Just before I left for work, I looked outside and saw a squirrel digging under the tree by the front door. I tapped on the window to get his attention and he looked up and saw me. Curious, the squirrel came onto the front porch and started to come close to the house. That's when mom, who was doing Zumba nearby, came over to investigate. Her quickly ( Read more... )

Wild Kingdom is back for another season. I suppose it never left, but it's pretty active right now ( Read more... )

We woke up to a surprise today--the fence of the neighbors behind us was coming down. I'd heard gentle noises but couldn't tell what they were; I thought perhaps a woodpecker was nearby. When I came down for breakfast, I discovered a number of workers dismantling the pseudo wrought iron fence they'd put up about 5 or 6 years ago. Now that the ( Read more... )

I've been kind of squirrelly today. I was so busy yesterday, but I had a hard time sleeping, so that made me flaky in terms of being able to focus on much of anything. I'd start to do something, then say to myself, no, it's not happening today, try to move on to something else, then go back to the first thing. And then quit that shortly after ( Read more... )

The animals have been amusing us and taking our minds off things lately ( Read more... )

My father has a strong dislike for squirrels. He has a drone, and he enjoys employing it to frighten the fuzzy critters to remove themselves from our lawn or fence. They really like the new fence. It's not as much fun as the old one since it has no curves but goes straight across, but it's removed from the dogs behind us so there's no chance of ( Read more... )

With mom out of the house today, dad spent the day outside and I tackled a few projects inside. For him, part of what he did involved installing the sun shade he bought recently; this went over the little stage deck in the corner of the yard. However, with the initial installation, he realized it didn't work properly; it hung too low and was ( Read more... )

It's Green Day! I'm calling it ( Read more... )

No, literally, this happened ( Read more... )

I had just left my subdivision yesterday when I was driving north on Western and encountered a squirrel in the road. You know how they are--they play chicken with the cars all the time. They dart into the middle of the road, and when they realize a car is coming, they either dart back to the same side they came from, or else they finish crossing ( Read more... )