Squirrels are attacking - on more than one front! Wish I could get a photo of the attack squirrel who has managed to figure out how to climb four stories up a painted brick wall and then poise himself above us and then leap from there onto my poor suffering fuschia hanging pot and from there to industriously dig up our lettuce. Opening the door leads to him making a flying leap to the ground (three stories below) and take off running. Resident Chef is NOT happy about having to keep replanting his lettuce!
And, on the sewing front, it seems there's been yet another squirrel at work because I bailed (momentarily) on the latest landscape and instead turned to making sleep pants for #1 son out of this fabric...
Pattern is this one...
McCall's # 4244
Both of our sons are quite tall (6'4" and 6'8") so getting lounge pants long enough is practically impossible. So....Mom, to the rescue.
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Today's quote is from F. Scott Fitzgerald..."It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living"
Maybe resident chef needs to invest in the Essential Peppermint Oil? The only pot I neglected to put the soaked qtips in was the only one ravaged by a squirrel.
ReplyDeletehmmmm - good idea!!! I had forgotten about that tip from you earlier.
DeleteI do enjoy watching the antics of squirrels as long as it's in the trees. When they come to the deck and I suspect roof top, they only have trouble in mind. I had to stop putting out bird seed. They even would peek in the door window as if to remind me to refill. And dont get me started on the flower pots they dug up in fall to hide seeds and nuts which they never seem to come back and retrieve, thank goodness.
ReplyDeleteWe think Marauder Squirrel has seen a blue jay hiding a peanut or two in our pots and now he thinks he's figured out a food source. No bird seed here other than we put out suet in the winter months. The squirrels were causing all sorts of havoc by eating wiring in cars in the parking lot so we stopped putting out seed to try to discourage them.
DeleteMaybe a wire pet cage we ill help that squirrels can't squeeze through? I didn't know they have such a long range sense of smell.
ReplyDeleteStrong sense of smell AND a very keen eyesight too. We just keep chasing him and maybe one of these days he'll decide the fall to the ground simply isn't worth it.
DeleteMOTH BALLS!!! either scattered on the soil or hanging in a small bag made from gause or an old pair of panty hose!! Works here!!
ReplyDeleteHmmm - something to ponder! Don't know if it would stop the Marauder from jumping down from the balcony above into my flowers though. Maybe a few placed around would remind him that he really doesn't want to be here.
DeleteI have either squirrels or chipmunks digging in my raised bed. They uprooted my bean seeds just as they were sprouting along with the cucumbers. It seems they are practicing for some digging contest because they're not eating anything there.
ReplyDeleteThat's what's happening here - lots of digging things up but for little reward.
DeleteOur squirrels have attacked first: our hanging bird feeder--we have no idea HOW they reached it--they broke it and the bottom has disappeared!! and secondly they attacked our hummingbird feeder over night and broke it apart... I am not a fan of squirrels for sure!!
ReplyDeleteThey are definitely destructive and totally ingenious. How on earth the ones here can scale a painted brick wall over three stories high absolutely confounds me, to say nothing about the flying leaps from our balcony down to the ground.
DeleteFor awhile we had a squirrel that would empty our bird feeder. It seems to have disappeared for awhile now. Hope the Resident Chef figures out a way to keep the marauder out of his lettuce and your plant.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
They can empty a bird feeder in a matter of an hour (if that) and they can chew through practically anything as those who had their car wires chomped can attest. Several people had massive repair bills because of them so we try not to encourage them.
DeleteGoodness, you're talking about real squirrels, lol! I thought you meant those pesky sewing and quilting ones!!! I have to say I love squirrels, but only because we don't have them here ruining all our plants! xx
ReplyDeleteActually I was referring to both kinds!
DeleteSherry of createology: Oh how those pesky squirrels are so ingenious. Resident Chef’s lettuce must be very gourmet! You are such a good mom to sew lounge pants for your boys. Excellent quote for these troubled times.
ReplyDeleteTurns out not only the squirrels like his lettuce because now the mourning doves are nibbling at it too. As for the lounge pants, I've made them for our boys for years so I expect it's going to be a lifetime job.
DeleteOh my gosh - the images of the squirrel you've conjured up are downright hilarious! Frustrating no doubt, but hilarious just the same!
ReplyDeleteSquirrels are certainly interesting little creatures and never cease to amaze us with their ability to figure ways to be destructive.
DeleteThe images of the squirrel you conjured up with this story are just hilarious - I have no doubt it's exceedingly frustrating but what a little winged bandit he must be!
ReplyDeleteI can't understand how he can throw himself off our balcony, fall for three stories, and then take off running as if nothing has happened. Hopefully once he figures he's safe he has to at least nurse a headache!
DeleteMy goodness, I have never heard of a squirrel climbing that high before! I hope you find a way to stop them! Christine xx
ReplyDeleteIt's quite a sight to see a squirrel scaling a sheer painted brick wall that's for sure. People here insist on feeding them and then get bent out of shape when they eat the wiring in their cars.
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