Have you ever watched squirrels in action?
I’ve decided they’re great teachers, the way they conduct themselves, so independently of their fellow creatures. You never see them steal food from the birds, or interrupt when they’re in a group. And their work ethic is to be admired.
How industrious are they.
They’re always busy, either burying nuts or unearthing them, sharing with one another. You never see them fighting over whose nut it is.
They also make time for fun, chasing each other, playing tag. Sometimes I even think they’re practicing yoga…upward facing squirrel…down squirrel…plank, naked of course. Could they be closet nudists out of the closet?
And of course they have a very healthy sex life without guile or shame since, they’ll go at it right in the open as if to say, it’s a natural act…
I’m a squirrel…I’m proud…say it loud.
Kinda stole that from singer, James Brown, who practically had a harem himself, so I don’t think he’d mind.
Squirrels remind me to be happy with what I have, remember to exercise, and to live in the moment.
Yes, they’re great teachers alright.
Nookie at sunrise is suddenly sounding pretty good to me. 
SB
Sweet
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Thanks…:)
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I love them and enjoy their antics. One guy in my neighborhood was shooting them because they nested in his chimney. I suggested he get a chimney cap and that took care of everything. We need to learn to live with wildlife if you buy a house next to a wildlife preserve. You share the glorious Central Park with them.
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Shooting them? Oh my. I would have been their lawyer for sure. I saved a baby once, from drowning in the Park’s 72nd Street Boat Pond. Did you know they have scruffs, like cats? Tell Morgan. Great dinner conversation…:)
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Morgan loves squirrels. They chatter at each other all summer.
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Love that. Friends.
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Was fascinated by them when I was over there. Red and grey ones. They were numerous too.
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Are there no squirrels in Australia?
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Not at all. Closest we have are possums…. and rats and pigeons.
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Well, squirrels are numerous in these parts, and friendly. If you have a nut to spare, you’ll have a new friend…:)
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I saw them in San Francisco and on the apron of the Grand Canyon. They’re always Chip and Dale to me.
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That’s funny. Forgot about them.
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Disney. Based on the folk tales of Brer fox, etc… very old folk stories. Links to the early settlers of your nation and their interactions with the original custodians and cultural narratives. Agricultural settlers always learn from local indigenous populations. We have a marketer and ambassador at Essendon football club been working with this for years. Kevin Sheedy is huge as an inclusive Australian leader
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There was a dealer around here pulling weapons on street people a while back…. he didn’t quite know what to do when I renamed him Chip and introduced myself as Dale
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That’s pretty funny.
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Philosophy of Roger Rabbit. The dude threw his young girlfriend down a flight of stairs. I was not amused
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I see.
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The guy is disgusting. No one in the neighborhood objects because they turn a blind eye. I sort of realize about 6 months after someone was trying to intimidate me that they were trying to intimidate me. I am a bit dumb like that. I also am rude enough to see through lies that everyone else just gets high to. Hopefully if Essendon can win the premiership this year I will finally have a good time and see if I can take a tasering
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The rats tend to wear Armani
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OOH!!!
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You’ve opened my eyes. I never thought much about squirrels. I shall watch them when we begin eating on the porch again, and I’ll think of you. You have city squirrels, and we have their country cousins.
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You’ll see how ambitious they are. Well then again, this is New York where everybody’s a little wacky. Even them.
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Yes. We lived in Queens for three years and on Long island for 45. We were among the wacky ones.
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I’m right behind ya…:)
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My neighbor feeds them peanuts every day. They have trained her to be at the window by 7:00. If she’s not on time they knock … literally. They tease Peanut & Landon by walking very slow on the deck so they bark their faces off. I swear I saw them giving the finger as they ran away.
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You never fail to make me laugh. They knock? They must be of Italian descent if they’re resorting to hand gestures, don’t you think? You’re so funny.
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Awww – I loved to feed the squirrels when we lived in Finland. We used to leave nuts all along the fence railing for them.
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And I’ll bet they loved you…:)
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They did 🙂
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Awe. Critters are rarely short on gratitude.
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I watched a BBC documentary that said squirrels constantly steal from others’ nut hoard. Indeed they have developed a whole host of tactics to disguise where their nuts are buried.
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Then they must be very sneaky about it because all I ever see is share and share alike. Pollyanna reigns.
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Susannah, I love watching their hijinks, too. They’re also very smart.
Twenty years ago we raised a litter of baby squirrels. Their home had been logged and they were found inside a fallen tree much later. Our kids bottle fed them until they could eat on their own. When it was time to release them, they stayed nearby for a few months and ate the food we left out. Their great-great grandchildren still frolic in our trees.
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Oh Skinny, what a great story. It’s like an Aesop’s Fable. They were just babies and how kind were you. Sigh
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I bought H a squirrel feeder for his birthday because while feeding the birds everyday the squirrels rob the bird feeders. I thought they deserved a feeder of their own! And it will provide us with lots of entertainment! ~Elle
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You could charge admission. A nice gift by the way.
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Before I moved to my condo I watched the squirrels from my apartment windows. But the trees outside my windows now are way below me and I don’t see many squirrels. I miss them.
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Nice hearing from you. I’ll send a few your way. Tell Teddy 🙂
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