Of wildlife - the cute and the pesky . .

We live in an area that has an abundance of natural wildlife. Truth be known, we moved in on their habitat. We live in a forested area and when the community was planned, efforts were made to preserve as many of the original trees as possible. We also have several ponds in the area where we live, and a couple within walking distance. I will start with the cute wildlife. I took these pictures at the duck/turtle pond just down the street from our neighborhood. The essence of spring:




Now for the pesky wildlife. Earlier in the week I packed a simple picnic and strolled the girls over to the park near our house. There was a squirrel there that was just getting a little too close to us. This squirrel was obviously interested in our picnic and could maybe smell our goldfish crackers or something. Squirrel wanted in the stroller very badly and I kept shooing it away. It would then run up a tree and perch there watching and waiting for me to turn my back. And when I turned my back to help Analese when she fell and got a boo-boo, the squirrel was almost in the stroller again!





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