Author: Sharell

We attended Roanoke’s Go Outside Festival which was a lot of fun. It is an annual event that encourages healthy, active, outdoor living. It had a bit of camping, vendors, gear, music, races, dogs, and demos-a celebration of everything outdoors. A definite event to go to if you are Casey and Sharell 🙂

So we have a mystery on our hands and we thought you guys could help us solve it!

See this tree? It grows across the street and one house down from our place. You are probably asking yourself ‘what the heck is so special about this tree?!’ Well, in the last 6-ish weeks, we have found 5 dead animals at the base of this tree.

Here are the facts:

The animals are in the same spot under the tree every time; the side away from the road, near the sidewalk. Four squirrels and one rabbit. No other dead animals have ever been seen anywhere else in the neighborhood by us. Sometimes, the dead animal will not be there when we take Penny for a walk at dinner time, but before bed when we take her out, BAM there they are! So some die when it is dark.

The house this tree is directly in front of sits on a hill, so it is quite a rise to their front door; they do not have a good, direct line of sight to the base of this tree. The other surrounding houses’ view of this tree are either blocked by other trees or they are across the street and down the hill.

We have never heard any kind of gun shots in the neighborhood. Not many people are out and about too much and kids don’t play outside there. There is a power line running above the tree. No odd mushrooms or other plants grow under the tree that we can see.

There is never any blood. The animals are never damaged, never look injured, and are never squished. They all looked healthy and robust.

Hypotheses:

We thought maybe they were poisoned, but that would have to be some fast acting poison to have them all keel over in the same spot.

Or maybe they were electrocuted and all just happened to fall and land in the same spot? But rabbits don’t climb trees/power lines.

Maybe someone is shooting them? No gun shots heard, no blood.

What are the chances that young, perfectly healthy appearing animals all die in the SAME spot over the last month and a half?! Please leave your thoughts in the comments, we are baffled!

 

We explored downtown Roanoke a bit and found these huge murals.It is very cute downtown!
This is in the lobby of a ticket office.Frolf and quiche was a must.We even went to a new frolf course-we were the only ones there!Penny had a blast 🙂Yummy food!Shipping out a custom Etsy order to Oklahoma!My most recent pet sitting buddies!And we even did some mountain biking! It was a very fun week off 🙂

Casey finished his 3 days of testing-and passed all of his exams! That means he gets a week off and we get to have some fun! We celebrated with a trip to 5 Guys Burgers and Fries 🙂

We went to a BBQ party later and continued celebrating with about 35 of Casey’s classmates. Casey’s bacon-wrapped hotdogs were a hit 🙂

Happy Birthday to the best brother EVER! You are so special to me and I am so proud of you. Thank you for being so thoughtful, fun, caring, and adventurous. I admire your willingness to take new risks and step outside boxes. You are the BEST! Have a great day! <3

Exam week starts tomorrow. Someone got spoiled this weekend with cookies and a roast <3

Casey’s first 8 week block is over and he is studying for exams next week. He was taking a practice test and this question came up:

And they get worse.

Do you have a headache too?

This is HER bay window, in case anyone was confused.

I thought this was too neat not to share, enjoy!

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Today we went to the Virginia Tech vs. Georgia Tech football game! We were told that this is the loudest stadium in the country due to its design, even though it only holds 55,000 people.

We were winning the entire game….except for the last 3 seconds 🙁

Tailgaters everywhere!

We stopped at a lemonade stand on the way back to the car and headed home to Penny 🙂