Small Stone
For winter
Malapropos
Excavation underway
Deep holes in front lawn
Stressed from summer drought
Grass roots exposed
to cold temperatures
Gouge after gouge
Visually out of place
Thief in the night
Armadillos
Scavengers in my yard
Lacking manners
Trespassing
Out of season
Malapropos
Excavation underway
Deep holes in front lawn
Stressed from summer drought
Grass roots exposed
to cold temperatures
Gouge after gouge
Visually out of place
Thief in the night
Armadillos
Scavengers in my yard
Lacking manners
Trespassing
Out of season
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We have racoons here but certainly no armadillos. My gate that leads to my back yard is full of their claw marks as they make their way through. The things some creatures do after dark…while, I am glad I’m indoors while they are doing it. 🙂
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LoL…I;ve been to your post several times…to use your “help” for the stones.. Thanks for having those notes there. I am lost without them !.
Armadillos sound like lawn terrorists !
I enjoyed the post, but think the armadillos can stay in Texas !
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Oh my goodness, those little devils! I’ve never had to deal with those animals and their digging ways. Enjoyed this, Becca.
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Be glad you don’t have to … but I rather armadillos than moles … I understand they dig deeper and can do more damage. 😀
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Sounds very exotic to me!! But maybe I am glad we don’t get them here x
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Oh! The Armadillo Army. You’ve reminded me that I want to do a post sometime about the Armadillo House out by Kerrville. It’s a great place. And I confess – I’m rather fond of armadillos. Did you know an ancestor called the Glyptodon roamed during the age of dinosaurs? It was an armadillo, for sure, but it was the size of a VW beetle!
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LOL — send me your physical address and I will personally march them over to you 😀 … why can’t they go to some field, and aerate it? It just seems very strange. I asked my husband if he had ever noticed them during the winter before, and he hadn’t. Aren’t we special? LOL
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