Monday, April 7, 2008

A new addition

Meet the newest member of our family–"Scarecat" the scarecrow. AJ did the artwork and obviously birds would be the most scared of a scary cat, something I hadn't thought of.

We are beginning to have a grackle problem. So AJ suggested the scarecrow. I don't have very high hopes for scaring the birds, but it makes me smile every time I look out the back windows.

For those of you unfamiliar with grackles–just imagine a smallish crow who acts like a pit bull on crack. They are SOOO loud, and SOOO aggressive (they will steal food right out of your hand) and I've heard they will eat up tomatoes in nothing flat, so we are going to have to take some drastic measures. Tomato stealing is a capitol offense in my book!

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