I have no curtains on my front bedroom windows, just a screen of assorted cobalt blue bottles..Nobody can see in , but I can look out and enjoy the huge Maple tree between our house and the street....I can lie in bed when I wake up each morning and watch the beautiful red cardinals and other feathered friends flit around in the dark green streamers of ivy that clothes the entire trunk of the tree...This morning I was lying there drowsily planning my day and I saw a blur of movement as two gray squirrels had a little wrassling match on a high limb....I saw a squirrel taking some nesting material into the ivy awhile back , but haven't spotted the nest yet...Tall trees around the yard and woods edge are well populated with the leafy 'nests' but am guessing our resident joker is building his nest a lot closer to the ground. I blame my niece, Little Jeannie, for our prolific squirrel population, as I encouraged her years ago to release her pet squirrel over here when it got old enough to fend for itself. Now, I can't swear her pet had anything to do with it, but we've been blessed/cursed with a plethora of the bushy tailed goomers ever since ....Goodbye apples, pears eaten at a tender stage just for the seeds...etc...but they repay us by furnishing us with many laughs. Hubby loves fried squirrels, but so far has resisted temptation to thin out the ranks ...Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ Scholarships for Moms Grant Funding May Be Available to Those Who Qualify! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cf5ec0cea3ca4829em06duc

gotta love the little pests! the squirrels here wouldn't even make a snack they are so scrawny. they sit in the palm trees and cluck at my cats. the cats are lying on the winder sills aggravating the squirrels - on purpose! my golden tries to go up the trees after the little boogers. don't know what she would do if she actually got a hold of one. we're having a cold spell...brrrrr...chatter chatter.... xoxoxo paula in cool breezy dramp sw fla usa ----- Original Message ----- From: askgranny@juno.com To: SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 2:34:01 AM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] We're kinda squirrely... I have no curtains on my front bedroom windows, just a screen of assorted cobalt blue bottles..Nobody can see in , but I can look out and enjoy the huge Maple tree between our house and the street....I can lie in bed when I wake up each morning and watch the beautiful red cardinals and other feathered friends flit around in the dark green streamers of ivy that clothes the entire trunk of the tree...This morning I was lying there drowsily planning my day and I saw a blur of movement as two gray squirrels had a little wrassling match on a high limb....I saw a squirrel taking some nesting material into the ivy awhile back , but haven't spotted the nest yet...Tall trees around the yard and woods edge are well populated with the leafy 'nests' but am guessing our resident joker is building his nest a lot closer to the ground. I blame my niece, Little Jeannie, for our prolific squirrel population, as I encouraged her years ago to release her pet squirrel over here when it got old enough to fend for itself. Now, I can't swear her pet had anything to do with it, but we've been blessed/cursed with a plethora of the bushy tailed goomers ever since ....Goodbye apples, pears eaten at a tender stage just for the seeds...etc...but they repay us by furnishing us with many laughs. Hubby loves fried squirrels, but so far has resisted temptation to thin out the ranks ...Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ Scholarships for Moms Grant Funding May Be Available to Those Who Qualify! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cf5ec0cea3ca4829em06duc ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message