SOME SADNESS HAS BEFALLEN THE SQUIRREL HIGHWAY THAT I HAVE WATCHED FOR MANY YEARS FROM “A WINDOW INTO THE WOODS.”
THE TWO ASH TREES THAT THE SQUIRRELS USED FOR SAFE AND EASY ACCESS TO THE TREATS THAT I PUT OUT FOR THEM, HAD TO BE CUT DOWN. THE TREES HAD BEEN DEAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN LONG AGO.
OUR SON, WHO DEFINITELY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE A CHAINSAW, CAME HOME FOR HIS SISTER’S WEDDING. WHILE THE BRIDESMAIDS WERE HAVING A FUN TIME PUTTING THEIR MAKEUP ON BEFORE WE LEFT FOR THE WEDDING, THE ASH TREES WERE BEING TAKEN DOWN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WINDOW…..TALK ABOUT A STRANGE COMBINATION OF PRE-WEDDING ACTIVITIES.
IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD THING THAT I WAS PREOCCUPIED, OR I WOULD HAVE HAD A HARD TIME WATCHING THE “SQUIRREL TREES” COME DOWN. THIS PAST WEEK, I SPENT SEVERAL DAYS PICKING UP SMALL TWIGS AND CARRYING AND STACKING THE LOGS. TOMORROW, I’LL BE DRAGGING THE BRANCHES TO A MORE CONVENIENT LOCATION FOR PICK UP.
THE GOOD NEWS…THE SQUIRRELS DON’T SEEM TO MISS THE TREES ALL THAT MUCH…THEY ARE STILL SHOWING UP EACH AFTERNOON AND PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR ME…BUT I WILL MISS THE TREES…AS SOON AS MY MUSCLES STOP HURTING FROM ALL OF THE YARD WORK.
ALPHONSO THE SQUIRREL SENT ME THIS NOTE JUST NOW…THE NERVE!
“STOP ALL THAT WHINING ZANNYRO…THE SUN IS GOING TO COME UP IN ABOUT EIGHT HOURS AND YOU NEED YOUR REST. I WANT YOU OUT IN THE YARD BRIGHT AND EARLY, HARD AT WORK…I’VE INVITED FRIENDS OVER TO WATCH YOU GET ALL TANGLED UP IN THE PILES OF TREE BRANCHES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND…WE SQUIRRELS LOVE TO LAUGH AND WE NEVER GET TIRED OF LAUGHING AT YOU!”
A WINDOW INTO THE WOODS 