Ron has really enjoyed the plentiful wildlife here in Nauvoo. We see raccoons, possums, deer, squirrels and lots of kinds of birds, every day. Last week Ron saw a squirrel that was being attacked by a cat. He rushed over and scared the cat away and brought the squirrel home. It had been bitten in the neck pretty badly and it didn’t look good. Ron put the squirrel in a cage in the basement and it made it through the night and next day but the second morning Ron went down to feed it and check on it and came upstairs holding it by the tail. It would be a shame to waste a perfectly good dead squirrel so he put it out on the squirrel feeder hanging in the tree just outside our side door.
Later that afternoon Sister Saville came over and she didn’t notice the squirrel on her way in but then she spotted it out the window and got very excited. She said, “There’s a squirrel in your tree!!!” she grabbed her ever ready camera and ran to the door. (The tree is only about 4 feet from the door.) The squirrel was facing the other way so she tapped on the glass and said, “Come on little fellow, turn around so I can take your picture”. I was biting my cheeks not to laugh and I suggested she go outside to try and get her shot. She was afraid it would run away, but then since he wouldn’t turn around for her she went outside. She kept talking to it as she carefully circled the tree. Finally she stopped and her whole expression changed and she looked at me and said “Is he dead?” I burst out laughing and then we were both laughing our heads off. Just then Ron arrived home and we were all cracking up when our neighbors, the Thompsons, came hurrying over from across the street with their new camera hoping for shot of the squirrel they had spotted in our yard before we all scared it away! Yes, a good time was had by all!
PS We named him Morty. That's short for rigamortis (sp?) Yeah, I know, it’s sick.
Later that afternoon Sister Saville came over and she didn’t notice the squirrel on her way in but then she spotted it out the window and got very excited. She said, “There’s a squirrel in your tree!!!” she grabbed her ever ready camera and ran to the door. (The tree is only about 4 feet from the door.) The squirrel was facing the other way so she tapped on the glass and said, “Come on little fellow, turn around so I can take your picture”. I was biting my cheeks not to laugh and I suggested she go outside to try and get her shot. She was afraid it would run away, but then since he wouldn’t turn around for her she went outside. She kept talking to it as she carefully circled the tree. Finally she stopped and her whole expression changed and she looked at me and said “Is he dead?” I burst out laughing and then we were both laughing our heads off. Just then Ron arrived home and we were all cracking up when our neighbors, the Thompsons, came hurrying over from across the street with their new camera hoping for shot of the squirrel they had spotted in our yard before we all scared it away! Yes, a good time was had by all!
PS We named him Morty. That's short for rigamortis (sp?) Yeah, I know, it’s sick.
i think you two have issues
ReplyDeleteRon & Brenda...I LOVE you two! I love that Ron put up the dead squirrel and that you think it's funny. Thanks for the laugh. Aunt Sylvia sends you a big hello too!
ReplyDeleteOh my! A nice spiritual mission experience to uplift us all. You are quite delightful, but a little out of the ordinary. Don't change.
ReplyDeleteLove and stuff, bf