a really effective squirrel baffle<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhich were your favorite posts from this past year? Any personal favorites that didn\u2019t make the list above?<\/p>\n
Thank you as always for reading my blog!<\/p>\n
(In case you were wondering, the #10 post had just over 7,000 pageviews, and so unless a post goes viral today or tomorrow, it is unlikely that the list\u00a0would be different if I waited until tomorrow or the next day to share it. But feel free to play the prankster and try to make a post go viral, and then demand that I revise my list, if you are so inclined!)<\/p>\n
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