Author name: Denys Bouton

From the spring through the late fall, we usually take our morning coffee outside, under the veranda.

Visualize this: you’re sitting outside, enjoying a glass of wine, admiring the view, looking at the stars. It’s summer, it’s 25°C (77°F) and around 10 pm.

I spotted it out of the corner of my eye, as I was picking up some keys from the top of a piece of furniture we have in the entrance…

A tragedy for one, dinner for another.

It was summer. At that period of the year, the sky is bright by 4:30 am. I was awake, not much choice about it since the bedroom windows face east. It was so bright in there that one could have read even though the metal blinds were shut.

That’s when I heard it…

It’s funny the way we “see”. At first we did not notice it. What we noticed was a series of unusual little… pellets on top of the baseboard.