Feel Like You're Being Watched?

Looks like he is splooting! Must be hot out there!

I caught this fella watching me earlier this spring. The photo taken through a screen door, hence the printed look...

My wife doesn't like me feeding them but I really enjoy feeding the little guys around us. One thing about squirrels is they always will recognize the face of the person who feeds them and is nice to them. I use to always give them non salted peanuts out of my hand. They would come up to the porch railing where I sit and get a peanut from me. My wife gets scared of them and thinks they are going to attack. I usually only give them 3 peanuts and that is the limit. They have to eat other foods on their menu. Sometimes I will give them apples. I think the squirrels appreciate what you give them. Now if they could only protect my coins from a robber I would be all set.

She might be willing to trip a burglar, but that's about it.






I guess I need to get started on a training facility for squirrels.

lol I miss seeing the Far Side comics. Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes had me grabbing at the new paper every weekend growing up. It took an act of congress to make me read in school but apparently comics were imbued with a strange form of magic allowing me to read for hours.

yep. I sit on the floor at my footlocker as I mull over my stuff; the cat is ever-present and always has an eye on me. I've gotten used to it.

behold, felinus domesticus observus:



it's when he becomes felinus domesticus interruptus that we begin to disagree.

At first I thought all was lost but then it happened, the return of a long lost sibling!





The squirrel on the left was the first to receive a nickname on account of her having a completely hairless tale for the first year of her life. Due to the opossum tale she was dubbed Slim. For some reason Slim disappeared several months ago and was not seen again until a few days ago. During her absence many rumors circled as to what caused it: neighbor squirrels making fun of her tail so she ran away, the golden eagle got her or maybe the local osprey, and some even claimed she embarked on an ancient squirrel right of passage quest. Apparently she was able to find a few tuffs of tail fur along the way.

We may never know why she left but its obvious she has returned to be by her sister's side once again. Her brothers aren't too happy about it though because she seems dead set to keep the peace.

I am hoping that Slim remains after Boss Laby is back to 100% because I think she would do well leading preservation efforts. Her newly found tail fur look suspiciously like a Q-tip and her movements are always calculated and precise.