This might look like a Pyrex dish to you but for our garden fur/feather babies, it’s an infinity pool. They even have a wee towel on the diving rock….
This is my man at work – he is Scottish so that’s why his feet have a blue hue. The original ceramic pool/watering hole froze over during our big freeze and cracked apart.
Katniss’ old house was falling apart, mostly because the squirrels ate the underside of the roof. Que? Teddy suggested that it might have been stuck together with animal glue. Gah! With his retirement imminent, he has decided to take on handyman tasks. His perfect roof repair is below. I did the exterior decoration and very bravely took out all the leaves inside the house. It was a perfect space for a snake to hibernate…
Everything about life is perception. This gave us so much pleasure and made us laugh. We put out the camera trap to see who uses the AirB&B. Isn’t this Eastern Gray Squirrel cute, concentrating on her delicious blackberry while the young ‘uns were scampering around?
Postcards from Kerry 
A good job for them that you don’t like squirrel stew!
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Well, I guess they would be gluten-free…😃
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Now that your husband is about to be retired you become busy as hell and you don’t know how you balanced work with home chores and company. Gawd how many squirrel is there in your neighborhood. They all look well fed.
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They are fed very well – you should see them flock when the peanuts go out! We haven’t got to that stage in retirement – still warily pacing around each other. 😃
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All the comforts that the discriminating traveller might need – even a door mat 😉 Wonderful! 🙂
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Fascinatingly, the door mat is still there. I expected the raccoons to play with it. I lost a Croc for a year when they stole it and took it into the reserve. Flood water returned it avec teeth marks…
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Haha, how funny that nature saw fit to return it to you, Cinders 😉
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LMAO! It was a fake sky blue Croc but I like being called Cinders!
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🙂 🙂
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I want to come and live at your house. 🍃🌸
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I knew the blackberries would draw you in…K x
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I love it!
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Thank you! K x
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“Everything about life is perception” —- true, true, true. There are various ways to look at and approach most situations. And at times that makes life very interesting. Hi. Take care. Neil S.
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Thank you, Neil – mostly it just looks like a Pyrex dish!
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Hi Kerry,
So cute! I am sure your backyard is the meeting place of the neighborhood, for all the creatures big and small 🙂
Blessings! ♥♥
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Thank you! Our regular visitors include skunks, possum, wood rats, blue jays, hawks, vultures, woodpeckers and very occasionally gray foxes (and snakes)! K x
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I was fine until you mentioned snakes 😦
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LOL! Eco diversity??
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The rejuvenated accommodation looks great. Love the roof and welcome mat. Egads, you have squirrels galore.
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Thank you so much, Peggy. I think that was just one family – you should see it when we call them…
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Squirrels come when they are called? Who knew?
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They come when crazy neighbor ladies feed them fresh blackberries and peanuts…😊🍇
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Hahahaha!
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Love the air b n b accommodation. The squirrel is fabulously cute x
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Thank you so much, Anne. She is a wee fat cutie!
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Well, I certainly never thought of building my squirrels a swimming pool. They broke the birdbath I stole from my neighbor ten years ago after they moved out… so I’m pretty sure Pyrex would be no match for them either!
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Kerry, you have outdone yourself with this delightful post!
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Thank you so much, Marilee!
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How absolutel charming and new AirBnB! 😉 Teddy did a wonderful job, and you were very brave! I LOVE the idea of that “infinity pool”. Makes me chuckle. 😉
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Thank you, Pit! Curiously the critters use the infinity pool less than the old dish but perhaps it isn’t dry enough yet.
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If I were a wild critter, I would definitely hang out in your yard, Kerry. Who can turn down free lodging that comes with a pool?! 🙂
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That’s what I think, Tanja! I keep hoping that the gray foxes will return but right now there are baby armadillos chirping under the deck.
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I would love to have baby armadillos under our deck, but they would be lost here. Enjoy them! Maybe you can capture them with your camera once they venture out.
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As hard as we try, Armadillos are really camera shy. On some of our videos you can hear them chirping right beside the camera but they won’t go in front of it??
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Your little squirrel house looks so cosy and inviting, it warms my heart and makes me smile, Kerry 🙂 Apparently Ireland’s native red squirrel is enjoying a reversal of fortunes in the battle with the grey squirrel, who are invasive, unwanted yet still cute creatures, thanks to the pine marten. Thanks for sharing and have a good day. Aiva 🙂 xxx
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Thank you, Aiva! It was really a cat house but poor Katniss disappeared. I just read the article about red squirrels benefiting from pine martins moving in. We also have fox squirrels in this area but the grays are still dominant. Have a lovely weekend. K x
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As you said: “Everything about life is perception.”
If you are happy with it, and have fun with it, let’s the squirrels have their way. 😊
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Thank you (and the squirrels thank you too)! 😊
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What a delightful video!
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Thank you! Who doesn’t like blackberries? 😊
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🙂
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“Everything about life is perception. This gave us so much pleasure and made us laugh.” So very true, as Mary Oliver says joy is not meant to be a crumb.”
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Thank you so much, Cheryl. Your comment got lost in my Spam folder…
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I always forget to check that folder? Who knows what I have missed? Thanks for digging me out! C
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WordPress do a pretty good job of finding the spam but sometimes they are over efficient!
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Well I’ve been caught in worse containers than spam! Bahaha! C
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LOL! That sentence is worthy of an explanation if not a post. 😊
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Very nice
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Thank you!
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