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Saturday, March 20, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

As happens in our favorite soap opera from time to time, an interesting character comes back from the dead - so to speak - in the backyard as well. Trubbles, as you saw in yesterday's episode, managed a most unlikely save at the last minute to return to the cast of players. But he is not exactly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 19, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

Trubbles was as surprised as any that he was returned to the backyard after his removal. He'd only been in the wilderness for a day, had not ventured far from the riverbank where the enemy had released him. He was in the tree next to the graveled area when he saw the enemy's vehicle backing toward... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

White Ears and Itchy stuck close to home after Trubbles disappeared. They had backtracked his scent and knew pretty much what had happened. Itchy stayed mostly in the back yard and close to his nest in the walnut tree; White Ears had a place in the maple across the sidewalk from Mellie’s. They... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

BACKYARD SQUIRRELS: THE PROBLEM IS...

I started "Days" on FB - an excuse to lighten the mood, escape politics as usual and the grim reaper numbers on the pandemic. We're all in the mood for a melody, as the song goes. I wrote each little episode on the fly, right on FB rather than in Word and then copy & paste. Only after a couple weeks... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

It was the season when many yards along the block had obstacles blocking the Brick Street troop's usual ground-based pathways. The two-leggeds who nested there had put up what they called campaign signs. Mellie was roused from her nest one night in the dark of the moon when she heard one of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 15, 2021

A SIDE-GANGLIN' SNICKER FROM THIS OLD COOKIE

Two of my six kids came out to me many years ago. My daughter made this discovery about herself during her freshman year at college. She sent me a 12-page letter to let me know this was her and if I couldn't accept it then... Well, I dropped the pages on the table and called her immediately - no way... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 14, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

and now, without commercial interruption, today's episode... Itchy had found some peanuts near the garage and was enjoying his breakfast when a robin whooshed just above his head, taking a long swooping dive toward the little pond in the back of the yard. It landed on the rocks alongside where it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 13, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

Ms. Bunny Brown, who is never, ever to be addressed by her given name, hopped between the pickets of the back fence and stood up to check the perimeter, nose twitching, ears up. White Ears had seen the rabbit in the yard many times. In times of high clover they'd shared the territory, but Ms. Brown... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 12, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

Fortunately for Trubble, the human driving the SUV had spotted him in the nick of time. This wasn't the first confused squirrel she'd seen. She stepped on the brake as her children screamed. As soon as he jumped over the curb and into the flowerbed, she eased off the brake and went on. Meanwhile,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

In the previous episode Trubble, as squirrels often do, dashed headlong into traffic in pursuit of Mellie. Fortunately for Trubble, the human driving the SUV had spotted him. This wasn't the first confused squirrel she'd seen. She stepped on the brake as her children screamed. As soon as he jumped... Sign in to see full entry.

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