The Lily Pad

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JANUARY 9, 2012 5:37PM

View from my window

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My office window looks out the side of my house, at the neighbor's house. No great shakes as views go. Suburban cedar fence. Boring.

So I added some enticements to attract friends. This view is from a rainy day last winter.

 

squirrel
 

 

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Love it, froggy. ~r
Joan H.
January 09, 2012 05:45 PM
Neat!! Squirrels can be awesome friends!! Trust me!! :D

Rated!!!
Tinkerertink69
January 09, 2012 05:55 PM
Thanks Joanie. They make me laugh, even on cold drippy days.

Tink, don't you just chase them???
froggy
January 09, 2012 06:01 PM
Love it! Thanks for making me smile!
Jennifer Prestholdt
January 09, 2012 06:14 PM
Thanks jane! It was funny to find this little guy IN the feeder, with his draggly wet tail hanging out.

Jennifer--glad it made you smile. It made me smile too.
froggy
January 09, 2012 06:35 PM
It made me LAUGH! I had a guy today hanging upside down picking chunks of suet out of my little cage thing and then sitting on the shepherd's crook (or whatever that thing is to hang garden stuff on) chowing down. Also in the rain..
The Good Daughter
January 09, 2012 06:51 PM
He looks guilty of something...awful.
Bellwether Vance
January 09, 2012 06:56 PM
Good Daughter--too funny. They are so hilarious with their crazy acrobatics. I have one who hangs upside down on one of my feeders.

Blue--it just made me laugh, him sitting there in the rain, chowing down.

Bellwether--doesn't he?
froggy
January 09, 2012 07:27 PM
How cute! Best kind of company to look at. We have a few here too, and they drive my OSman crazy.
R♥
FusunA
January 09, 2012 10:39 PM
lschmoopie--great therapy for boring work days. I watch birds and squirrels. Sometimes the blue jays fight the squirrels.

Fusun--yes, the best company!
froggy
January 09, 2012 10:41 PM
Love squirrels! This little guy is adorable, the way his tail is draped over the side of the box.
Maurene Brown
January 10, 2012 10:12 PM
Maurene--I love that he's all bedraggled and wet, but still plopped with his furry behind right IN the feeder. He made me laugh.

Pauline--they're funny, and they brighten my very cloudy rainy days.
froggy
January 11, 2012 12:58 AM
I kinda miss squirrels. I don't think they like the desert. They are fun to watch, and are free entertainment for the family dog.
SnippytheGrammarDog
January 11, 2012 01:10 AM
Snippy--they drive my dog insane--they use the top of our fence like a highway and he just can't reach them. He's actually broken fence boards from running into it at top speed trying to catch them.
froggy
January 11, 2012 01:20 AM
Thats just charming....
Algis Kemezys
January 11, 2012 04:43 AM
You improvised yourself some great company, froggy. :D

Lezlie
L in the Southeast
January 11, 2012 04:12 PM
Thanks Lezlie--they are great company.
froggy
January 12, 2012 11:28 PM
This made me smile and laugh out loud. A squirrel chair. What a lovely idea.
Maureen J Andrade
January 18, 2012 02:00 PM
Maureen--it's supposed to be a feeder. This guy just got a little too gluttonous. Ultimate kid with hand in cookie jar... just sit in the damn thing! Glad it made you smile.
froggy
January 18, 2012 02:42 PM
Thanks for the smiling chuckle. So enjoyed it! :-)
scottcvoss
March 18, 2012 03:32 PM