Laureate Shelties Blog
A bit of this, a bit of that...with a lot of free spirits.

OK, it is only Chip, but Dale is around somewhere; and his cousins and their cousins. We have an entire chipmunk colony since Kit Kat passed away a few years ago. Pete wasn't pleased with me encouraging them with peanuts, but Gisela and I had a ball watching this fellow fill his cheeks.

Trying to make it fit...he had to take it out and try the other side.

I raised hamsters as a teenager (lots of hamsters), and these guys sort of remind me of them...with long furry tails.

There was one baby left in the nest last night, but when I went out this morning it had flown away as well. Hooray! I quickly got the ladder and took the nest off our security light. I put it on the railway ties for a moment so I could get a picture.
Picture taken, I sat down on the porch; now free from birds, to enjoy my coffee.

Soon a nosey little chipmunk came along and wondered what we'd left him...

What have we here?

Let's see if it is the right size...
Maybe I'll give it a taste...

Mmm tasty!

Barbie wanting to be set free!

Cute but annoying chipmunk, who is making tunnels in our septic field!

Worker bee

A Robin made a nest outside our front window, so I am able to take pictures through the glass.

Babies waiting...