I shouldn’t be mad that the squirrels (I’m guessing) have been nibbling the gourds I put on our front stoop, because they did leave my patio flowers alone all summer long. I’m sure they’ll find a way to the roof deck by next summer because I know they’re holding a grudge against me as much as I’m holding a grudge against them for eating all my daisies at my old apartment in Roscoe Village.
I do find it odd that nature is attacking my pumpkins and gourds faster than the thugs down the street. I didn’t expect these to last for a day before some idiots were throwing them at each other or our house. I can just remember how devastating it was when we were kids and we’d spend all that time designing and carving pumpkins and some hoodlums would come by that very night and smash them all over the street. I guess I never expect pumpkin decorations to last any more. Stupid New London teenagers.. jading me for life!
looks like squirrels with pretty big teeth! we have deer (and I’m sure other critters) come in and eat on ours, a little every day…
two of the four are gone now. i saw parts of one smashed nearby.. so i think the kids are getting to them.