Slightly Afraid

The one thing great about Mama's Oasis is I am not afraid here.  It drives some of my friends crazy, particularly my friend that lives another road over from me.  She thinks I need to get a dog, and she hates that I sit out after dark.  I just laugh at her and tell her I am only five feet from my door and I am not afraid.

I will however admit that early this morning I was slightly afraid.  Around midnight last night some critter started squawking on the back porch and banging around the furniture and even moving some of my heavy iron chairs.  I looked out and couldn't see anything.  A few minutes later it sounded as if something was banging on the roof, then the chairs were moving again.  I started getting a little freaked out.

Everything went quiet for about five minutes then there was pounding on the roof again followed by something on the front porch.  I was not a happy camper.  

The banging around lasted until about 1:30 A.M.  I kept wondering who I could call to come over and see what was outside.

Today when I talked to my friend and told her about what happened she told me she thought it was the giant guinea hen that has been around the neighborhood. She swears it is about 3 feet tall and was causing a lot of noise at her neighbors house the other day.  I guess that would explain why there was banging on the roof.

I have decided to go with the guinea hen theory because that is not scary at all.  It just means there was a big bird outside looking for its nocturnal resting place.