Varmints Beware!

A few weeks ago I posted about my troubles with the above varmints. I wanted to update you on a new development......

Since this orange haired beauty started coming around, the visits from my backyard invaders has not only lessened, but almost become nonexistent. I've heard terrifying cries, and seen some gruesome sights. This feline doesn't play.

I didn't want the squirrels around, but honestly...I didn't put a hit out on them!

VARMINTS!

Well here we are in sunny California where things are supposed to be highly civilized and better than anywhere else, that's what Gov. Terminator says in the commercials anyway. I would like to point out a few things that I never had to deal with in my little state of Utah:

Lizards running all over my yard.

and

These weird black bugs that come into my house, walk around for a few hours, flip on their backs and die. They seem to visit only in May.

and

These delightful birds who insist on building nests on our roof,

even though Todd keeps shooting them with:

The pellets apparently don't phase them, and they continue to build nests, make noise, and POOP all over the outside of my house!

And now for the newest member of the annoyance club:

Look at him....standing proud.


Not afraid that he's in a backyard of a human.

Not afraid that he is actually 5 feet away from an actual human!


No, he quickly scampers over on the deck to let me know he frequents that place too, probably more than me, and he is still not afraid.

You might think to yourself, well I bet he really is afraid he's just putting on a brave face.

Oh contrare, and just to prove it to you he calls his friends over to frolic and eat in the backyard of the human.

Although I'm all for friends, parties, and eating, I'd rather I have a say in who or what is doing it in my backyard.