Well, Mother's Day is officially OVER! Bummer! lol
I had a very nice day and even got some gardening done before dark! I almost have all the garden beds in the bogless garden done. Two more to go! I will be so glad to have it finished. My back is killing me tonight. I'm so tired of messing with them. I just want them done so I only have to maintain the gardens. Lugging 40 lbs. of soil and compost around gets really old ... fast!
One funny thing I saw out in the garden today...... actually I've seen it happen several times before ...... but saw it again today so thought I'd share......
Ya know my looney squirrels come to visit the feeder several times a day. When I go in and out of the backdoor to the yard, they have to constantly retreat up the fence (they figured out to use the trellis as a ladder!) and up into the trees in the lot behind me. Then they sit up there glaring at me and waiting for me to leave. The birds perch in the trees too and the 2 mice head for my garden beds and out the back crack in the fence. Everyone retreats when I appear! This goes on all day long when I am home on weekends. I go out, they make a mad dash from me. I go in, they all come back. On and on.....
Well .... the squirrels, it appears, are getting tired of trying to figure out a way down the fence. It's much easier for them to climb UP the trellis instead of DOWN the trellis. It takes too much time for them to scurry across the powerlines and down the fence the way they used to do it. So ..... I have been watching them this past week and they've come up with a new plan.....
The garden beds bordering the entire backyard are 4 ft. deep. Several times now I've caught the squirrels literally leaping off the fence cowabunga style. They have their arms and legs outstretched like a skydiver jumping from a plane. It's a hoot to watch!!! That way they can scramble to the food quickly and eat. I think they've figured out my timing of going in and out of the house. So they leap off the fence, hit the ground running, dash over to eat, and then high tail it back up the fence when I come back outside. LOL! And the cardinals fly back and forth to their feeder using the same timing as the squirrels. I think they are tag-teaming it! LOL!
They are all so darn smart! And ..... entertaining!!!! Never a dull moment with the critters around. My cat sits up on top of our grill on our back porch and looks like he's smiling at all this action! Makes me laugh to observe all these personalities! I think it's funny to see the smirk on the cat's face. ROFL!
Awwwww ..... life is good! :-)
