Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for October 10, 2013

open the window and let peekaboo after them….

At one place my husband and I lived, we would leave a handful of peanuts for the neighborhood squirrels. One day we forgot, and a squirrel climbed up the fire escape and tapped on our living room window. Thankfully it was only the matriarch and not the whole family.

Since I’ve killed 13 squirrels in my back yard, I don’t have a squirrel problem anymore. Tree rats got into the walls of my house and caused considerable damage. I still keep the trap baited just in case.

Subtlety has it’s rewards. Those squirrels aren’t interested.

Politicians in general I’d say. They are all crooks.

Time to get a couple of dogs.

Reminds me of our 4 cats every morning waiting for their wet cat food.

Nope. They’re waiting for the rides to open in Acornland (Pooch Café, Wednesday).

My daughter’s miniature goat bangs on the sliding glass door every morning. Hummingbirds will peer into the living room when the porch hummingbird feeder is empty. One of the budgies will hover in front of my daughter’s face when the seeds are scarce.

I keep thinking a .17 caliber air rifle & a squirrel stew recipe. But that’s just me with no squirrel problem, here in the desert.

Put only safflower seeds in your feeder. The squirrels will only eat it if they’re desperate and they’ll never attack a feeder for it. (A year’s experience here and four before that of them going after the sunflowers in the supposedly squirrel-proof feeder.)

To keep them out of your suet, buy the chili-oil-infused version. But handle it with gloves, it’s potent.

P.S. Our dear dog and cat simply pretended the squirrels were not there. Plus, when our dog was very old and too old to run he would lie on the grass in the sun. A very old bunny was doing the same just a couple of feet away. When our dog died the bunny never returned.

They can gather nuts, it’ll be easier.