Photo taken: March 21, 2014
Awwwwwww, it’s a sleeping squirrel! Isn’t that just so damned cute? And look at the way he’s almost hugging the branch while he saws off some logs! OK, I guess it’s time to be the Reality Fairy and ruin the magic for you all. The squirrel isn’t really sleeping. Planked out on that branch, yes. But I just happened to get lucky enough to catch him during a blink… so that, as far as anyone viewing just this one piece of visual evidence is concerned, this squirrel is sound asleep! Photographing the expected can be quite exciting, but a lot of times it’s the accidental things that end up on your memory card that can make picture taking so rewarding…
Evil Squirrel's Nest 
I would like to know what it did before it took a rest there… or noo better not LOL
Since it was the first of Spring, he may be sleeping off “other” activities…
This isn’t your #1 favorite photo! Are you sure? So cute.
Just goes to show what you can expect when I get into the really good part of the countdown…
This photo made getting up today worth it. That, and some peaceful and uplifting Eminem songs.
“Peaceful and uplifting Eminem songs” reminds me of when you caught my “private communal dressing rooms” oxymoron a while back….
Haha, there’s nothing like blind rage to start one’s day off on the right foot.
ody N biskit; sleepin ore chillaxin; dad capsured a grate fotoz !! 😉 ♥♥
Thanks!
That is absolutely CUTE……he does look asleep and securely “fastened” to the limb (although I think a hammock would be safer).
Pam
I dunno…. it seems like Gilligan and the Skipper always were having accidents in their hammocks on the island. It only takes one klutzy squirrel to completely ruin the hammock experience…
So he’s not asleep, just being lazy…
Yep. Then after a tiring day of being lazy, he’s going to get some sleep so he’s ready to be lazy again tomorrow…
Sleepy squirrel, lazy squirrel, playing possum squirrel, blinking squirrel…whatever you call it = cute! 🙂
Everything is cuter with its eyes closed…
That’s a great shot! I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a sleeping squirrel. We had a whole scurry of squirrels in our yard, front and back. Black, brown, and gray. Running around all over the yard and trees. They even made a racket! I bet afterwards they all went & crashed like this guy.
Oh, and Em (Eminem, my close personal friend, but don’t check into it) has very uplifting songs! And funny ones. I might have to go listen now.
Oh, so you get to call him Marshall?
Being strictly diurnal, they don’t have much reason to be asleep during the daytime. On really hot days, you can catch them laid out on a branch not doing much of anything… but never really asleep.
Okay, well, yeah. I didn’t know that.
No wonder I’ve never seen a squirrel sleep with one eye open, gripping his/her tree branch tight.
It all makes sense now!
What a little sweet sleeper. Awww.
He stayed up too late partying…with my underwear. Seriously, I can’t let it go!
He’d look like he could be here in the Mile High City’s hot temps. We all look like that, come to think of it.
Sweet! Not often you get to see a sleeping squirrel!