New York Renovator

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I hate deer! I hate them with a burning white hot fiery inferno of liquid lava-boiling anger!

YEAH, the nasty critters ate their winter through my trees and flower gardens again this year!!

They ate my baby Weeping Willow tree down to a stub. I nurtured that thing for TWO years, and it’s gone. They’ve eaten my Rose of Sharon, my hostas, my baby Redbuds… they also ate through some of my brand-new spirea shrubs, and I also just found out that they’ve been imbibing on my beloved grapevine!! Look at this!!!!!

I don’t know what to do, I really don’t. I’ve tried leaving hair from the kids’ haircuts; bars of soap, cat litter, dried blood…. nothing has worked and THEY EAT EVERYTHING!

*sobs*

Besides maintaining a standing army with rifles, I don’t know what to do. Maybe I could get some motion detector lights that will shine bright lights when they sense motion? No, I’d need electric wiring for that. I think I may have to go high-tech with some deer fencing or deer repellant. Has anyone has any success with this?

Buy.com is having a great sale on the stuff right now. Buy.com is my new favorite store right now. I can’t believe all the stuff they have. It’s great, because they allow other, smaller stores to sell stuff, too, which increases the inventory and really makes it convenient to shop. I got hooked on them after seeing their Weekly Sale page online. The home and outdoor selection is great! I spotted this owl (no pun intended), too. I’ve been wanting to get one, to scare off the mice and the crows. My neighbors all have these owls on their fence posts; and so the critters have taken up residence at MY place because MY gardens seem to be the safe place for the drive-thru!

Check out Buy.com for loads of stuff– everyday living stuff, housewares, patio and outdoor stuff, summer apparel, loads and loads more! And don’t forget to bookmark the Weekly Sale page. If ONLY they came with deer-removal services, they’d be perfect! The repellant will have to do…

Talk about scanty security! Holy cow, this video blows my mind. I cannot imagine a wild raccoon waltzing through the pet door into the house. Well, the resident cat and dog give the coon the “what for.” The music is perfect, and the laser eyes of the raccoon add, uh, “interest.” LOL!

Raccoons are carriers of all sorts of ugly stuff– ticks, rabies, etc. YUK! Keep those pet doors well guarded!

We have a beagle. She’s really cute, her name is Daisy. She’s so personable and perky, but she can be pretty pesky at times. (And what is it with me and “p” words today?!)

Anyway, Daisy has this penchant for shaking herself loose from her confines and wandering the busy streets our our town. All our neighbors now know that the happy-go-lucky beagle meandering down the street is our pesky beagle, Daisy. I’ve gotten to meet some nice neighbors this way.

But our streets are horribly busy and I am terrified that a car will hit Daisy (I don’t think cute dogs are covered by car insurance, either). We try our absolute best to keep her tied but… you know how beagles are.

I saw this video and immediately thought, “DAISY”! As a matter of fact, this dog is so amazing with her escape technique that I really wonder if this dog is Daisy’s long-lost twin! This beagle looks and acts just like our Daisy!

So here’s a word to the wise: your beagle is smarter thah she looks. lol. JUST WATCH!!! OMG!!!

URL to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnBjQDeZPag&eurl=http://videos.komando.com/2008/10/21/&feature=player_embedded

And here’s the Harry Houdini of beagles. OMG OMG!!!

URL to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3YR_DfnYpE