Friday, March 10, 2023

The case of the janky side gate: a Lansing whodunnit

Yesterday, while I was at work, Nu at school, and Big was working in the garage... Scout and Huck popped in to say hi to him. 

That was SO cute, but they shouldn't have been able to come around the side of the house like that because the side gate is always shut. 

Except this time, it wasn't--it had been left ajar. 

Our side gate looks like a stable gate, and I'm kinda always secretly hoping that there'll be a surprise pony popping up to say hello as I drive up to the garage some day. Anyway, it's the big, cumbersome gate in the pic... the big, cumbersome side gate that has always been broken as long as we've lived here and needs to be lifted slightly to move it. 

Which is to say, the puppies couldn't have opened it. I know Nu and I haven't. The last time we opened that gate was when the roofers were here months ago. Who came by and moved the gate and then left in a hurry without closing it? No one knows.

Actually, I don't even want to know. I just hope they never do it again.

4 comments:

Nicole said...

Hmm...that is mysterious and kind of alarming. There have been a couple times that a gate has been left open at our house, and it was due to sketchy criminal activity in the neighbourhood. I hope that's not the case here!

Gillian said...

Creepy.

maya said...

Nicole and Gillian--I'm really creeped out, actually.
I've cycled through a ton of scenarios in my head and am being more careful with home security etc.

StephLove said...

Sounds like something to keep an eye on.

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