The Case of the Creeping Cactus

 Mystery solved! Mystery, you ask---what mystery? And I would tell you that just yesterday, my daughter, Rachel, asked me why a piece of cactus from the large pot was not in the pot, but in the middle of the deck. I thought that, perhaps, a raccoon or possum had paid us a visit---and put the piece back into the pot. Then, this morning, my husband, Dana, called me to come to the back door just in time to see this little varmint jumping out of the pot with this same piece of cactus in tow. How is he not getting stuck with the tiny spines on this cactus? But, at least I know what's been messing with my cactus!