Holy Mole-y !

So. . . the other day, I was sitting here at my computer doing some work. I caught a flash of white out of the corner of my eye and figured that it was just Scooterpoo by my desk. No big deal, right ? When he didn't move and come beg for me to pet him, though, that seemed a little odd.

I looked down to see what he was doing and lo and behold. . . I saw his "toy". EGAD ! I thought it was a mouse. . . which would have been bad enough, but nooooo -- it wasn't a mouse. It was a critter that I have never seen up close and personal like this ever before.

It was. . . a little tiny MOLE. (BTW, y'all, he was already on the roof. Scooter didn't do it and I certainly didn't ! He was already stiff, so I know he had been deceased for a while.)


Being from West Texas, we don't have moles -- we have ground squirrels. I KNOW what a ground squirrel looks like. I am comfortable with ground squirrels. I understand ground squirrels. Moles ? Not so much.


So. . . I did what I usually do. I took lots of pictures to show everyone !

Here they are. . .


(I put him on a paper towel so the pictures would show up a little better -- and so I didn't actually touch him. Okay -- I SO did ! I've always heard about "moleskin", but I just couldn't believe what that might feel like. It's TOTALLY soft and very "sleek"-feeling.)

Mole on paper towel -- the nose was SO interesting to me. His tail is also weird. It's doesn't look rat-like at all, but it kind of is. The hair on the tail is a little pokey-outty, but not "sharp-pokey". Seriously -- so hard to describe. Go fondle a mole. Get your freak on. =D

Put him next to my cell phone for size perspective.

Tiny little "shovel" hands.

This is the underside of his nose. I thought the "crease" was so weird. And, OH ! Those FINGERNAILS ! Yeesh.

Anyhow, the rest of his family is also scheduled for their final goodbyes. I am sad and he seems very cute, but. . . I'm thoroughly sick of the huge dirt lumps in my front lawn and I haven't been able to yet persuade them to move somewhere else. (Like the neighbor's back yard -- which is totally overgrown and where no one would actually SEE their destruction. *sigh*)

Thoughts ?