This time the dog meets him just inside the gate (the dog is, alas, overly socialized, and was likely just checking to see whether the visitor had a nice Milk-Bone™ on him, but fortunately he looks fierce) and the spousette, hearing the creak of the gate and then seeing a familiar form exiting to the front of the house, grabbed her trusty Nikon, sprinted outside and snapped a few pictures of the guy. A neighbor has confirmed that this was the man he caught in his back yard opening the bathroom window ("I thought this was my friend Joe's house"). His [link|http://homepage.mac.com/rcareaga/Sites/aus_pix/perp_closeup.jpg|visage] is about to go up on light stanchions and telephone poles all up and down this street, and will be posted as well on the local crimewatch website (one of whose movers and shakers is the incomparably-named Nicholas Vigilante) for the delectation of all right-thinking locals. Little Sister is watching.

cordially,