RobinArmstrong wrote:
>
> Thanks for this vote of support, Wind River. I'm glad I'm not the only
> nut gatherer!
>
> When I was in school, my roommate and I had a great apartment--the
> entire second floor of an old mansion near the university. One spring,
> a mother squirrel built her nest right outside my roommate's office
> window. We had fun watching the two baby squirrels grow up, and we
> didn't want the mother to have to leave them to go out scavenging, so we
> looked the kitchen and found "college girl" treats for her--shelled
> pecans, Stella Dora breadsticks, Cheez-its, etc. When the babies were
> old enough to eat on their own, they just came to the window sill for
> food, too. Then a co-worker (who shares my husband's attitudes) told me
> I shouldn't be doing this, that the squirrels needed to learn to forage
> on their own. We stopped feeding them, and one morning, my roommate
> called me at my job to say "I just woke up with a squirrel in my bed!"
> One of the babies, not finding food, had decided to chew through the
> screen and discover where the stash was. Roomie was hysterical and
> called animal control who came to collect the little guy and transport
> him to a local park.
See? They are intelligent. That little squirrel knew where the treats
came from.
When I was in college, I used to watch the squirrels jumping from limb
to limb. I was living in a small, old house with a small plate glass
window on one wall. I guess it was added later, because it didn't fit
the style of house and was placed at the normal height of a window, but
it went higher, close to the ceiling. It was somewhat odd (but then so
was the bright orange and yellow kitchen). One day, I was watching when
a squirrel leaped on the roof, and peeked over the edge and looked
through the window at me. My roommate didn't believe me until it did the
same thing to her. They really are curious critters.
> By the way, Wind River, I have to thank you for something from a long
> time ago, when you posted the link to ordering an ocarina with the Zelda
> games song book. Both of my kids received one that Christmas, and my
> daughter really took to it, quickly learning all the songs, then
> improvising variations on them and learning other video game music by
> ear. When it was time to join the school band, she decided to play
> flute, because that was "the instrument closest to an ocarina." She has
> become a very good flute player and was accepted in the state honors
> band last year. Isn't it fun seeing the impact just little kindnesses
> can have?
Oh, thank you for this, Deb. It really made my day. :)
Tell her congratulations for making the state honors band. What an
accomplishment!
WR
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