Dirtbunny's Yew Bush

So in our living room, we have a big bow window. And outside in front of the window is a huge, overgrown yew bush. Last year, during the 1.8 billion dollar landscape expenditure, they chopped off the top half of the bush, promising me ever so faithfully that it would come back. It's pretty funny looking. From the outside, it looks like a yew bush. But from inside the house, it looks like a yew bush that has been scooped out--a nice green shell on the outside, but nuthin but twigs on top and on the inside. It is starting to come back, slowly, and in the mean time, we can see all the critters who like to hang out in the bushes, like this guy:

That is a chipmunk butt. Is it Chip?

I think it might be Dale. It's hard to tell, especially if you are looking at bad photos.

Yep, that's Dale (like I would know). He can't possibly be oblivious to the presence of dogs here, so I can only conclude that he doesn't see The Boys as much of a threat. It's nice to see him carousing around all bold and tough. He's probably right about the threat level. I have a feeling that if my boys were any good at hunting critters, they wouldn't have ended up as rescue dogs, and so much the better for us all. The fact that he runs around leaving a trail gives The Boys some good stuff to sniff when they go outside (and they love that bush).