Flying fur . . .

Not to say that the events of yesterday have not sent my life into a tailspin, today I finally saw it--caught him in the act!  Saw the little monster that turned my lawn furniture from this:

... to THIS:

... and almost OVERNIGHT!!!

It's a stinking little squirrel, so deceptively cute and cuddly, that has done all of this!  Ugh!  He or she put holes in every little walnut I had this past fall, and there weren't many.  So what few there were, munched and trashed by squirrels.  Now my CHAIR!?    Yeah, I know.  The little furry monster probably needs it to make a nest for new furry monsters to enter the world.  Guess they're cute and all.  I had a rabbit for 13 years that really does remind me of them.  Weird.  Cute, but destructive.  I can re-fill the chair, but then what?  Find it deflated and flattened again in another week?  Hmm.  Just don't know.  Maybe I can make the fabric taste like something squirrels hate, like meat or something!  But then the opossum that frequents our yard, or the rat that runs on the power lines, might find it appealing.  

So I'm stuck with this weird chair.  Damn.  Can't sit around the yard eating barbecue in that.  Or relax by the firepit in that.  Or whatever.  Watch my son play.  Sip lemonade.  Etc.  Stuff people do in yards.  At least it was a cheap chair, some special offer from CVS last summer.  But it's not like we get furniture all the time. So I'm miffed.  Just whining and complaining today, but at least not about the same stuff, right?  Ha!

Anyone have tips, let me know.  I don't expect to trap the squirrels or move them, since they eat the loquats that make the patio sticky when they fall to the ground.  I'd rather have the loquats in a squirrels belly than making the patio so sticky and covered with ants it's unusable.  They tree is especially prolific throughout the summer, and already producing ripe fruit as we speak.  The squirrels begin to fight over them around now, and get especially violent through the summer, fighting all over our roof and harassing and chasing our dog whenever he visits the yard alone.  Like I said, cute but destructive.

And still somehow welcome in our yard.  :)