Sunday, August 2, 2009

The squirrel I feed in my yard

Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.

~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


27 comments:

Sue said...

Oh Shelley-what a doll! This is a really cute shot. I love it!

Chris Petrak said...

He/she looks well fed. You only have one? I'll be happy to ship you some more if you need them - take your pick of chipmunks, red squirrels, gray squirrels, woodchucks, and many smaller creatures - singles, pairs, whole families.

Patsy said...

I could send some to. . Great photo of the little begger.
Patsy

Cedar ... said...

what trust in those eyes.

The Retired One said...

A terrific, awesome shot!!

Country Girl said...

Oh. My. Gosh!!!

And I love that quote.

Busy Bee Suz said...

He is so cute.
Shelly, I don't know if I can get any nicer, but I love the quote. :)

Anonymous said...

Shelley-He is so cute...it looks like he is posing for you! :) O' and I like the quote...it's something very important to remember. When are you coming up again?

Dawn Marie said...

I want him! He's beyond cute.

KathyB. said...

That is a great picture, he looks like a little furry man! A friendly, furry man. How close were you to him to get this picture?

Darla said...

That squirrel doesn't look real..How cute a photo.

Wall-to-wall books said...

Ha ha, that is so funny. It doesn't even look real. It looks like a actor squirrel from the movies.

Samuel said...

What a great shot!

Heather said...

Looks like little squirrel is saying "You want to take a picture of little ol' me? Why go right ahead!" Too cute. Welcome back!

Tami Weingartner said...

Lovin' those adorable feet.

Nanny and Tessy said...

Adorable! He is definately not a shy squirrel. An animal that poses for his picture is more of a Ham! As always, Great qote to go along with your picture!

Unknown said...

Aw!

Tina said...

Shelley,
What did you do to get such an intense look from him..hide his peanuts?? His look is one of, "I know you!" lol
cute capture!!

Cindy said...

That is got to be the cutest squirrel I've ever seen. Great shot. I wonder what it's thinking?

Anonymous said...

How cute is he??? Kinda chunky too!

Knatolee said...

Adorable squirrel portrait. That belongs on a shirt in your shop!

Michele said...

Hehehe.... it's adorable... sweet little guy!!

Shelley said...

Thank you everyone for your visit and nice comments!

Chris, Bennie & Patsy - no more squirrels please - lol!!

Nature Lovin - I think we'll be up this weekend - but I think it's suppose to rain??

Leedra said...

And he is very thankful you do.

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Snowbrush said...

My but I love the photo. I feed squirrels too--with a homemade feeder that I built just for them. I also build houses and mount them in the Ponderosa Pine tree in my backyard. Plus, I used to have a network of bridges for them to move about the yard, but I got tired of those and took them down. My squirrels are Chickarees (aka Douglas Squirrels) that are found nowhere but near the upper West Coast.

Jeannette StG said...

Hey, but I AM nice LOL (your quote).
Shelly, I finally moved into the 1100 and some square feet, and it's quite a feat to get our already reduced amount of stuff in there. Didn't realize it would be this challenging - but the unpacking is almost done!
Of course we have also to contend with a home association and gates (it's a gated community) - my hubby calls it teasingly "the compound" (that's what they call it in Africa)instead of the condo.

Anonymous said...

Are you ready for the photo? Nice shot.We don`t have the possibility to capture something like this.