Making Friends

Posted on | September 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

meeting

Well, that was the idea anyway.

This little squirrel surprised me. She was awfully close to us while we were playing at one end of the park. When J wanted to approach her—he asked nicely—she didn’t scamper up a tree but she did keep a safe distance.

It turned out that the ground was covered with goldfish crackers and she was munching away as fast as she could find them. I do mean “munch” because her cheeks never bulged. I was able to get as close as two feet away.

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I could tell she was a “she” and that she had baby squirrels she was nursing. That might explain why she wasn’t too afraid of our advances. If you’ve ever been a nursing mom, you understand the draw of food you like!

If you think about it, there’s no practical reason why squirrels are so cute. Just a little benefit God gave us so we can appreciate His genius, amen?

Category: Around Town

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5 Responses to “Making Friends”

  1. ganns
    September 16th, 2009 @ 11:49 pm

    Amen! I wish we had squirrels here.

  2. k.d.
    September 17th, 2009 @ 9:47 am

    oh! how cute!

    btw, our squireels here look a bit different! ;-)

  3. phisch
    September 17th, 2009 @ 12:09 pm

    Ganns, they’re cute. They carry fleas and such, though, so you have to be cautious.

    k.d., pictures, please!

  4. k.d.
    September 17th, 2009 @ 4:53 pm

    like that:

    http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/2052577

  5. phisch
    September 19th, 2009 @ 3:19 am

    Very funny looking squirrels!

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