Lynne Featherstone & another brave lady write...

Having a quick review of some blogs this morning - so many out there in blogospere one could spend hours trawling but whose really got the time to waste? Two posts I picked up worth more than just a glance.

On Crazy like Us? came across this post Crisis and Recovery. It's a real eyeopener for anybody interested in mental health issues - have to really admire the lady for having the bottle to write her feelings down.

Lynne Featherstone MP on the antics of the squirrels in her garden. Outside the formal political arena, Lynne has a 'wicked' sense of humour. They seem to have really wound her up - 2 posts in one week. Well if she can call them bloody squirrels then I'll repeat it - bloody squirrels.

Nicked the Youtube video from her post. It's just so funny.

Watching them in the garden at the back of this property, I'm intrigued the way every year they follow the same route over and over again . Some little blighters are so brazen they don't even run away when they see you - they sit there rubbing their paws together with their ears cocked just looking at you.

Don't mind them until they start digging up the bulbs and plants - least that was until I was introduced to the chilli powder solution which seems to keep them at bay. They do however help to prune the long gangling branches of one of the weak looking trees out back that doesn't get a hair cut to encourage fresh strong growth - How to prune fruit trees. Not funny though when you get zapped on the head when they jump and branches snap.

Just an after thought - my friend Robert gave me some binoculars he received as an Excellance Service Award from his workplace. The idea was to look at the birds nests in the trees - my grandson will love it. Wonder if they are powerful enough to follow the squirrels when they grab the birds' food and run off with it.