Animal Antics and Interactions
Viewing comments for Chapter 6 "Romancing the Squirrel"Animal that inspire me to record their stories.
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Comment from Rama Rao
An excellent account of your encounter with squirrels. I admire the way you tried so many innovations to get rid of them. I also found an interesting fact; in your country squirrels live more in cities than the country side. Some squirrels!
A great job of dealing with squirrels and writing about them.
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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An excellent account of your encounter with squirrels. I admire the way you tried so many innovations to get rid of them. I also found an interesting fact; in your country squirrels live more in cities than the country side. Some squirrels!
A great job of dealing with squirrels and writing about them.
Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thank you so much for the excellent review and comments.
:-) Beth
Comment from Realist101
Hi Beth! I shot a squirrel once. Thinking it was in my newly sprouted bean plants...and have not pointed a gun at any living thing since. It's okay tho to run the crows away with noise I guess. I love squirrels...but they can be a pesty! But crows are worse! Lol! This is such a well written piece. AND we once took a poor old tomcat down the road to a park...we didn't have the money to neuter and keep him. Little things like that eat at me too. I hope he is okay. IF only people would neuter and spay more. SO frustrating...but I hope you will put some photos in FA or use them here? Can't wait to see your pix!! LOVE< Susan
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Hi Beth! I shot a squirrel once. Thinking it was in my newly sprouted bean plants...and have not pointed a gun at any living thing since. It's okay tho to run the crows away with noise I guess. I love squirrels...but they can be a pesty! But crows are worse! Lol! This is such a well written piece. AND we once took a poor old tomcat down the road to a park...we didn't have the money to neuter and keep him. Little things like that eat at me too. I hope he is okay. IF only people would neuter and spay more. SO frustrating...but I hope you will put some photos in FA or use them here? Can't wait to see your pix!! LOVE< Susan
Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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People in the country used to think nothing of taking cats or dogs off and leaving them or even killing them. I don't even like to think about that. Thank you so much for the review. I do use my pictures sometimes. If you're interested you might can get into my portofolio with this http://365project.org/vernabeth/365/2012-03-09
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Thanks Beth...I'll try! Susan
Comment from samandlancelot
"the good old days". (days.")
The shot didn't quite kill it, and I wouldn't let him finish the job. I cried all the way home with the limp animal cradled in the tail of my shirt. It didn't live, but I think I managed to cure my husband of any enjoyment he'd ever derived from squirrel hunting. (This happened to my husband - he shot out of reflex - but he was the one who couldn't bear it. His brother-in-law had to kill the squirrel for him. He never hunted again.)
he was no longer a part of (the) great outdoors
(I had a squirrel that came to our window to get nuts every day (for several years). He eventually came in but only enough to get out of the cold. Alas, one of our cats killed it last fall.)
off at the roots and leaveing (leaving) them to die.
. I'm going out and (change 'and' to 'to') buy some traps."
At one time we had about fifteen squirrels that came to eat on our 3/4 acre lot. We buy 50# bags of cracked corn & my husband built them squirrel houses - one named McDonalds & one Burger King. Now there are only about five or six squirrels left because the cat population increased with all the feedings we do. We also feed a woodchuck when he's not hibernating.
I enjoyed your squirrel story very much.
Patricia
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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"the good old days". (days.")
The shot didn't quite kill it, and I wouldn't let him finish the job. I cried all the way home with the limp animal cradled in the tail of my shirt. It didn't live, but I think I managed to cure my husband of any enjoyment he'd ever derived from squirrel hunting. (This happened to my husband - he shot out of reflex - but he was the one who couldn't bear it. His brother-in-law had to kill the squirrel for him. He never hunted again.)
he was no longer a part of (the) great outdoors
(I had a squirrel that came to our window to get nuts every day (for several years). He eventually came in but only enough to get out of the cold. Alas, one of our cats killed it last fall.)
off at the roots and leaveing (leaving) them to die.
. I'm going out and (change 'and' to 'to') buy some traps."
At one time we had about fifteen squirrels that came to eat on our 3/4 acre lot. We buy 50# bags of cracked corn & my husband built them squirrel houses - one named McDonalds & one Burger King. Now there are only about five or six squirrels left because the cat population increased with all the feedings we do. We also feed a woodchuck when he's not hibernating.
I enjoyed your squirrel story very much.
Patricia
Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thank you so much for the review and for taking to time to point out nits which you found. I appreciate you sharing your squirrel stories with me.
:-) Beth
Comment from Cindy Warren
They really are cute, but they can be a nuisance. My daughter had them in her yard and one stole all the dog food and stashed it in a birdhouse he'd taken over.
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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They really are cute, but they can be a nuisance. My daughter had them in her yard and one stole all the dog food and stashed it in a birdhouse he'd taken over.
Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thank you so much for the review and the comments. I had one take over a bird house too. I've also learned the gray squirrels will eat bird eggs and also baby birds.
Beth :-)
Comment from adewpearl
I've always lived surrounded by squirrels and have always loved them - what a poignant scene of your cradling the wounded squirrel
Oh, feeding the squirrels to the owls, how grotesque
Since, we'd moved to a home - drop the comma
I love the story of freeing the squirrel :-)
Everyday we trap more - Every day - as one word everyday is an adjective, like in everyday clothes
A most entertaining essay :-) Brooke
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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I've always lived surrounded by squirrels and have always loved them - what a poignant scene of your cradling the wounded squirrel
Oh, feeding the squirrels to the owls, how grotesque
Since, we'd moved to a home - drop the comma
I love the story of freeing the squirrel :-)
Everyday we trap more - Every day - as one word everyday is an adjective, like in everyday clothes
A most entertaining essay :-) Brooke
Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thank you Brooke. I apprecate the corrections. I'm glad you found it entertaining.
Beth :-)
Comment from Peridot73
Hi Beth, I enjoyed your account very much. Such lovely flowing writing and clear imaging makes it an easy read. There are a few teeny typos: "a whole cake of suet in afternoon" a word missing; " WE'RE can't grow anything" shd be WE; " I'm going out an buy some traps" ? ?; " so what different will one more make" shd be difference; "without risking loosing" shd be losing; " spent the close to an hour" ? " the road through the
p ark" space in park. Sincerely, Peridot
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Hi Beth, I enjoyed your account very much. Such lovely flowing writing and clear imaging makes it an easy read. There are a few teeny typos: "a whole cake of suet in afternoon" a word missing; " WE'RE can't grow anything" shd be WE; " I'm going out an buy some traps" ? ?; " so what different will one more make" shd be difference; "without risking loosing" shd be losing; " spent the close to an hour" ? " the road through the
p ark" space in park. Sincerely, Peridot
Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thank you so much for the review. I really appreciate you finding and pointing out all those nits without downgrading my rating.
Beth
Comment from Anisa-
Lol. This story is pretty funny. I saved a squirrel once and had some of the same problems that you did. They are cute little buggers, aren't they?
I'm not going to comment on spag because I don't have a solid enough base to provide any advice in that area. However, I did notice in that three or four paragraphs some typos and wrong word usage. You may want to have a read over and see if you can fix them. (i.e. what different (difference) could it make). I saw a few like that.
Anyways, great story. For me it moved at a nice pace and told an interesting story. Glad to hear you're not shooting them! Haha.
Anisa
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Lol. This story is pretty funny. I saved a squirrel once and had some of the same problems that you did. They are cute little buggers, aren't they?
I'm not going to comment on spag because I don't have a solid enough base to provide any advice in that area. However, I did notice in that three or four paragraphs some typos and wrong word usage. You may want to have a read over and see if you can fix them. (i.e. what different (difference) could it make). I saw a few like that.
Anyways, great story. For me it moved at a nice pace and told an interesting story. Glad to hear you're not shooting them! Haha.
Anisa
Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thank you so much for the review. I'm so glad you found it funny. I have fixed about five or six spags. I hope I got them all.
Beth
Comment from LilHippie
Interesting. Very interesting. Sounds like a lot of squirrels for one area. They are so cute, but my sister had been feeding one on the fire escape landing outside her kitchen window. It made its way in one day while she was at work and my niece and nephew at school. It pretty much tore apart the apartment and they had a very hard time getting it out that evening. Your story is well written, thought provoking and honest. Very enjoyable and educational also.
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Interesting. Very interesting. Sounds like a lot of squirrels for one area. They are so cute, but my sister had been feeding one on the fire escape landing outside her kitchen window. It made its way in one day while she was at work and my niece and nephew at school. It pretty much tore apart the apartment and they had a very hard time getting it out that evening. Your story is well written, thought provoking and honest. Very enjoyable and educational also.
Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thank you so much for the review and the nice comments. I'm so glad you liked the story. Thanks for sharing your sister's experience.
Beth
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Sorry, that was my sister in law!!! She still feeds the little guy, but no longer leaves the window open now that he can get past the screen.
Comment from Geronymous
Just a truly lovely story. I am from johannesburg and read these stories on my phone. I could no help but telling my enironmental consulting wife ur story. We both enjoyed it very much, thanks!
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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Just a truly lovely story. I am from johannesburg and read these stories on my phone. I could no help but telling my enironmental consulting wife ur story. We both enjoyed it very much, thanks!
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Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thank you so much for the nice review. I'm so glad you liked my story and found it worth sharing.
Beth
Comment from barbara.wilkey
I enjoyed reading your essay. I perfer dogs and cats too, but I do put out feeders for the squirrels so I can enjoy watching them. They are comical little creatures.
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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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I enjoyed reading your essay. I perfer dogs and cats too, but I do put out feeders for the squirrels so I can enjoy watching them. They are comical little creatures.
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Comment Written 10-Mar-2012
reply by the author on 10-Mar-2012
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Thanks so much for the review Barbara. They are cute but so annoying. I'll just watch the birds and enjoy my two dogs.
Beth
