January 1, 1994

A New Year's surprise- through the kitchen window we see a rat nosing around the back yard. Many people associate rats with cities, but they can be a pest in the country and the suburbs as well. (Opossums and skunks have also been occasional back yard problems in my old suburban neighborhood. Once a chicken took up residence in our front yard, but that's a whole other story.) In this case my father dealt with it quickly and it was never seen again.