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Well, it's been one of those days for Dave. His first mistake--getting out of bed this morning!
Dave thought he'd get into the holiday spirit and put up our Christmas lights and put out what we lovingly call his "lawn trash". All of this good stuff has been housed out in our barn for three years without incident. Well, it seems that several (and I mean SEVERAL) squirrels had moved into the barn this past year. They have caused havoc--they have shredded, torn, scratched, scraped, chewed, and in short, destroyed everything they have touched. Dave told me that all the boxes in which he stores his lawn trash ended up in the burn pile because they had been shredded by our unwelcome tenants. When he pulled out his lawn trash, he discovered that the mangy tree rodents had chewed through most of the cords and some of the actual items:
Here are a few examples:
Note the hole in the donkey's foot. We bought the donkey last year...
This poor soldier didn't have a chance! He has met his final resting place in our trash bin
Mary's poor nose has been nibbled - that's just WRONG! Baby Jesus has also had his manger chewed, but we have spared you the shock by not photographing it!
Electrical cords must be tasty--with all the oak trees with lots of acorns surrounding the barn we're trying to figure out what the attraction is to plastic! This is only one of MANY chewed cords!
Then...while hosing off his lawn trash...the sprayer disintegrated and showered him and everything else!
The house lights were all working last year-- just call it par for the course!
Dave's very sad face! He spent more time cleaning up, repairing, etc. than actually having any fun. So much for getting into the holiday spirit! Poor Dave! Hmmm...they say squirrel is very tasty, a little gamey, but tasty..now where did we put that shot gun?!
