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.

[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.

[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?!!

[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!

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I. Want. Those. Chipmunks!

[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............

[0-lily-0.livejournal.com]

Loved the video. The chipmunk's so cute!