Skunks!

So, one of the unexpected joys of living in BC is the fascinating parade of different wildlife we get exposed to - we knew that an old, blind-looking skunk lived in the area, but OD was surprised to see a gaggle of junior skunks playing around on the side deck one afternoon - even worse, they appeared to be living under the back of the house......
One 'skunk-expert', a quick look under the side deck, and a phase of demolition later, we're now in a position to evict our unwanted Pepe LePeu guests - lets see if the trap-door works.....

Demolishing the deck revealed a whole new realm of building nightmares, so I'm currently in a phase of reconstructing the drainage behind the house - we filled a 20yd skip in a weekend and removed a load of junk that the previous owners kindly left for us - the work will never stop.