RobinArmstrong wrote:
> Wind River wrote:
>
>> Tim wrote:
>>
>>> Wind River <wind_river@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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>>>> Village Sharpener wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tim wrote:
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>>> [...]
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Happy Autumn, everyone!
>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Tim,
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe from New England (Massachusetts).
>>>>>
>>>>> Maples are just starting to turn outside my shop window.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm jealous.
>>>>
>>>> I've been back in Florida for the last couple of years to be near my
>>>> parents who are both in their eighties now. I really miss the cool
>>>> days of autumn with the brightly colored falling leaves and busy
>>>> squirrels and chipmunks.
>>>>
>>>> WR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Squirrels just frighten me anymore. When I was a kid, they'd run away.
>>> Nowadays, I open the door and they just sit on my stoop and give me a
>>> bad look. I know it's just an urban legend, but I really do believe
>>> they're all chewing on crack vials.
>>
>>
>> I hear there's a market for squirrel tattoo parlors, too. I suppose it
>> helps them promote their Bad Squirrel image.
>>
>> WR
>
>
> We have squirrels at the bird feeders every morning, eating their fill
> and just leaving samples for the intended recipients. This drives my
> husband crazy, but I just assume squirrels get hungry, too. One of our
> squirrels is pure white, not albino, just white, and there is a silver
> squirrel, too, that may be a cross between the white and the gray.
>
> When I'm out walking, I stop under a walnut tree and pick up the ones on
> the ground to take home to put out for "my" squirrels. My daughter
> enjoys watching a squirrel running away with a nut in its mouth. My
> husband says the smart squirrels who built their nests by the walnut
> tree will starve this winter while the lazy "welfare class" squirrels I
> have created are just finding the nuts with no effort or forethought at
> all. There will be generations of squirrels raised in our backyard who
> have no idea how to gather food on their own.
They aren't welfare squirrels; they're intelligent squirrels. Besides,
in return for your kindness, they bring you immense enjoyment and
entertainment. The white and silver ones sound really beautiful.
Don't tell you're husband, but when I lived in areas where squirrels
were more abundant, I used to buy cans of inexpensive nuts to give them
special treats, and I also used to pick up black walnuts to bring home
to them.
WR
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