Okay..one of my favorite things to do is feed the squirrels…I just love the little guys. They are just so cute. And even better than watching them..is watching our cats try to get them! Our cats are indoor cats…so they don’t get much excitement….and I think the squirrels know this…because they are constantly teasing our cats. It is quite hilarious to watch.
And speaking of squirrels..here is a little story….my dad also likes to feed the squirrels. He likes to feed them peanuts. About a year ago my brother was moving some furniture at my dad’s house…and behind the one sofa he found a small pile of peanuts. We all thought it was funny that a mouse must have been stealing the peanuts from the bag and eating them behind the sofa. Since that time my dad has stopped feeding the squirrels peanuts. He hasn’t bought any peanuts for an entire year. Jump forward to this past weekend. We went to visit my dad and he told us that he found one whole peanut on his fireplace..just sitting there..one peanut. Then he told us that the next day he found half of a peanut shell in the middle of the floor….I instantly thought of that small pile of peanuts behind the sofa and I immediately had to go look behind the sofa…there was nothing there. Then my dad suggested that I look behind the OTHER sofa……so I did…and…..ummmm……this is what we found…………..
Hundreds and hundreds of peanut shells! It was unbelievable…..not a peanut to be seen..just shells…..I had never seen anything like that before…..