One by one colors fall from the sky. There’s a rainbow in the wind. The forest takes on a different scent and the sounds change as well. For a moment I paused to take in the change and feel the bite of the oncoming cold weather. There’s a loud thump behind me. Cautiously I turned to face whatever beast stalks me. Emptiness. Only the falling leaves and the bare trunks of the trees. Perhaps it was just a branch that had pruned itself in the breeze. A few more steps down the pathway and this time I definitely hear the dry leaves crunch behind me and move to one side. I stepped behind a large yellow poplar as the crunch moves closer. I peek out from my hiding place and then I see the noisiest creature in the woods. A grey squirrel comes bouncing towards me. How a one pound bushy tailed tree rat manages make more noise than a Sasquatch in a dance off is beyond me. But they do. When I step back out the squirrel realizes that his prankster antics are over and in one last leap he disappeared up his own tree. Amused by the fluffy little rascal as he moved from branch to branch I smile and thank God for the beautiful fall day and the warm thermos of coffee back at my big blue truck. It time to leave the squirrel to finish stashing away his winter supplies.
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Love your post, Lloyd. He gave me a real chuckle. A squirrel? I was imagining that it was a bear! Grizzly bears track the people tracking them. But there are probably no bears in your area. 🙂
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Lol. We have plenty of black bears but a 500 pound bear would be a freak. Most are only 3 to 4 hundred pounds and unless it’s a mother with cubs or a juvenal male trying to establish territory they are not aggressive. (Bigfoot on the other hand just may be out there. lol )
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LOL
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Ohhhh for the love and colors of nature ❤ 😀
Lol that story was enjoyable! Ha! What was my pet squirrel doing out there tryna scare you in the woods? 😥
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Thank you Tammy ❤
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Most welcome my brother!
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Lol, there’s a cliche between hunters about how noisy squirrels are. But bears are very quiet and you’d think it wouwould be the opposite.
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Lolol 😀 😥 haha!
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Oh, how beautiful. As always, thank you for sharing. I can never feel sad reading and seeing your photos.
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Thank you Ashley ❤ I try to engineer the photos to bring a sense of peace.
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Adorable squirrel! Although, you did initially scare me and thought you were going to go down a terrifying route… squirrels pranking level expert. 😂
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Lol, I have been fooled by the squirrels a lot of times.
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This made me laugh–bushy tailed tree rat?! LOL! The squirrels around here are quieter. I don’t think they like attention at all. Beautiful autumn photo!
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Thank you Chandra ❤ I'm glad you enjoyed it. "Tree Rats" might be a Regional nickname for the squirrels. 😉
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