Thursday
Aug142008
Giant mutant evil squirrels
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 12:13PM
I was coming back from my daily power walk late yesterday afternoon when I saw something moving in front of the house. At first I thought it was a giant mutant squirrel but then I realized it was the groundhog our neighbours have been talking about.
It looked pretty healthy, with sleek shiny fur and lots of padding. Padding largely gleaned from eating my plants, I'm sure. Little bugger. When we came home from the cottage, one of our potted plants had nearly all the leaves and flowers chewed off, leaving only stems. Grr.
I chased the groundhog around the side of the house. Tried to get a photo of it with my iPhone, too, but the shutter was too slow and I only got a blurry shot of weeds instead.
Clearly, the neighbourhood squirrels have called in reinforcements. I couldn't help thinking of the Lord of the Rings movie when the goblins in the Mines of Moria call in the big Cave Troll to attack the good guys.
Well, I refuse to be intimidated. The groundhog has already made several attempts to infiltrate my basement office via tunnels beneath our house, razed my lettuce, attacked the mailman...but the war is not yet over. All right, I was kidding about the mailman, but it's only a matter of time, really.
Any tips on how to discourage groundhogs from vandalizing our garden would be much appreciated.
Speaking of Evil Creatures, I just received a package in the mail from my friend Seanan McGuire:
How can something so evil be so cute? Seanan's reply: "He brings evil under the guise of ADORABLE, that you might not suspect the depths to which he is capable of sinking!" :-)
Speaking of cute/evil packages in the mail, I'm excited to announce that I'm now the proud owner of a Nerd Ninja Doll! Photos/details in the next Blathering.
The squirrel in the photo is standing on a book I'm currently reading, The Princess and the Hound
by Mette Ivie Harrison, which my niece was kind enough to lend me. It's SOOOOO GOOOOD! I'm about halfway through and am finding myself slowing down so it will last longer.
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It looked pretty healthy, with sleek shiny fur and lots of padding. Padding largely gleaned from eating my plants, I'm sure. Little bugger. When we came home from the cottage, one of our potted plants had nearly all the leaves and flowers chewed off, leaving only stems. Grr.
I chased the groundhog around the side of the house. Tried to get a photo of it with my iPhone, too, but the shutter was too slow and I only got a blurry shot of weeds instead.
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Clearly, the neighbourhood squirrels have called in reinforcements. I couldn't help thinking of the Lord of the Rings movie when the goblins in the Mines of Moria call in the big Cave Troll to attack the good guys.
Well, I refuse to be intimidated. The groundhog has already made several attempts to infiltrate my basement office via tunnels beneath our house, razed my lettuce, attacked the mailman...but the war is not yet over. All right, I was kidding about the mailman, but it's only a matter of time, really.
Any tips on how to discourage groundhogs from vandalizing our garden would be much appreciated.
Speaking of Evil Creatures, I just received a package in the mail from my friend Seanan McGuire:
How can something so evil be so cute? Seanan's reply: "He brings evil under the guise of ADORABLE, that you might not suspect the depths to which he is capable of sinking!" :-)
Speaking of cute/evil packages in the mail, I'm excited to announce that I'm now the proud owner of a Nerd Ninja Doll! Photos/details in the next Blathering.
The squirrel in the photo is standing on a book I'm currently reading, The Princess and the Hound
by Mette Ivie Harrison, which my niece was kind enough to lend me. It's SOOOOO GOOOOD! I'm about halfway through and am finding myself slowing down so it will last longer.
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