Kim's mother has been visiting this past week (I'll post pictures of our recent trip later). She has appreciated our house, but we wanted to make sure she got the full experience of living here. So as we all sat calmly chatting in the living room at the end of the day, we were surprised by a visitor:


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Kim just woke up to the disturbing feeling of a bat (herein labeled Bat #2) brushing past her arm as it circled the room. We turned on a light, but by the time we'd formulated a plan it had disappeared. Had it decided to roost somewhere because of the light? Had it squeezed out of the room the same way it got in? We're still not sure: we were ( Read more... )

So, just out of random curiosity, how does one safely remove a small bat that's hanging asleep from a curtain rod in one's living room ( Read more... )