My bathroom has 14′ ceilings, built in the 1800s; my house is one of the oldest on the block. At one time there were only four houses on this plot. My shower has a window with a view of the backside of the brick building next door.
I never looked out that bathroom window after first seeing the brick wall. In fact there is a curtain over the window. I never really looked beyond the curtain.
Creativity is often sparked by observation you know, imagination too, often times it is as simple as looking at things in a different way. Or just observing items you would normally take for granted. Like doors handles on old houses. Or ledges above old windows in bathrooms.
Yikes, a mouse!
No, it can’t be a mouse. How could a mouse get up on that ledge?
If it’s a mouse, did it come in through the window? What if we have mice crawling in our walls? That must be why I itch all the time. Fleas, we have fleas! Mice carry rabies don’t they? And I have cats.. wait, it didn’t move, maybe it’s a bat. A scared little bat curled up in a ball. OMG, yes, a bat. Alex, my big blue cat, has been crazy all week. Of course, it is a bat, and I totally ignored the sign Alex was giving me. I just thought it was the “kitty” spring crazy thing. What if it flies away, how will I catch it? Okay, think. Get a towel and a ladder and throw the towel over the bat. No, maybe tape the towel to a stick. I got it, Swiffer, I’ll get my Swiffer duster, tape the duster to a broom handle and then swat him down. I wonder if anyone has made a bat catcher. Wow, I should buy batcatcher.com . Wait, how can it be a bat? The lights are on. Aren’t bats nocturnal? It’s daytime. It’s a mouse, I know it’s a mouse. Should I knock it down? It must be stunned. Grant, my neighbor would know. He has older apartments. I bet he has mouse experience. It’s 5 a.m. I can figure this out. Got it. Get a sheet, put the sheet over the bathtub, knock it down and then wrap it up. Wait, a net, where is my net? Okay, I know, a broom handle.
hmm.. it’s not moving.. how can it be a mouse?
What is this thing perched up on the ledge that I never noticed until today?
I wish I had looked out the window along time ago.
