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#39 – Watch Your Step

Earlier in this countdown, I featured a squirrel with an obvious cast iron stomach that wasn’t afraid to chew up those spiky sweet gum balls that rain down in torrents from their trees.  Now, most humans aren’t going to pick … Continue reading

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Having A Balls

For your delight, this week’s Saturday Squirrel high up in a tree among a backdrop of spiky sweet gum tree balls! It got up to 80 degrees the day I took this photo on Wednesday.  A reminder that very soon, … Continue reading

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Don’t Step On It

Tread carefully…. life is full of landmines.  Whether you live near a sweet gum tree and its spiky fruit or not… Today’s life lesson is brought to you by The Nest’s weekly Saturday Squirrel. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Deck The Balls

Here is a Saturday Squirrel photo that I saved not because of the squirrel… it’s definitely not a very good picture of him.  No, this one got spared the dreaded recycling bin because of its eye-catching background.  What in the … Continue reading

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