August 18, 2008 Greetings from Quasimodo, I like nature, but I like to be in control of how much nature comes into my house. It's why we have air conditioning and doorknobs that only certain primates can operate. We have more than our share of woodland creatures loitering about. Deer, fox, raccoon, possum, mole and possibly some very well concealed feral pigs. Other than a few mice, none of these have ventured indoors where we civilized animals reside. Until this week. I have bats in my belfry. This will not surprise anyone who knows me, having witnessed my helter-skelter pell-mell willy-nilly approach to an average day. But in fact, aside from being heltered and skeltered, I actually have bats in my belfry. Technically I don't have a belfry, much to the relief of the neighbors, since I would be ringing the bells at all hours yelling 'Sanctuary! Sanctuary." The closest thing we have to a belfry is our chimney. I know an entire family who referred to this as a 'chimbley'. They were so confident in their pronunciation that for a while I thought I was saying it wrong. Whichever it is, that's where the bats are.
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