Southern Snow

Today, as I begin to put together this blog, I’m sitting at my dining room table watching the next snow event. It is sitting here that I realize how blessed and fortunate I am. I’m overlooking my deck which overlooks a pond. A squirrel is invading the bird feeder. When I put it up, I didn’t think about how easy it would be for him to fend off the birds and take over their feeding spot. He is reaching his body across the divide between the deck railing and the feeder. Stretched like a pelt suspended on a line, he hangs onto the feeder while he eats. At least until he’s about to lose his grip. Then he has one …

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