Picture of the day - April 14, 2007

A Squirrel Out On A Limb

I got up early this morning to take Houdini out for his morning walk, and just as soon as we walked out the back door he spotted a squirrel sitting in the middle of the lawn gnawing on one of the numerous black walnuts that had fallen from the trees last autumn. As we made our way around the perimeter of the yard, Mr. Squirrel cautiously scampered up a nearby walnut tree and found himself a perch on a limb where he could watch our every move. Since the path we always take on our walks has Houdini and me walking right under that limb, I expected our furry friend to climb farther up the tree as we came near. But much to my surprise, the fearless rodent simply sat there on his perch gnawing on the walnut, all the while keeping an eye on me and my "master" as we walked right underneath him. I suppose he has seen us walking around the yard enough times to know that we have no interest in having him for dinner! Well, we continued walking along our usual route out of the yard and along the creek bank that runs through our long field. When we reached the other end, Houdini completed the task that he had come to do and we started back towards the house. I figured that Mr. Squirrel would surely be gone by the time we got back to his tree, but there he sat in the very same spot still chomping on his walnut. I quickly but quietly took Houdini back into the house and grabbed my camera, then returned to the tree and took the "Picture of the Day".   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"