Summer is winding down rapidly around these parts, and you can already see splashes of orange, red, and gold among the treetops. most telling of all is the return to sleeping curled up under the blanket and the ever-present cup of hot tea during the waking part of the day.
i really love this time of year.
there was a bit of a lull at the end of the Summer, and we had planned to use some of that time to tackle a few projects around our place. there are still a couple rooms to be re-painted since we moved... more than two years ago. we also had plans to reupholster both of the sofas, which we feel slightly-less incompetent at attempting following the recent disaster-free revamp of the dining room chairs. there was also talk of renting a sander and refinishing the living room and dining room floors.
the Universe, however, does not take plans into consideration when deciding which things should be thrown askew. so he is off at his parent's place for a while, and i am holding down our little fort. so it is a quiet Saturday evening for one... instead of the usual slightly-less quiet Saturday evening for two.
perhaps it is for the best i was alone, because i was watering the plants as the sun was setting, when i spotted something in the corner of one of the troughs.
clearly the plan of leaving the cherry tomatoes uncovered to distract the squirrel away from the two larger tomato plants is not having the desired effect.
i sent him the photos, and he was highly amused. if he was home, this would have been seen as a definite escalation of the ongoing hostility between him and the squirrel. however, as it is my problem for the while, he finds the whole thing hilarious.
as for that squirrel... (s)he is about to find out that i am the mean one around here.
Been there. Mine are usually victims of tomato worms, which I haven't the heart to kill (too squishy, too pretty), but last year mr. Squirrel ate All My Grapes. This year there is no Mr. Squirrel. I assume someone ate him. There is justice, if not mercy.
ReplyDeleteluckily, we haven't had any pest problems (yet). that may be the one advantage to being so far removed from the ground. we do get a bit of blight, but it has not been especially damaging. mostly, it is just the squirrel. hopefully whatever ate yours will take a spin up this way and get rid of mine too.
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