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Llewellyn Garden Update from Wales

Posted: June 30, 2009 2:50 PM | Posted By : Grant Llewellyn, Music Director

We are now officially at war (balance of nature) with all things anti-chicken. I am currently thinning out the magpies and grey squirrels. Reynard is next on my list, but he is a more wily and substantial prey. Ah the the thrill of the the wild.

Some Llewellyn garden photos:



 

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Shelby D's Gravatar I have this persistent vision of Grant with an Elmer Fudd-type cap, suspenders with a plaid flannel shirt, and a shotgun chasing varmints around the garden, with poor Reynard portrayed by Bugs Bunny...........Now that I have put it in writing perhaps the vision will be replaced by the elegant Grant in his tuxedo.
# Posted By Shelby D | 7/6/09 12:02 PM