I am teaching virtual classes seven days a week this summer. I sketch along with the students as I show them how to construct characters and scenes. This sketch was done to show a student how to use spheres, cylendars and cubes to construct a scene.
Pam has a bird feeder in the back yard. She ordered plenty of seed to keep the feeders stocked. The seed was placed in plastic totes with lockable lids. Those totes were stored behind the outdoor bar.
We discovered that something had chewed its way into the totes and was having a feast on the seed and peanuts, spewing the shells all over the floor. Worse yet there were black pellets all over the bar.
As a man my primary roll seems to be to kill cockroaches and rats. We bought three rat traps and I set up the largest on in a narrow alley that I assumed would be the rats primary route to seed town. I used peanut butter as bait. The first night the peanut butter dissipated but the trap did not spring. Then for a week the peanut butter was ignored. I decided to mix in some of the seed which was this thief’s primary goal. I head the trap snap shut in the middle of the night but when I rushed out it was empty and the bait was gone. Was this rat smart enough to spring the trap with a stick and then feast on the peanut butter and seed feast?
A day latter Pam informed me that the rat had been caught. It was much larger than expected and sadly rather cute. I was in charge of the last rights.