A couple of months ago I took a mini-cruise and one of the ports of call was Ensenada. That event is another story for another time. I only mention it because while we were there, I managed to get in a little shopping. I was looking for something very special for the couple who give Katie a home if I'm away. And, surprise, I found it. Doug & Jackie have a couple of bird feeding stations with feeders and wind chimes and other cool decorative stuff. Wandering in and out of the mercados, I found a set of hanging, colorful, earthenware pots. One large half-pot with 5 small pots hanging from it by twine. Jackie filled these small pots with bird seed and hung it out with her other decorations. The birds loved it and it looked great where it was.
A week or so ago she looked outside to see a squirrel chewing for all he was worth on one of the lengths of twine. While she was watching, down came the pot (all in one piece with seed still in it) and she watched as he picked it up, by the rim, in his teeth, and carried it off to his den in a nearby tall pine. Over the next few days, his entire mission in life has been to decorate his den in mexican earthenware pottery. He returns repeatedly and, one by one, has stolen all but the large pot and the last small one. I expect the last small one will be gone by the weekend, it was only hanging by a thread this afternoon.
You have to give the little guy credit for perseverance, not to mention a relatively high IQ for a pea size brain. You also have to wonder what his den looks like and just how large it is. I can imagine his wife throwing out all the old furniture, or at least rearranging it, to make room for her new pottery. And where are they going to keep the babies ... in the pots? How many in a litter, anyway?
Meanwhile, Jackie will watch to see how long before the last small pot is gone. And,sorry but No, I'm not going back to Ensenada any time soon.
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