Tinkling, breaking glass, mouse trap?

Night before last we were awakened by the sound of what we though was tinkling/breaking glass. DH thought it sounded like it was in the kitchen, but we saw nothing amiss when we checked it out. This was around 4:30 in the morning. He got dressed, took the flashlight and headed outside. He remembered that he hadn’t locked the small iron gate and we wondered if someone off the street had come in. He did the walk around the property, found nothing strange, locked the gate and came back in. We went back to bed wondering what the heck had happened.

All the next day we wondered and checked things out and couldn’t figure out the puzzle.

Last night we were woke up by what we thought sounded like a mouse trap going off. We had had one set some time back, but after checking that,we saw that it was empty and not even in a position to catch anything the way it was crammed behind things.

I looked around and found half of a dwarf poincianna seed pod laying in the kitchen sink, and a couple of seeds. I also found a seed on the floor. We said ok that’s the mouse trap, and went back to bed. As we lay there I thought I better look around in there again to see if I can see something else. Sure enough I did. Inside a glass candle holder I saw half of a seed pod and a seed, then I saw the other half of the seed pod behind this area. The seed pod had exploded, probably hitting the under side of the cabinet and half went to the back area and the other half into the glass enclosure, which made us think of breaking glass. It just goes to show how much force must be behind these things when they are ready to expel seeds. I couldn’t help but laugh and could hardly quit when going back to bed, as DH mumbled ‘ You and your seed pods.’ I put the rest of the seed pods in a container and out in the screened porch so that we would not be woken again.

Half of the seed pod between little rack of essential oils and the ceramic piece of fruits and veggies. The other half inside the glass enclosure.

It’s amazing how things sound in the middle of the night, when you are half asleep.

Beware of exploding seed pods. You might end up doing a ‘boogie walk’ for ‘boogie men’, when there are none.

Hope you all have a restful sleep.