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Cleaning days are a little disruptive and Word Press has made more adjustments which make progress rather a challenge.
Not just Word Press either…
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Monday afternoon I shall have the dubious pleasure of meeting yet another physician.
So for the past two days I have been getting reminders. Phone messages, texts, emails.
Surely they can’t be all that excited to meet me!
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Lately my email has been inundated with crap.
Phi-sing messages mostly. Emails that purport to be from friends or family members with titles such as:
“Sad news!”
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A couple of times when severely distracted, I’ve fallen into their nasty little traps which made me feel like a right muggins, so I try to stay alert and not fall for alarmist messages.
May they rot in hell.
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“Oh, surely that’s a little extreme?”
Alright. May their connectivity be eternally jammed!
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A skunk has been visiting in the evening. I almost had an encounter a couple of nights ago but fortunately spotted it just in time.
Getting skunked is an experience I hope to avoid.
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Among the collection of syndromes I have acquired is hyperosmia. An overwhelming sensitivity to smells.
Skunk spray is not actually the worst smell I can think of, but it’s not nice!
Occasionally skunks have altercations in the vicinity of my bedroom window and phew! It’s enough to wake you up.
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They are such pretty creatures and I would love to befriend one. Not likely!
This skunk was looking for food so I quietly opened the sliding door and tossed out some corn and nuts.
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The shower of nuts startled it and it waddled off across the grass.
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An undulating little ball of fluff.
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A young Adirondack red squirrel.
Not Little Red.
But awfully cute. And hungry.
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Another red head came looking for food.
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And posed for me.
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They are usually at the suet feeders but sometimes there’s a queue.
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Then they hammer a tune on the garage gutter.
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Sometimes the tune is for me:
“Missus! More suet!”
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Of course, I rush right out.
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Red is the in colour, obviously.
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How do grey squirrels acquire red tails? I have yet to find out.
The Adirondack squirrels chase them off so it’s unlikely that they cross breed.
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I think he knows he’s got a swish tail!
He’s always waving it about!
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A new young male groundhog came for lunch yesterday.
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“Good grub, nice company.”
“I fink I might come here again!”
A very colourful bunch today!
Thank you so much, Carolyn, for your delightful post! All the creatures and their thoughts are so well presented, and is such a pleasure to read about and see, including the smelly ball of fluff! I love the first beautiful photo of the sunlit field and sky full of clouds!
Joanna
SKKKKUUUUUUUUUNK.
Run, run, run, run, ruuuuun.
While they’re cute, all I can think about is the horrible, disgusting, no good, very bad smell.
Wow, the Red Heads are so pretty. I’ve never seen one (or a Skunk) in the flesh.
I’m hearing lots of people complaining that WordPress is mucking everyone around by changing things…also its algorithms (and Google’s) is messing with user interaction.
Leaving north America after two months and flying into Lisbon tomorrow at almost midnight. I’ll be glad to get back to good coffee and food! 😉
Such a shame that skunks smell bad, they look so pretty. Always a joy to see the groundhogs munching carrots!
Best wishes, Pete.
The colours in your first photo are stunning. I wonder what do the other animals (like the squirrels and groundhogs) think of the skunk … or do they also try and avoid such an encounter? I hope your appointment with the physician today will go well.