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The French had a little car they called "Deux Chevaux" - Two Horse(power) ,

The Italians went for "Topolino" - Little Mouse. (Officially the Cinquecento - 500cc.)

But this modern incarnation ups the ante to Two Mice.

Barrels from the old winery have been repurposed as luxury condominiums by something known as the "San Francisco Dusky-Footed Woodrat"

They build large homes out of twigs and sticks, such homes can reach 6ft high and last many years - being passed from generation to generation.

According to Bay Nature Magazine ...If you could see inside a woodrat's house, you'd find a tidy little home: a nest bedroom or two lined with grasses and shredded bark; a pantry full of acorns and other seeds, leaves, and twigs for food; and several latrines for waste (a woodrat poops over 100 pellets a day!). The nests might have a few scattered California bay leaves to repel fleas. Food items that can be toxic when fresh (such as toyon leaves) are kept in a separate room to age before the rats move them to the pantry. When the latrines get full, woodrats clean house, shoving the pellets out into the forest, where they fertilize the soil.

Barrels from the old winery have been repurposed as luxury condominiums by something known as the "San Francisco Dusky-Footed Woodrat"

They build large homes out of twigs and sticks, such homes can reach 6ft high and last many years - being passed from generation to generation.

According to Bay Nature Magazine ...If you could see inside a woodrat's house, you'd find a tidy little home: a nest bedroom or two lined with grasses and shredded bark; a pantry full of acorns and other seeds, leaves, and twigs for food; and several latrines for waste (a woodrat poops over 100 pellets a day!). The nests might have a few scattered California bay leaves to repel fleas. Food items that can be toxic when fresh (such as toyon leaves) are kept in a separate room to age before the rats move them to the pantry. When the latrines get full, woodrats clean house, shoving the pellets out into the forest, where they fertilize the soil.

This mailbox is at the former entrance of what was once a thriving winery. The owners sold it to move to a place where there was more room for expansion Meanwhile the original place lies empty except for some disused barrels which have become luxury homes for some furry creatures.