Squirrel Diner

Posted on 10/05/2019 by Ol' Big Jim

I had a lovely visitor on the back porch this morning. Mr Squirrel showed absolutely no fear of me as he dined on the seeds in the bird feeder.

I just love our back yard! So many squirrels, chipmunks, and birds of every size, shape, and description. I am such a very lucky man, aren’t I?

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Ol' Big Jim, has been a storekeeper, an embalmer, a hospital orderly, a medical biller, and through it all, a teller of tall tales. Many of his stories, like his first book, New Yesterdays, are set in his hometown of Piedmont, Alabama. For seven years, he lived in the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, Amman, Jordan where he spends his time trying to visit each one of the thousands of Ammani coffee shops and scribbling in his ever-present notebook. These days, you can find him back stateside, still filling notebooks.

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11 Responses to Squirrel Diner

John W. Howell says:

10/05/2019 at 15:19

I initially misread your headline and thought you were going to share a recipe. Ha ha ha. Glad to see you have so many friends in the yard.

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- Ol' Big Jim says:
  
  10/05/2019 at 15:22
  
  I have eaten squirrel in the past. Long years ago when I was a kid. Dad made squirrel dumplings. There’s just no way I could kill one of those lovely creatures and eat it. I like having them as neighbors! Thanks for coming round today, John.
  
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  - John W. Howell says:
    
    10/05/2019 at 16:33
    
    I’m with you on eating those cute guys. Happy Weekend.
    
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jaysquires says:

10/05/2019 at 16:48

I gotta go along with John. I misread the title. (Knowing your humor, I’m not too sure it wasn’t intentional!) And by the way, you could have gone all day without mentioning squirrel dumplings! LOL, good pictures, Jim. And yes, you are a lucky guy.

Jay
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- Ol' Big Jim says:
  
  10/05/2019 at 16:50
  
  Well, if I’m honest, I did think it might be a good hook to get folks to come over! Thanks for coming round today, Jay!
  
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T. W. Dittmer says:

11/05/2019 at 08:15

Great back yard! Squirrels can get pretty friendly, almost brazen at times.

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- Ol' Big Jim says:
  
  11/05/2019 at 09:50
  
  Thank you, Mr Dittmer! We’re really enjoying the back yard. I can’t wait to tell you about my vegetable gardening experiment. I appreciate you coming by today!
  
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travelsinfloridaandbeyond says:

01/08/2019 at 18:35

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then you have 10,000 words! And these pictures do tell just how these squirrels operate. They love to get into bird feeders. I never found a good way to keep them out and I guess you just decided to let them have what they wanted, too.

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- Ol' Big Jim says:
  
  02/08/2019 at 00:41
  
  Thank you for visiting, and for your kind words! Yes, we decided to just let the squirrels and chipmunks have their way with the feeder. It’s lovely to watch them enjoying it!
  
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Lakshmi Bhat says:

08/09/2019 at 10:16

Beautiful. It is a pleasure to watch them. We have them here too and they come to eat pieces of chapati we put out for them.
Chapati – Wikipedia

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- Ol' Big Jim says:
  
  08/09/2019 at 10:37
  
  The creatures from nature bring wonderful feelings, don’t they? I love the squirrels, chipmunks, and birds that live around us.
  
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