Squirrel thrill ride
All night, it shook the house, tossed around the big recycle and trash containers--one was across the street this morning, the other reclining 20 feet from where it was last seen, upright--and threw from my deck a window-box planter, full of dirt. I found it lying in the gutter in front of a car. Not a monster squirrel wreaking all this havoc, no: the wind. Weather report on the radio this morning mentioned "gusting to 60mph." Just before dawn this morning I looked out at the trees in the... Sign in to see full entry.