You enter a large yard with a fence, with a stone wall to your immediate left, extending to a fence before a yard in front of you. The house's outer wall behind you extends from the left wall off into the distance on the right. There is a drawing of a skull on this outer wall about halfway along, and another wall at the other end, extending to the fence.
The wall on your left has a slit in it, which is too small to contain a finger. As you examine it, you hear a loud howl from the fields nearby. You consider your options:
rightwards, or
back into the kitchen