I think I have room for one more peanut…
Thanksgiving is coming up next week for those of us in the US, which for many of us will 
mean stuffing our guts with the unhealthiest of foods until it starts coming out the other end. Most squirrels are plenty stuffed by Thanksgiving time, as they build up their energy reserves all autumn long for the cold winter ahead. Here’s a pleasantly plump little porker I caught pigging out on a peanut in my oak tree last week. You can bet that squirrels aren’t going to leave a whole lot uneaten at their version of the Thanksgiving table, and all of the leftovers will be carefully buried underground to enjoy later…
And while I normally don’t expect political correctness from anyone, I ask that you please do not refer to my Saturday Squirrel as fat. He is merely well fed…
Have a great weekend everyone!
Evil Squirrel's Nest 
our garden squirrel will have a diet-thanksgiving this year… all the hidden nuts are Easy’s now… but I will be generous and I place some snacks next to the tree :o)
Good idea. A well fed squirrel is a happy squirrel…
More cushion for the pushin’.
My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns, hun…
Tell your anaconda that it’s shit out of luck then…
You tell it that. It just spits and hisses at me…
Well, now I’m scared. Let me get my snake handling gear first…
You’re the only blogger I feel comfortable being preverted with. LOL
I can’t imagine why. I’m such a prude…
If you’re a prude then I’m like a virgin…
“like” is one of those words that means nothing in advertising. Miley Cyrus is “like” a virgin too…
Fine. If you’re a prude then I’m as pure as the driven snow. Better?
Someone peed in the driven snow…
I see it….ES…a little crooked though…
Your squirrel is very cute. We don´t have Thanksgiving Day here in Finland, and I thank for it, because now Halloween is trying to conquer this country.
Thanksgiving is a pretty reserved holiday compared to Halloween… and many people here feel it isn’t recognized enough due to the fact that Christmas now invades on its territory since we move straight from Halloween to Xmas…
This is so precious. I was just watching two squirrels eating out of my bird feeders when I remembered it is “Saturday Squirrel Time.” I’ll remember to put out some extra peanuts and goodies for my outdoor friends on Thanksgiving.
It’s Saturday Squirrel Time! That’s cute! Your squirrels will look forward to their extra treat day…
That was a hilarious conversation with Merbear. Methinks, ribbon snake might be a more apt description. Anyway, your squirrel looks a little husky but beautiful.
No man would ever refer to it as a ribbon snake! “A little husky but beautiful”, maybe….
That was a bit mean of me, perhaps something more like this?http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/35987820
Well, those stripes might look cool….
Yeah…I see them outside in the summer and they are really big and fat (scare the life out of most folks but I want to stroke them). 😉
I used to be able to roughly guess when Thanksgiving is by when Black Friday arrived, but now that Black Friday is “Black many days all in a row on Amazon” it’s not so easy…
It’s kinda funny watching the day (BF, not Thanksgiving) start to lose all its meaning. That’s what happens when all the retailers get too aggressive in trying to outdo each other…
I wouldn’t call that squirrel fat……”pleasantly plump” maybe……or “healthy”…….neither of those should OFFEND!
Pam
Plus, never ask a squirrel if it’s pregnant unless you see babies actively exiting it….
Definitely…..that’s a BIG NO NO……
We are very careful about fat shaming comments around our beloved “well fed” fur children. I would never insult such a well-padded squirrel. Besides, that’s his savings account to be used for a cold day in the winter when nuts are thin on the ground.
I used to have a million “fat shaming” nicknames for Ody back when he was a 19 pound porker of a cat…. and he never seemed to care. He’d just roll over on his back and expect me to rub his big belly…
One question…where the heck DO all those peanuts come from? I find the shells all over my yard and I haven’t had a peanut in the shell for 87 years!
If you have peanut shells magically appearing in your yard, I’d guess someone near you is feeding them to the squirrels. My yard is littered in pine cones despite the nearest evergreen tree being over 100 feet away. Squirrels do transport their food all over the place…