What's Under There?

Detective Thunder reporting here today.

This morning I was let out at the usual early rising hour of 4:45 a.m. Mom kept calling me to come inside after a few minutes, but I wasn't coming when she called. I stayed outside for almost two hours before I finally decided it was time to go see if Dad had some toast ready for me. Now you may wonder why I would want to stay out in the dark, damp morning for so long. Well, let me tell you it has something to do with this piece of equipment in the yard.

Yes, the playscape is for the grandbipeds who love to climb, and swing, and slide on it. But at that hour of the day, let me assure you there are no little kidlets out there. But something was there, I just know it,
I could smell it.

When I came inside, I forgot to clean my paws, so Mom knew I was up to something out there. She was worried that I had cornered a snake again, so she went out to check things out and discovered

THIS

A bit of a hole.

AND THIS

Some clawing work.

AND THIS TOO!

Rut roh, did I do THAT?

Maybe I need to spend a little time cleaning up the paws before she tries to capture some evidence on the flashy box.

So you could say she wasn't too happy with me. Later in the morning once all the kidlets had arrived and then left again for their morning activities, she and I went outside to investigate together.

See, I told her, right here I can smell something.
I just had to do some digging to see what it could be.

Mom, down there, there IS something.

You just have to let me do some more digging,
I can't fit my snooter under there yet.

We even managed to get a little video of my efforts. You can hear how hard I am sniffing to try to capture the essence of what is under there.

This was the Momster's temporary solution to the problem. She covered up all my detective work with a broken baby gate!!! What is she thinking? Then I heard her mumbling something about having to get some patio blocks to cover up the area. I need some help here.

Here is a look underneath - can any of you see what's under there?

So here I am now, in my meditation corner, trying very hard to come up with a new plan.

Woos,