Tuesdays With Tag - Squirrel Patrol...

Brynwood Needleworks - Bella and Taggart

 Hi, Everybody! 

I'm not sure how all you guys spend your days, but there are really important things that Bella and I do all day here at the farmhouse. Aside from our daily barkin' at the mail truck; beggin' to go outside so we can get snacks when we come back in; buggin' Mom or Dad to take us out for fetchin' sessions, and chasin' the almost resident cats, we have to make sure other critters don't think about takin' over our territory.

 

Brynwood Needleworks - Yes. We're On The Sofa.

 

Mom doesn't just feed the birds, opossums, raccoons, and cats. She also puts out peanuts and last year's cracked hickory shells at the base of the big maple tree in the front yard, where the squirrels live. 

There's a hollow in that big, ol' tree, where three squirrel babies were born last spring, and at least a couple of them still live there. Every day we see them rootin' around the tree. They're lookin' for the hickory nuts they buried last fall, but Mom likes addin' a few surprises for them.

 

Brynwood Needleworks - "I Don't See One. Do You See One?"

Which brings us back to a major segment of our days. Bella and I scan the trees and our front and side yards. You never know when we'll spot one of those varmints.

Oh, Oh!! And can you imagine our glee when we have to go outside to do our business, only to spot a squirrel anywhere on the ground on the other side of the Compass Barn? The chase is on!! Our hearin' goes (we can't even hear Mom or Dad hollerin'!), we tear off across the yard, and we feel like we've done our job - even if we don't catch them (which we never do, because they can run up the trees and we can't).

It's like this every day. From the minute we get up until it gets dark. We don't even consider it work. There's nothin' at all hard about bein' on squirrel patrol. That's if you don't count the part about not bein' able to open the door to let ourselves out. Remember, it's all about the thumbs. We don't have 'em, so we can't use 'em.

I guess we'll just have to settle for barkin' our fool heads off, and we're really good at that! We can hardly wait for Carly to get back so she can be our new trainee and join in. The more, the merrier!

 
I'll see you again in seven. 'til then..."Corgi On, Corgi Strong!"