I gather that it isn’t within the realm of possibility that he put the cans there first and the car blocked access afterward....
Nope, the car was there first. He could have moved the truck from the driveway, put the car in the garage, and moved the truck back. He could have moved the car across the street. He could have put the trash cans where I told him to, by the Carters’.
But he didn’t.
And you’re one of my favorite people, too. I love all your plants-and-animals anecdotes.