9/29/2014
We have lived in our house for 28 years and one of the first things we did when we moved in was to plant oak trees. And 28 years ago they were so cute standing maybe five feet tall and dropping only a handful of leaves in the fall.
Fast forward and those oak trees are huge and are a haven for squirrels - both brown and black ones. The squirrels manage to get up a tree trunk in record time. Once "perched" they jump from limb to limb chewing off the leaves which fall to the ground along with the sought after prize - acorns! You do not and I repeat do not walk across my driveway in the fall with no shoes on. If you do, it's going to be very painful on your feet.
This afternoon I was bored and sat down on the porch and watched Mother Nature at work. The squirrels are not daunted by our presence anymore and sometimes we'll open up the front door and they're just sitting on the porch.
Also today a chipmunk, let's call him Chip was running around the yard like crazy. Chipmunks are not much bigger than a mouse, but tons cuter.
Watching the squirrels and chipmunks is really a lot of fun. The hard part is keeping the "wild" animals off our roof, out of the eaves as well as out of the attic. Good luck with all that.
If you believe that the number of acorns downed each fall by squirrels means a really cold and wet winter, then this winter coming up should be a doozy!
In the dead of winter when there are "foots" (not to be confused with feets) of snow, we throw out stale bread so that the squirrels have something to eat on.
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