my grandma's loathing of squirrels is something wondrous to behold, because she hates so personally. she looks upon each squirrel as if it is inhabited by the spirit of Richard Nixon.

Your thoughts, @dicknixon.bsky.social, sir?

I actually understand this. When I had a garden behind my studio, years ago, the squirrels did a massive vandalism job on my favorite vegetables, no matter what I did. (They left the string beans alone, though😄)

my grandma lost a pecan tree to rot, and we have had the worst time explaining to her that this was not an act of squirrel-related vandalism