Anne, I absolutely adore how you write. I oughtn't giggle so much when catching up on your journal; I feel guilty, somehow. I've also been known to come back when I can't face working on the book any longer, simply to reread your latest entries.
Ah, the joys of an old house. You are lucky to have "inherited" such a well-kept one. Good luck with the Sacred Ancient Historical Lock.
Oh call the former owner about the back door. The squirrels are doing fine *at this moment* as you have yet to evict them, so you won't even have to lie.
Sounds like a great house, and you're just in the throes of the "new house" learning curve. Amazing how much there is to learn about a particular house.
What you do, see, is get a bunch of the plastic containers that 35mm film comes in, and drill lots of holes in them. Then you stuff them with cotton, and soak them in fox urine (available in bottles in farm stores). Then you toss the capped containers into the attic/squirrel condominium. The squirrels, who know from predator scent, will then move to the new homes of the surrounding subdivision. The bottle of fox urine is not inexpensive; maybe $15 for several ounces. But do you realize how hard it is to get a fox to pee into a bottle?
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