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St. Mary’s Squirrels

Posted by John White on 15/3/2025, 3:26 pm

Horses gallop,rabbits hop
Snakes may slither with panache
Cats parade,except when hunting
Stalking,freezing,then a flash

Squirrels flaunting bushy tails
Appear to move with grace and light
Bounding free, then still and watchful
Marking time with eyes so bright

Burying food to serve through winter
Busy,busy,every day
Pausing on each dizzy climb
While returning to their drey

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels

Posted by Norman Dunn on 15/3/2025, 3:53 pm, in reply to "St. Mary’s Squirrels"

You are a great Poet John.Really talented

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels

Posted by John White on 15/3/2025, 5:16 pm, in reply to "Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels"

Thank you Norman
When I get round to it I will be having a clear out
Their are one or two photos,and among
Other stuff a pristine copy of
Newcastle on Tyne in the Great War
for which you could find a good home.

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels

Posted by Norman on 15/3/2025, 6:12 pm, in reply to "Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels"

Wow thanks John.
I look forward to that.

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels

Posted by Maria Ratheram on 16/3/2025, 8:52 am, in reply to "St. Mary’s Squirrels"

Lovely John it reminded me of watching them in Hebburn Cemetery .Busy little animals.

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels

Posted by Mac Hardy on 16/3/2025, 10:25 am, in reply to "Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels"

I get a Squirrel (Norman) who comes every morning for his breakfast of monkey nuts, also a cheeky younger one who knows where the storage container is, it has two lids on top of each other, it takes them both off, steals the nuts and puts one lid back on but can’t manage the second lid as it is heavier, love to watch them !

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels

Posted by Stan Wears on 16/3/2025, 7:18 pm, in reply to "Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels"

Our grey squirrel warms his behind on the boiler vent then looks in the kitchen window. Wish I could tame him...

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels

Posted by Sheila on 17/3/2025, 9:06 am, in reply to "Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels"

There are so many in our area eating most of the fruit from the trees. I’m afraid the are called tree rats, sadly not popular. Mind not as bad as the fox my daughter was always feeing in her London garden. Happily she has at last moved out of London.

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels (Sheila)

Posted by Stan Wears on 17/3/2025, 7:52 pm, in reply to "Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels"

I buy 🍎 for my little grey squirrel. Yes they're called tree rats, brought here from the USA but I love his antics. I've had a fox but he made a mess of my lawn so a mixture of garlic, paprika, chilli powder and oil on the lawn has diverted him! It's nice to have the squirrel...

Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels (Sheila)

Posted by Mac Hardy on 18/3/2025, 10:36 am, in reply to "Re: St. Mary’s Squirrels (Sheila)"

Look after my granddaughters dog 3 or 4 days a week, it is fascinated watching the squirrels in the garden, don’t think she has seen one before !

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