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| You may have seen this one...raccoons and opossums KEEP reaching under the edge of the shed's storage door to help themselves to bird seed... |
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| Joseph solved THAT problem by getting large buckets for the seed...the bag of peanuts sits inside, too... |
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| Unfortunately, humans tried to get in the main shed as well...marks of a crowbar.... |
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| They tried the door to the storage shed, too, and DID succeed in getting it open... |
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| Imagine their disappointment when they found there was just bird seed and plant food, plus a cheap folding chair. So we put an alarm on the door! |
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| The only problem is that it's sensitive to vibration...and Hobbes thinks the door is to play with! |
We have to be careful when we get in to get bird seed--the alarm is, well, ALARMING--but it seems to get the job done.
Sheesh...and of course the shed itself has an alarm system. Too bad to need it, but it is what it is...
Yes that's too bad you have to alarm your sheds. It seems that desperate people are everywhere. I like your sketch. Looks like it's on gray paper.
ReplyDeleteYes, I love working on toned paper! And it is too bad, yes. Not sure these were desperate as much as opportunistic.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but this is kind of funny. Who would break into a shed - and yes imagine their faces when they saw the boring contents. :)
ReplyDeleteI KNOW. Birdseed?!? But truthfully, they broke into our old garden shed about 5 years ago and stole 2 chain saws and a variety of other tools. They go well at pawn shops.
DeleteToo bad about your break ins. Reminds me a bit of the time your cabin got trashed. But, um, still, um, it did compel you to make a post here, so that's a good thing, right?
ReplyDeleteBreak-ins are such a worry. This alarm ought to stop it. It may discourage the squirrels, too, if they act like ours, and chew off a corner of the shed door to get at the seed. We had to reinforce the door with metal stripping, then put the seed in a metal barrel.
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Goodness, Annie, they WERE determined! Haven't had a problem with squirrels yet, but those raccoons really wanted a free meal. And Paul, I've had the photos for months, just finally got around to it!
ReplyDeleteMaybe they are thinking that there is a sort of treasure inside the shed. How about switching it to metal shed?
ReplyDeleteThe latter is stronger as compared to wooden shed.
You are obviously unfamiliar with my blog and my shed. It was custom built for me from my own design, it's not likely I'm going to "switch" for a generic metal shed!
DeleteSorry for your break-in (again). I remember your first retreat space was broken in to, also. It's a sad reminder that it's not a perfect world. Our son-in-law just got his wallet and phone stolen from a locker at their community workout facility. It's a controlled access facility so a fellow member did it. Luckily (for most of us) these encounters aren't daily. Why can't we all just play nicely together?
ReplyDeleteThanks, John--happily, they didn't get in the studio part of the shed itself, not that there's anything of value in there unless you want art supplies! We did have a raccoon get in once, before Joseph fixed the door. He set off the alarm in the middle of the night! I'm sorry about your son-in-law's wallet, that IS frustrating to know it's a member. Someone stole the two old ladder-back chairs off our front porch a few weeks ago...that sense of entitlement just makes me crazy. They weren't worth anything, but I liked to sit there!
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