I’ve always said that if someone were to observe some of what happens around here, they would not believe it.
For instance, this happened last week:

Yes, that is indeed a mouse/rat floating on our pool cleaner, trying not to drown. In our pool. How does that happen? I mean, did the dogs chase it and it blindly ran into the pool, then managed to pull itself up onto the pool cleaner one tiny paw at a time? Does it think it’s safe now??? Or did it just meander out onto the thing and realize too late that it was a BAD IDEA.
Because I hate to be the one to say it, but there isn’t going to be a happily ever after for this creature. In fact, shortly after I took this picture, Brad came out with the pool net and disposed of it.
And that’s all I’m going to say about that.