Squirrelly Thief

So every autumn, Kate and I try to make a point of filling the bird feeder in the front of our condo with food for any straggling feathered folk who haven't migrated yet. This year, though, we seem to have a problem with a local squirrel who wants to feed out of the same feeder. Unfortunately, he's too heavy and ends up tipping out the bird feed all over the rocks below.

Here's our poor empty bird feeder...



And the seeds scattered on the ground...



These will turn into odd little sprouts by the spring, I reckon...

And here's a shot of the culprit himself...



Doesn't look terribly guilty, does he?

He's also been fond of digging in Kate's planter out front as well. The cats are eager to be released to hunt him down! :-)

Thanks always for reading! Hope you're having a great day!

Zoo Trip

Today (Friday) Kate and I met my sister and her family down in Denver for a few hours at the Denver Zoo.



Kate and I arrived a little early so we took the opportunity to check out the wolf exhibit...




...and some of the reptiles...





Aw, don't those skinks look so cute cuddled up like that? :-)

When Dianna, Heath, and the kids arrived, we got ourselves organized and headed out, stopping first by the lion exhibit.



Julie volunteered to be in charge of the map. Here she shows us where we are (the lion exhibit obviously)...



And here she compares one of the big "You Are Here" maps to her own carried one...



Everest seemed to have fun too. Here's a few pix of him with his Aunt Kate...

Having some lunch...



Posing by the water buffalo statues...



And looking at the duck pond...



Later, the kids and even the adults (sans me who shot pictures instead) took a ride on the carousel!




After the carousel, Everest was pointing out the safari train that rolled by - didn't get a picture of it though...



Though he did keep calling the train a "bus." :-)

At one point, Julie spotted a tiny little mouse snooping around...



...and Everest tried to feed it some of his snacks. :-)



Another fun time was when Dianna and I took Everest in to visit the lorikeets...



Dianna bought some nectar to feed the lorikeets, who lapped the stuff up!



Other cool animals that we saw included a coatl...



A grizzly bear...



A kangaroo (napping)...



And an elephant...



Now for some rapid fire pictures of us at the zoo...









After the zoo, we stopped in at a pizzeria that Emily recommended to Kate, called Pasquini's.



I'd say the show-stealer there was the massive calzones that Kate and Dianna ordered. They were huge - way bigger than either of them realized! :-)



Everest had his first taste of bruschetta with tomatoes and cheese.



And I guess we'll finish up with a picture of me and Julie at the restaurant...



Keep an eyeball out on my YouTube channel too! I made a number of videos of various animals while we were there and I'm hoping to get 'em posted on YouTube sometime soon.

As always, thanks for reading and hope you're having a great day!