Squirrels of Mass Destruction

Squirrels love the hang out in the tiny “woods” behind our house. I’ve seen these squirrels do some cool things: I have watched a squirrel bury a nut and pat the dirt around it with his little “hands” until you can’t even tell the ground was disturbed. Well, actually, it wasn’t the ground, it was the mulch in our flower beds in the back yard. Another thing I saw a squirrel do this summer was to pull the tops off of the toadstools that had sprung up, and eat them! How cute is that?

Lately, these squirrels are out of control. They’re tearing the hell out of those mulch beds, leaving big holes. The other day, two of them were digging and playing in what was left of a pot of impatiens. On Sunday, we were sitting on the patio WHEN I NOTICED THAT MR & MRS TOAD WERE MISSING. What diabolical fiends had removed or dislodged my beloved toad couple? Damn squirrels!! I found Mr & Mrs lying face down at the bottom of the little mulch “hill,” no doubt knocked over during some extreme squirrel rumpus session.

Well I have had it! This means war!! I’m thinking about hooking up an electrical charge to Mr & Mrs Toad. Tha-aa-t’s right. Mess with the toads – circuit overload, baby!!