Oh! And then there are the mentally ill. There was this one woman who would hold meetings in my shade structure. She would arrange chairs in a semi circle and t

Oh! And then there are the mentally ill. There was this one woman who would hold meetings in my shade structure. She would arrange chairs in a semi circle and talk to the chairs. There weren’t any others...it was just her and her dog. She’d talk to them and ‘hear’ them. She would be so irritated when I come by and she’s hold the door open to let ‘them’ out..thanking each one of her invisible friends for coming. I knew she was harmless but i always locked my tools away. Once I forgot to lock a pair of shears and the next morning, the lavender hedges were all razed..she had gone on a rampage on the greenhouse plastic..shredding it. I finally called the cops. They were sympathetic but said they can’t do anything unless I file a complaint and ask that she be arrested. I was reluctant to do this..and they said that their hands are tied unless they book her. If she is mentally ill and someone had filed a missing person report, this was the only way they can question her and detain her..maybe get fingerprints. I don’t want anyone to ever stay in jail because they are mentally ill..but I relented. She came by a few more times and then she moved on to another area from what I heard. This is a whole another kind of trespassing. I have no answers. Just frustrated and really sad and angry.