nibble nibble

this weekend, mr. h-s’s parents are visiting us.  yesterday, we were playing the requisite hand-and-foot marathon (card game) and i called for a “20-minute branch break” to go outside, enjoy the beautiful weather and haul some of the brush out to the curb (we had some trees taken down this week).  it ended up being more like an hour long break, but we got so much brush cleared out of our yard and some branches that had been leaning on our phone lines cut down and it felt great to get those things done and also enjoy the brisk fall weather.  we noticed that in the crook of one large branch, there was a big chunk of some sort of food (pumpkin?  potato?  bread?) balanced right on the bend.  we laughed, imagining some enterprising young squirrel stashing his food there for later.

this morning, after breakfast, we were treated to the sight of the enterprising young squirrel (or one of his crafty companions) discovering the stash of food and nibbling away at it.  he was involved in eating it so much that i was even able to sneak out and take some photos before he ran off.