Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The Audacity of Squirrels


I took today off work to catch up on some chores in the yard. It's morning and I'm sitting at my computer, just three feet from the kitchen deck door. I set my canary, Migwe, outside on the deck to get some fresh air and some face time with his goldfinch friends. I hear his cage door rattling extra loudly. I turn my head to see a squirrel opening the canary cage to eat the canary food inside. How dare he?

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