Neighbors! Can live without 'em!! We've been here (on a very neighbor-friendly block) seven years, have exchange pleasantries with neighbors on all sides, wave from the yard when lawning, etc. But who really knows what lurks in their hearts? Last Spring, at about 10:30 pm on a Thursday night, a giant-sized yellow-jacket flew into my kitchen while I was coming up the stairs. It was at least thrice this big:
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I was trapped on the stairs as the alien buzzed the landing!!
I SCREAMED, repeatedly calling for the hubs who finally woke up. Did I mention that the neighbors window is right across from the back door landing?
Hubs finally woke up and killed the damn thing and went back to bed. Ten minutes later there's a knock at the door and you guessed it -- the local police. I guessed (correctly) that the neighbors had called, quickly explained about the bee and did let them in the door. They asked to speak to my husband!@@ (OMG, they thought I killed him!!) Hubs came out, waved and went back to bed. The cops left. All was well in whitebread land.
Sorry for the derail, but It was my best story of last year.
PS I was holding a large barking lab on a leash the whole time.