B E B E R E

Rats.

Saw one scurry across my neighbor's yard, pause near our trashcans, then continue on to my shade garden yesterday afternoon. Yes, I'm pretty sure why it was there. No, I'm not particularly happy at all about it, either.

I love where I live and love most of my neighbors. Living here, though, is getting difficult, as some are ruining it for the rest: namely some condo-dwellers who want nothing to do with their neighbors and slumlords who don't take care of their properties. The rat came from one of the two new crashpads that recently sprouted up a couple doors down.