We spent last weekend at the cabin.  Along with doing a few things at our cabin, we also mowed the lawn at mom’s and did a couple other winterizing things.  One of the tasks I had to do was to take down the large cloth umbrellas.  In the past I’ve found that there might be a few bees resting between the folds of the cloth so I decided to open up the umbrellas to make sure they were “clear” of bees before putting them away for the season.  I untied the green umbrella and was about to pull the thick cord.  As I reached down I bumped the cloth folds and one flipped over to reveal a BAT hanging on the cloth.  I’m happy to report that as of Sunday night, I have finally gotten back in to my skin.  I must have jumped back about 10 feet when I saw it.  I’ve never seen a bat up close like that and was NOT expecting to see one there.  The bat didn’t seem interested in moving so I got a long thin board and tapped the cloth which caused the bat to fall to the deck.  I had expected it would fly off but I was wrong.  It just sat on the deck for a few seconds and then started crawling around.  Katie took a video of it slowly going across the deck.  It ended up seeking refuge under the dark cover of the barbeque.  I’m hoping it will leave tonight so we don’t have to worry about finding it in the bbq later.  Click on the picture of the bat (sitting on the deck) below to see the video.  It’s actually pretty interesting.

On a completely separate note, we should be getting the sheetrock delivered on Tuesday and the installers are supposed to come out next weekend to hang it all.  EXCITING!  We passed both the framing/mechanical/plumbing and insulation inspections last week so we are making progress!