WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE
Day 184 - Saturday, July 3, 2010 - Three ground hogs took up residence underneath our deck and had been decimating my wave petunias. They became quite familiar with our house, even scratching at the front door's window at one point. Obviously, these critters had to go. The first ground hog that Kevin shot with his pellet gun was hit in the back. Kevin wasn't sure if he had killed him until it became very clear that it had gone back into its hole and died because there was a rancid smell that lingered for more than a week. The second one was a more direct hit to the head. He fell from the rock wall into my friendship garden where the kids gathered to watch it take its last breaths from afar. We pointed out the big teeth to the kids as a lesson as to why they should never approach a wild animal, no matter how "cute" they might seem. Liam suggested that we get rid of the ground hogs another way next time. Whereas Jordyn and Owen were un-fazed by the extermination.
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