Oh you........

We only have a small garden.

We only get a few birds.

We get a LOT of squirrels.

Unfortnately a slightly off-line shot with a catapult a couple of years ago had an unpleasant but not entirely unexpected result when the missile sideswerved the squirrel and went straight through a neighbours window.

So I quickly threw the catapult behind a bookshelf and bought a Twirl A Squirrel by mail order from America as you couldn't get them here then. It was enourmously sucessful and hugely entertaining to watch as the gentle centrifugal action politely encouraged the squirrel to exit the peanut feeder.

Recently the little critters have been ganging up on me, and Mr BRE noticed them sizing up the branch that the Twirl a Squirrel hangs on. He and Youngest Son decided butter laced with chilli powder smeared on the branch would soon see to that.

We came down this morning to find about 4 ft of branch (which is about 3cm in diameter) chewed off at a different place and the branch, Twirl A Squirrel and peanut feeder laying on the ground.

CHEEKY BUGGERS!

Mr BRE is going to buy another catapult.

He is a better shot than me!



p.s. I took the day off work to revise for an exam I am taking tomorrow. So far I have emptied the dishwasher, done the washing, cleaned and refilled the water filter, made a cup of tea, sent a text message, observed the 2 minute silence, and blipped. Trigonometry is not my natural friend!