Little Chubby

Squirrels are still mostly hiding so far this year, but the other animals are sensing the arrival of spring. Even so, I found Little Chubby here coming out for a look. This one was way up in a tree, not wanting to come down very close yet.

It seems strange to find such a fat looking little squirrel at the end of winter. Usually they'd be kind of skinny by now, and out beginning the look for food. But is this squirrel really fat? I think it's just a trick in the way it is posing for me.

Even if it is just a trick though, that chubby look makes him look like a mini groundhog, but much cuter, doesn't it? Maybe the squirrel is huddled up because it's cold. I tend to doubt it because it has been getting very warm around here.

When I took these pictures a couple days ago the ground was still covered in snow, but now it's all almost gone. Spring is arriving right on time, and more importantly, right when I predicted it! By the first day of spring we will have no more snow on the ground.

And here is the squirrel a little farther away, but with the traditional skinny spring look. I knew the little squirrel was faking! I guess I deserved it for walking around the forest in a rat suit. Yes, my days as Batman are over for now. I like adventure more than the Batman thing gave me, and it's more fun and dangerous being a mouse... er, rat anyway.

Quite a few years ago there was a commercial for an old video game called Phoenix for the Atari system. The game was about mutant birds attacking. Their slogan was "The Birds Are Back!" I haven't seen any mutants recently, but maybe you can guess what I'll have for you next time.


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