The daunting task of tilling, forming the rows, and planting the seeds has been completed and Esther and my garden is on its way towards deliciousness. I can't wait. This year we have created something special in the hopes that our garden will be even more successful than our last. What is it... well... a very complex, detailed scare crow (we call it a "scare squirrel" as they are our primary targets). What does it look like... well, that is the interesting fact: Esther and my neighbor recently cut down a small tree and Esther and I used a combination of the discarded limbs, an old bucket, an old decrepit soccer ball, and some string to form a 6 foot 5 inch monster of an individual who interestingly enough resembles Esther quite significantly (aside of course from the monster-ness, the 6'5 height - and the soccer ball head).The day after we built "Scare-Squirrel" he was standing in the yard when I woke up in the morning and sleepily entered the kitchen to let Acacia out. When I looked outside I was shocked to see that Esther was awake and outside, standing really straight with her arms stretched out to either side and an extremely large grin on her face. As you may have guessed, I had been tricked by "Scare-Squirrel". Since that time, I wake every morning and have yet to remember that Esther is in fact NOT in the garden, looking towards the sky; contemplating the weather.
"Scare-Squirrel" even tricked our neighbor John, who got startled when he thought there were two Esthers in the yard.
The sad news - yesterday Esther noticed a squirrel darting through Scare-Squirrel's legs. Apparently Scare-Squirrels are much better at inflicting fear into the hearts of humans and causing mass confusion, than convincing squirrels not to eat our plants.
The above pictures are from our garden last year. Hopefully with or without the help of Scare-Squirrel we can have as much success - can you find the hobbit among the corn?
2 comments:
Anna, what can I say....you got me laughing out loud, at my desk, with Dad wondering what is happening to his wife that she sits in front of a computer and laughs hysterically. Thanks so much for giving me some joy today. BTW, I did find that little hobbit in the car and love the picture of Esther (aka Scare Squirrel).
Anna, (this is esther - reading yer blog on yer computer...since mine's fried :-()I gotta say, yer descriptively accurate and give a true to life rendition - as someone living these events alongside you as well as reading them, I hereby render yer mission accomplished :-) ....gotta say tho...I'm curious about what yer doing in the garden to make ME yummy (or whatever word u used...see yer first paragraph:-) )
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