January 21, 2023

Saturday Squirrels and More

For Squirrel Appreciation Day, I made a collage of pictures I've showed before. We haven’t had real snow this winter.

Critters / Mosaic

Years ago, I had a neighbor who called all squirrels Charlie and I picked up the habit. Now that I have adopted a dog named Charlie, I'm trying to stop doing that because it sounds confusing.

Here we see Charlie the beagle in the car on his brand new hammock-style blanket. He chewed through the straps and buckles on two previous ones, plus a dog car seat. Perhaps the guilty look is because he just wiggled out of another harness. It was a new one with a third strap that fastened under his belly, designed to be escape-proof. I don't know how he squeezed out of it! Well, beagles were bred to hunt rabbits so they had to be able to get out of brush piles and rabbit holes.

The picture that looks like a drawing is a photo that I processed in two different apps to get what I wanted.


The horses are in Middletown and the reflected gnome is in Basye.



19 comments:

  1. Beautiful collage of cute squirrels. LOL it's impossible to tie him down.

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  2. Hello,
    Charlie does have guilty look on his face, but he is adorable. Love the squirrels and the horses. Great photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, enjoy your day and the new week ahead. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

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  3. Such a melting look Charlie has in his eyes! It's quite irresistible!

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  4. ...squirrels are cute little devils.

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  5. Charlie is proving to be a challenge...

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  6. Charlie looks like a great escape artist. Admirable until you are responsible for him! Great photo of his expressive face.

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  7. That's a clever little fellow...Charlie is. These photos are all entertaining.

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  8. i don't like squirrels ...they are evil. mess up so much of my home life. they are so sneaky. looking for trouble. i enjoy your app view. so cool. ( :

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  9. Squirrel Appreciation Day! Did not know there was one. Good reflection photo!
    Have a blessed day!

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  10. Perhaps Charlie might be nicknamed Houdini?

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  11. Charlie is a cutie for sure! And I love the squirrel photos!

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  12. Squirrel appreciation day? Who would have thought.. lol.

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  13. Did I tell you that when Beagles get antsy the chew up things. We lost shoes and wall board with Adi. But she loved riding in the car. Someday Charlie may come around. Maybe if you fed him a treat every time he's riding he might look forward to that?
    I looked up "Basye" and found it named after a family. My family, "Fletcher" had a store out in the country and the Post Office wanted to put in Post Office, the area got named after them, C. I think after a tornado blew every build in town down flat, it wasn't rebuilt.
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    1. I do give him treats in the car. that’s to keep him from eating the upholstery!

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  14. Charlie knows that where there’s a will, there’s a way :) loved the squirrel photos but I liked all of your photos.

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  15. Squirrels are such good fun to watch.

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  16. Cute squirrels ... I love this tiny sweet animals!!

    Thank you being part of MOSAIC MONDAY.

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  17. Definitely a guilty look! Charlie would probably like my daily walk, lots of rabbits.

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