak Show. 'Come see the bullied cow with the crooked neck!'
While at Leo's farm, we also found evidence that the house had been broken into again. The basement window and screen had been completely removed and a path in the grass leading to it was beaten down indicating a number of trips back and forth. We were so angry, my sister wants to set up an ambush to catch the theives, mom came up with an idea -- plant poison ivy along the path they use. Hmmmm...somehow I don't think we have a year for it to take root and wouldn't we end up covered in a rash in the carrying out of this devious scheme?
We did not go into the house to see what was missing as we have a problem with the skeleton key lock. It takes a lot of jiggling to get it to lock and we are afraid that we would not be able to secure the house. (Seems like a silly worry when they just remove windows to get in.) But when we looked into the window, mom noticed the full bottle of dish soap was still on the table, so we know they haven't gotten everything out yet.
One of the neighbors had set up a camera that senses motion and turns on and films when motion occurs. He uses it for bear hunting purposes to see when the bear move through a certain area in the woods. After the first break in, we asked him if he could put it up at Leo's farm to catch the crooks. He had put the camera up, so we knew that we may have some good hard evidence of the second break-in. So, with optimism alive, we headed over to his farm. We were greeted by a barking dog that did a low crawl to get to us. Mom commented that the dog must have been 'scolded' a lot as a pup and my sister said 'Scolded? That dog has had the piss beaten out of it.' We told this neighbor about the latest break-in and asked to see the tape from the camera. He looked down, dejected, and said that the tape was full of junk. You see, they hid the camera in the brush facing Leo's front door. Every time the wind blew, the camera took film of the leaves in front of it. The tape soon filled up with film of rustling leaves. I asked why they didn't mount the camera out in the open where the brush wouldn't interfere and the reply was that the thieves would then be able to see the camera and most likely steal it.
The Sheriff deputy will come out to take another report on Saturday as he is busy working the County Fair on Friday. My sister and I actually filed the report at the County Fair tonight when we ran into him there. He said after he gathers more evidence, he will go over to the suspects' house and nose around. My sister and I informed him that we had done some research on the suspects over the internet and that they have a criminal record of burglaries and drunken driving. This Sheriff now knows he's not dealing with your run of the mill victims. We're practically CSI.
Stay tuned..as my friend Pat says, this is Days of Our Lives crossed with the Beverly Hillbillies
While at Leo's farm, we also found evidence that the house had been broken into again. The basement window and screen had been completely removed and a path in the grass leading to it was beaten down indicating a number of trips back and forth. We were so angry, my sister wants to set up an ambush to catch the theives, mom came up with an idea -- plant poison ivy along the path they use. Hmmmm...somehow I don't think we have a year for it to take root and wouldn't we end up covered in a rash in the carrying out of this devious scheme?
We did not go into the house to see what was missing as we have a problem with the skeleton key lock. It takes a lot of jiggling to get it to lock and we are afraid that we would not be able to secure the house. (Seems like a silly worry when they just remove windows to get in.) But when we looked into the window, mom noticed the full bottle of dish soap was still on the table, so we know they haven't gotten everything out yet.
One of the neighbors had set up a camera that senses motion and turns on and films when motion occurs. He uses it for bear hunting purposes to see when the bear move through a certain area in the woods. After the first break in, we asked him if he could put it up at Leo's farm to catch the crooks. He had put the camera up, so we knew that we may have some good hard evidence of the second break-in. So, with optimism alive, we headed over to his farm. We were greeted by a barking dog that did a low crawl to get to us. Mom commented that the dog must have been 'scolded' a lot as a pup and my sister said 'Scolded? That dog has had the piss beaten out of it.' We told this neighbor about the latest break-in and asked to see the tape from the camera. He looked down, dejected, and said that the tape was full of junk. You see, they hid the camera in the brush facing Leo's front door. Every time the wind blew, the camera took film of the leaves in front of it. The tape soon filled up with film of rustling leaves. I asked why they didn't mount the camera out in the open where the brush wouldn't interfere and the reply was that the thieves would then be able to see the camera and most likely steal it.
The Sheriff deputy will come out to take another report on Saturday as he is busy working the County Fair on Friday. My sister and I actually filed the report at the County Fair tonight when we ran into him there. He said after he gathers more evidence, he will go over to the suspects' house and nose around. My sister and I informed him that we had done some research on the suspects over the internet and that they have a criminal record of burglaries and drunken driving. This Sheriff now knows he's not dealing with your run of the mill victims. We're practically CSI.
Stay tuned..as my friend Pat says, this is Days of Our Lives crossed with the Beverly Hillbillies
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