Sunflowers, and my arch-nemesis

[wraithfodder]

Here are some shots of the one (1) sunflower that popped up in my garden. All the ones I planted? Nada, zilch, but this sucker grew up on its own. I figured I should take a picture before some wild animal destroys it (more on that later).





And here is a video of my arch-nemesis, the chipmunk. I suppose it doesn't help I feed the critter sunflower seeds... I suspect our house will collapse into a massive sinkhole one day, and billions of chipmunks will pour out. Yeah, they're EVERYWHERE. A couple years ago one chewed the bottom of my remaining sunflower plant - TIMBER - and then ate just a tiny piece out of it. Grrr...

Comments

[ga-unicorn.livejournal.com]

My parents used to have a yard over-run with chipmunks and moles. And then they found a box of kittens on the highway. Within six months the pot-holed yard was cured. Of course, the squirrels and raccoons still taunted them. And the opossums. And the neighborhood fox. And the birds! The birds were especially smug.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Sounds like our yard! :)

[cimmerdeux.livejournal.com]

I tried to grow a little dwarf sunflower this year but the raccoons got it again - chewed the top off. That chipmunk is pretty cute.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, dwarf sunflowers are just sacrifices to the squirrel gods ;)

[leesa_perrie]

What a lovely (if doomed) sunflower!

That chipmunk is so darned cute - even if a pest!! :)

I suspect our house will collapse into a massive sinkhole one day, and billions of chipmunks will pour out.

LOL! You have just a few then?!!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Knock on wood, the sunflower is still there, as are the chipmunks :)

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that is SO CUTE! I live in a country where we don't get chipmunks, so I don't see them as "pests", and just see them as adorable creatures. :)

Also, those sunflowers look huge. I'm impressed!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

They're adorable (the chipmunks). Oh it's just one sunflower, from different angle. I wish I had more than one!

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I. Want. Those. Chipmunks!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Think I'd get in trouble if I tried to mail to you ;)

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love sunflowers and these are incredibly beautiful
When I was taking a natural history class one summer I trapped a chipmunk and she gave birth to some of the cutest babies.
Finally when they were old enough I let her and babies go......
I still think about her she would make thumping noises in her cage........
which was so funny............

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Wow, baby chipmunks must be tiny!

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

they were
I had no idea she was pregnant when I trapped her.
It was a day before weekend, so I took her home and the following
day she had the babies
Not sure what they call baby chipmunks but they were with me
until they were weaned and they were sooooooooooooooo cute
I kept them up in a room in a quiet spot.
The cage I had opened the trap to was roomy and as soon as
she had the babies I put some stuff in it so she could be comfortable.
She was a good mother and then later I let them go.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup :)

[0-lily-0.livejournal.com]

Loved the video. The chipmunk's so cute!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

That's why I keep baiting them with sunflower seeds to take videos.