Squirrel Appreciation Day – Jan. 21
We absolutely adore Squirrels and on this special day we would like to say “three cheers” to the Squirrels for their curiosity-bringing fun, laughter and inspiration into our lives.
Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens
My eldest (now 17yrs) first close encounter of a squirrel.
These beautiful Botanic Gardens became our back garden when we lived in a top floor flat in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. Every weekend my husband and I would walk 45 minutes to the gardens to get our nature fix.
Checking each other out!
Oh, will he bite me…
No way, he’s too cute!
In our backyard
We have squirrels visit our garden all year round here in BC, Canada. David Jnr still loves to watch the squirrels but usually from behind a lens- our kids love the challenge of photographing these fascinating creatures.
Inspired On a Camping Trip by….. the little Red Squirrels
On one of our camping trips to Loch Inver, we had red squirrels visit our tent which inspired me to include the fluffy red creature in my first book series Toffee – Toffee Goes Camping. Red squirrels are an endangered species in Scotland and I wanted to bring this to the attention of the reader. Toffee the Wildlife detective.
So today, Squirrel Appreciation Day….GO OUTSIDE and see if you can spot a squirrel and be inspired!
Learn some cool facts about squirrels by visiting my nature friends :NWF cool page about Squirrels.
Tags: Environment, fun, grey squirrel, kids, Nature, play, playoutdoors, red squirrel, squirrels, toffee goes camping, toffee the highland cow, wildlife
January 21st, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Great moments shared… loved this post. Happy Squirrel day!
January 21st, 2010 at 11:21 pm
One of those squirrels looks like he has a mohawk!
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:35 am
Oh Michele, you make me laugh!
January 23rd, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Thank you for sharing the adorable photos of your son from way back when!
On a walk through the neighborhood this morning, we spotted a squirrel way up in a tree (we usually see them on the ground around here). A total treat!
January 24th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
HI Debi
Delighted you got to see a squirrel today. They are such clever little creatures. We have several that visit the garden. Last summer one ran along the top of the badminton net- wished I’d caught that on film!
January 25th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Oh I love the pictures of your little boy. So sweet and full of wonder!
About a year ago my husband mentioned that he thought it was strange that we don’t see squirrels in the town we live in. Not even at the park where there is (what seems like) great habitat. Plenty of red squirrels in the woods, but none in town. Weird.
Happy squirrel day!