Tuesday, October 25th - It must have been quite a sight!

Conditions at 6:00 am: 10' and overcast
Expected later: rain and 11' - guess right now is the best we're going to get

If anyone had been watching...

Last night Brenda came over to help with making the rest of the tortilla's. We finished our cooking and our glass of wine and it was time for her to leave. We said good bye and the door but a few seconds later she was back. She said that there was a light on in the bunky. Well first of all, there's no power to the bunky so that didn't make sense. I thought it must have just been a reflection from the outside light. But when I went outside there was definitely a low level light on in there. I remembered taking a battery powered light out there when James and I slept out there in August but I couldn't imagine that the battery would last this long. Brenda also pointed out that she would have seen it on previous visits if it had been on.

That started all kinds of speculation. Back in the summer there were people living in the remains of an old falling down house on the property just up the road. Maybe we have squatters! So I got out the flashlight, with very dim light, and she was armed with her lit cell phone and we headed out. Of course we took the trusty watch dog with us as well. We made our way across the yard in the dark and had trouble getting the door open. It seemed like it was locked but I know it really sticks. So Brenda knocked really loudly on the door. Don't know what we would have done if we'd heard any movement inside! Eventually I was able to get the door open and we were immediately bombarded with a swarm of flies. When we went in, it was as I suspected. The light was on the window sill and I don't know exactly how it got turned on, unless it was just the mass of flies. It's actually a very sensitive touch type of light. Or perhaps the quantity of flies on the window had jostled the cord on the blind and that hit the light. Regardless, the mystery was at least partially solved.