Saturday, May 5, 2012

Mouse Play

If you know my mom at all you know she is deathly afraid of mice. This was a bit of a problem living out in the country surrounded by fields. Each year in the fall we'd inevitably find some mice in the house and mom would threaten to move out until they were all gone.

My dad took advantage of this fear and had a little fun. One of his favorite pasttimes was to get dryer lint and electrical tape and fashion little pretend mice. These would pop up when you least expected it. In a drawer, a cupboard, or even under a couch cushion. In fact, the day after dad passed away I opened the towel drawer and found one of these creations.

Living with my dad was an adventure and you just never knew what he was going to come up with next.

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