Good possibly snowy day,
How are you guys doing today? It's supposed to snow here today. We haven't had a good snow all winter, and it looks as if we won't today, either. At first they were saying four inches here, maybe. Now it is down to under an inch, and that probably won't stick. Missy Linda wants just one good snow for the winter. Don't ask me why; I don't have a clue.
Now for the subject at hand---Missy Linda and some squirrel are having some kind of a problem. I heard Missy Linda say that she is declaring all out war against this squirrel, and maybe a giant raccoon. (We will talk about the giant raccoon later.) She always says that she doesn't care what the squirrels, possums and raccoons eat off the ground under the bird feeders. But she goes ballistic when the squirrels climb up and eat out of the feeder. One would assume that she would just buy those feeders that keep the squirrels from eating out of them, but that would make too much sense for Missy Linda. She says that is no fun! She would rather throw ice cubes at the squirrels when she catches them up on the feeders. (Again, I worry about Missy Linda.) She doesn't actually hit the squirrels----I am not sure she could if she wanted. She just makes the cubes whiz close by the varmints or hit the actual feeder. She says it keeps her pitching arm in shape----like the Boston Red Socks have her on speed dial!
Anyway, there is one old man squirrel who doesn't fall for Missy Linda's tricks. He just sits there and ignores the cubes whizzing close by his head. He doesn't even flinch when the feeder is actually hit! He will finally run away if Missy Linda walks out there and actually gets really close to him. After he runs away, he sits on the fence and flips his tail around and chatters at her to taunt her. She does not think that is amusing! I am worried that Missy Linda might be trying to figure out a way to teach Mr. Squirrel a lesson. She hates sassy rodents so much!
I just hope Missy Linda remembers her rule #5-----Don't do anything stupid enough to get on the evening news!
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Dear JT,
Is it okay to call you JT? I'm just using your initials as an abbreviation.
Anyway, I realize that you probably have limited real-life experiences. You must have seen or heard commercials for squirrel-proof bird feeders. Despite the claims, I don't think there is any such device. If birds can get food out of the feeder, squirrels will figure out how to get food too.
It's probably better that you just let Missy Linda carry on with her war by flinging frozen water at the offenders, since it's just a harmless diversion. Maybe it'll keep her from committing more serious assaults.
Actually squirrels taste pretty good, although not as good as rabbit. Fortunately they both taste better than possums and raccoons. Squirrels are a lot harder to skin than rabbits are.
Pseudo Uncle
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