Wednesday – 22-01-2015 – Squirrel Appreciation Day – or Not!

Love to be able to peek in when I can while here @ this place, always brings a smile!

Great pictures as always 🙂

I love squirrels….outside, not so much in my walls. ECB, I told hubby about your experience while away on your honeymoon about squirrels between your pillows. I am freaked out that they will get inside the house..of course the cats are hoping they do, but can you imagine the chaos if they did?!! Also reminds me of middle granddaughter when learning to talk, she called them sqwirtels….and we still call them by that name. 😯

Morning all! ….. today makes me think of Mr. AV’s ‘squirrel relocation project’ from a couple of years back ….. I had planted a spice garden, with little tomatoes, all kinds of spices and some greens …. well, the squirrels ate the onions, chives and tomatoes as soon as they came out …. so being the kind-hearted animal lover, Mr. AV bought a trap and started trapping them, then having our handyman let them go about a mile away in a large park …. 11 squirrels, 1 possumn and a neighbor’s cat later, and all the squirrels returned home, and apparently brought friends – we finally realized it was a futile project – ……. so we gave up on certain plants, and only grew what the squirrels wouldn’t eat LOL ….

…. hope everyone is having a good hump day, glad Dorry is ‘over’ the strange cat smell you brought home, KJ – how dare you? (just kidding, LOL)

…. and as I’ve always contended – bananas are EVIL yellow fruit!!!!

Good Morning – Squirrels can be funny; there really is true meaning behind the phrase “nutty like a squirrel”. They can also be quite pesky, like when they take over the bird feeder. I don’t mind them eating some of the seed, but they can be very piggy. My father lovingly referred to them as “tree rats”.
Very few cats succeed in catching a squirrel, they are experts at sharp turns, so the cat will only get them if the squirrel makes a critical error in judgement, or, of course, gets cornered. They are fascinating to watch.
When he was outside, Mac would share his food with them. They didn’t see him as much of a threat; a squirrel was often just a short distance away from him.
I enjoy watching squirrels play. They chase each other around and make funny sounds. They have come very close to me if I sit really quiet outside, and once one ran right across my lap!

Geez, ‘net is being squirrely today! (Was posting & zip went the screen!)
Woot woot – thanks for squirrel fun KJ & MS!
Adding my find from Mutts today:

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Waving to all from snowy AM around here. No squirrels but Otto was around/Yay! At least I know he’s ok as he
chatted w/me as put out more food!
OK, time for cuppa java & back at it part 1 day 3.
Will be back when I can.
Now a smooch for Tux, later!

OK – it’s a lunchtime reminder from local squirrels:

Pizzzzza = yum!

It has actually stopped snowing – at least looks like Winter is back.
So, may just head out to purrfect patio for a few…c’mon Tux, to our lounge chair!

Love that Mutts, JK!
Have a mushroom chowder brew going in the crockpot, a mix that I had in the cupboard. It smells kinda “meh” so we figure if it doesn’t taste right, call for a pizza.

Good afternoon all.
ROTFL at AV and KJ’s banana comments. I expected nothing less from AV on the subject of the yellow fruit. KJ, google the radioactive banana fact- you won’t glow either.
LOL at Dorry getting revenge for your indiscretion with the hairdressers cat. With any luck he is over it and things can get back to normal.
Oh wow, jet black squirrels? How wonderful. We found a community of black rabbits on one of the farms we were on, they certainly looked amazing out in the open.
AV, love reading about the squirrel relocation, it always makes me laugh.
Oh Joan, how lovely to have a wild squirrel run across your lap, who got the biggest surprise I wonder.
Hi jK, good to hear Otto is still around.
Sunny around here again too (ducks low flying shoes) 😆 In fact it was another very hot night, today is easier to take with a good breeze.
Hey Joan, those squirrels must know it’s their big day and are celebrating by chasing cats.