A new visitor to the stream

[j.w]

Now, now John may your MIL rest in peace and you better hope she can't visit you or you will be in a heap of trouble

 

[HARO]

I'm pretty sure the Prince of Darkness won't let her go!
John

 

[MitchM]

Very cool, RobAmy.
We have a Hoary Marmot around here sometimes.

 

[j.w]

I'm pretty sure the Prince of Darkness won't let her go!
John

I can't believe anyone could be that bad John. She must have had some good in her. She was your lovely wife's mother.

 

[HARO]

They were polar opposites, j.w.! MIL swore like a muleskinner, drank like a sailor, smoked like a chimney, and basically hated the entire world, me especially! My sweety, on the other hand, never smoked or swore, drank only in moderation (we quit together for my health), and is everyone's friend. And oh, yes... she loves me!
John

 

[RobAmy]

They were polar opposites, j.w.! MIL swore like a muleskinner, drank like a sailor, smoked like a chimney, and basically hated the entire world, me especially! My sweety, on the other hand, never smoked or swore, drank only in moderation (we quit together for my health), and is everyone's friend. And oh, yes... she loves me!
John

Boy did this thread take a turn from a cute little woodchuck/groundhog

 

[j.w]

@RobAmy as people age to perfection their minds tend to wander off, please for give us Rob

 

[HARO]

Sorry, RobAmy. Let's just blame it on j.w.!
John

 

[Lisaebetten]

You are nice to your varmints!!! I am not so nice when they mow down my flowers that I've been watching bud!!!! I had to wait 3 years to see the flowers on one of my plants. Out come the live traps and they get moved, far, far, away. But they do looks cute when the babies sun themselves on my deck.

 

[j.w]

Sorry, RobAmy. Let's just blame it on j.w.!
John

Oh yeah let's just do that and you can take the next one John....................and you know there WILL be a next one as sure as there is bird doo on your car windows there will be a next time

 

[j.w]

We don't have any of those big plant eating wood chucks around here but I have seen mountain beavers on my walk. They build homes in the side of hills making big holes that erode and down come the trees and all the soil when it rains and floods their tunnels.
This picture was taken off the net:

 

[HARO]

I had never heard of the mountain beaver before this! Not a single one of my books has even a reference to them. Now all we need is for RobAmy to post a decent picture of this rat! Most of the pictures I could find look more like a furball.
John

 

[j.w]

I had never heard of the mountain beaver before this! Not a single one of my books has even a reference to them. Now all we need is for RobAmy to post a decent picture of this rat! Most of the pictures I could find look more like a furball.
John

It's not really a beaver but they just call it that. More like a giant mole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Beaver

 

[RobAmy]

I bet they could nibble on our liners a bit

 

[j.w]

A bit for sure to say the least!