Squirrel

 A few days ago I saw squirrel again, jumping around, drinking some water and eating some nuts.
Like always...sniffing around and searching for snacks and yummy.

I was so happy to see him again.

Then a few days later I saw him again. He drank some water, and came very close to where I was sitting. He dug out a hidden nut out of a flowerpot. 
I could hear the scraping and the scratching of his sharp teeth, to open the nut and then he started eating.
It was amazing that he did not notice me, because I was sitting less then a meter away from him. Maybe 70 cm.
Of course I did not dare to move. Very quiet I observed his actions so close. What I did notice that he was so slow. not like I know squirrels behave. Maybe he is sick...even not noticing me...?
But after a slow drink he ran away, like normal.

I thought maybe he is just slow and nothing wrong...

Next day he was there again...now soooo extremely slow. He tried to drink some water.  
I knew and could see, he was not right. 
He was very ill.
I observed his extremely slow movements. For a while he sat dozing on a pot with thyme. 
I could tell this is not good. Later he went away, after he dozed a while on the warm stones.
Being in a wheelchair now, because a fall last year, I could not help him.
I felt so sad that I could not help him, then just feeling so sorry for the little creature.

  

Squirrel

Squirrel came along, to find some of his favorite snacks.
He found one, he had hidden in one of the flowerpots.
So amazing that he can find back his hidden treasures.

Squirrel

 Isn't he lovely!

Happy squirrel

Squirrel was very happy to find a many colored nut yesterday.
Today he came back to find some more!
It had been snowing a bit last night and this morning a little more.

He loved to find the nuts and today, he took his time to eat them on the spot. 
Mostly he is running away to store them somewhere. 
Now I was really happy to be able to make some lovely photo's, while he was enjoying his meal.
 

Happy 2026

 

Squirrel and me are wishing you a happy joyful 2026

Filled with lots of wonderful, colorful, amazing surprises every day. 

Cashing nuts

 Squirrel busy cashing nuts.

I don't see the squirrels very often, because I forget sometimes to give them nuts.
But today I did.
And he was happy to find them.  And me happy to be able to grab my camera just in time.

Squirrel

 Squirrel visiting again to cash nuts.

Squirrel

 It has been a challenging time for me, after crashing and some broken and bruised parts. Hospital, rehab and finally home again. Was n't able to do some doodles, cause my ipad failed to upload the images, for whatever reason.

Doing a lot of doing nothing...Time to reflect and process. 
Squirrel in the meantime is cashing his nuts. I'm happy he comes back, after he discovered there are still nuts, without the neighbors nut-tree. 
Every day I throw some nuts outside and he is happy finding them. storing them in pots and between plants and in the ground in the grass. I love watching him as always. 

Squirrel

 It has been a long time, that I saw a squirrel in my garden.

I really miss them.
Last year the wall-nut tree of my neighbors died and has been cut down. 
That's very bad for me and the squirrels. Or vice versa, bad for the squirrels and me.
I don't know who to mention first here.
Now I'm trying to get the squirrels back, by putting out some nuts I have collected.
Maybe they will be surprised to find nuts, even when the tree has gone.
Yesterday a dark-brown red squirrel found some of the nuts. 
He quickly cashed them in pots and hiding them in the grass.
I hope he will come back soon to find more.

Squirrel back!

 I had not seen squirrel for months!

Whole winter... no squirrels to been seen...
I worried about them, what might have happened.
Are they even alive? As I had heard about they hares dying and having a disease?

To my great relief I saw last week a squirrel sitting in my garden, he had found a long waiting nut for him to get. He finally found it..My jaw dropped open...amazed to see him.
So happy squirrel is back.

Squirrel

 I miss squirrel.

Last time I saw him was about a month ago. while he was cashing some nuts.

I don't know what happened. Normally he is roaming around seeking nuts, but not here anymore now.

I really miss him/them

Squirrel painting

 Have been quiet for a while on my blog. 

One of the reasons is, I'm working on some paintings and then I am so absorbed in the painting that I forget a lot of other things. Like my coffee or tea sitting there next to me getting cold without having had a sip.

To me that's not a bad thing. I loose track of time and enjoy my journey of the painting.

Here is the result. Don' know yet if it is finished, for now I'm happy with it.

Drinking water

Squirrels love to drink water. Every time a squirrel runs along, he always stops for a little drink. 

Luckily I have lots of drinking spots for him and the birds to drink from.

He always looks so cute when he is drinking.
 

Happy Squirrel

 Squirrel had a happy morning. I crushed some of the nuts and he found it. 

Instead of cashing the nuts, he found a good spot to eat them.

Squirrel

It seems to be time for planting. At least squirrel thinks so... He is planting nuts in all seasons here.

In all of my pots I find nuts he has stored there.

For some time later when he likes to have a yummy meal.

Squirrel

 What a beauty!

Squirrel

 This morning I saw that squirrel had found something. 

He sat there with his yummy treasure in the long grass. After that a sip of water...and then he looked in some favourite storage places where he has stored other nuts. Maybe he finds some more.