I've been to the BIG city again, this time to Swedens beautiful capital, Stockholm. Apart from the usual detritus of industry on the outskirts, once on the central islands surrounding "Gamlestan" (Old town), you find yourself surrounded by copper roofed architecture and waterways. The islands are often high, so views are broard and magnificent.
The contrast between the noise and buzz of the city and the gentle sighing of the pine trees here at "Sven Magnutorp" is enormous, and finding the ballance of how to spend most of my time here and yet enable the necessary funds is a little tricky right now, until the time when I have found local and "home" work and tradeable and sharing options.
But what has this to do with Mouse Sh**? It's about getting back to basics, it's learning about how to live here, what's already here, how to use the resources available. When I purchased the property, I agreed with the owners that they didn't have to clear out the house in the often expected way, instead they could leave everything they didn't want or need. which it has turned out to be a lot! In fact rather interesting, discovering the history of a Swedish family through the objects left behind.
Just now there is a program on BBC radio 4 about history through a hundred objects. This is through the British Museum and therefore world wide. My findings are focused in one small place on the planet, and maybe of future interest for this blog!
Anyway, while cleaning and rearranging furniture, I had to sweep up large amounts of mouse "evidence", which in turn got me thinking as to how to preserve my mouse edible things, for however much one tries, mice seem to like to co-habitate with us if at all possible. Sensible creatures really,as we like to keep warm, they obviously like to share. Just wish they could be house trained and discriminate which plastic and cloth to chew to line their nests.
More on the mouse situation later, with the answers to questions like, should I kill, get a cat, trap and drive at least 2 kms away, or share my space, at the same time seal food and clothing in mouse free areas. Then again can I tune in to mouse consciousness and share with agreement? (I have read that this attitude is possible! Maybe you know of someone who could teach me)
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