Yesterday started off a little misty and grey, but not particularly cold. It was enough, though, for E5N1 to spend the morning asking , “Isn’t it snuggly? It feels really snuggly.” Exile #3 is certainly ready for fall weather. We had a taste of it recently but, right now, we’re back to summer, so her beloved hoodies and flannels have had to be put aside once more. The squirrels are busy, though, preparing their stores.
The real squirrel story, this year, however, has been the mind-bogglingly large number of dead ones on the roads. They’ve always seemed fairly road savvy in the past. It made us wonder what on earth was going on this year. Well, it turns out we weren’t the only ones asking that question. The local newspaper ran an article about it too, in which wildlife experts attributed this year’s roadkill bonanza to a squirrel boom, caused, in turn, by last year’s acorn boom. We’d guessed it must be something like that. Unfortunately, it probably means that next year we should expect a tick boom. Definitely sounds like a population explosion to me.
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