Sunday afternoon

I think this squirrel likes hanging out on my neighbors wall. He seems pretty fearless, and I decided to test this by walking slowly towards him with the camera, taking pictures every few seconds. You can see he eventually turned to run from me, but even then popped up a few seconds later to see what I was doing.

where are the acorns?

plum jam

I made and canned 10 jars of plum jam yesterday, after harvesting all the plums I could from the tree in my backyard. The ladder I was using put me at eye level with the top of the neighbors cinderblock wall (that they undoubtedly have to keep out the riffraff- aka: me) and as I was picking plums a lil' squirrel decided to come see what I was doing. Totally fearless, he just sat and stared. I threw a plum at him. It landed on my neighbors' patio. Oops... (heh-heh...)

Halloween Squirrel

I know it's really hard to see in this picture, and I'll draw it soon to give it the full attention that this situation deserves, but one of the two fat squirrels that live in the giant pear tree in my back yard has been eating Halloween candy. I noticed him this afternoon when I was washing dishes. I left a bowl of candy out by my front door last night in case trick-or-treaters stopped by while I was out for the evening, and I was pleased to see that there was a lot missing when I got home. I now realize that the squirrels may have had something to do with that... If you click on the picture above to enlarge it you'll see that this little guy isn't even using his paws. He just has the whole damn piece of wrapped chocolate hanging out of his mouth like he's some crazed neighborhood kid, drunk on sugar and daylight saving...