Notes from my patio

Here's a happy picture. My son built a little lending library in front of his house. I'm pretty proud of him. They keep it full of children's books. He says it gets a lot of use.

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Grampa Don said:
I'm in pretty good shape, but I poop out fast doing anything strenuous like digging.
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I think you need to get on line for that. There are many ahead of you including me!
I'll reply to your posts tomorrow, just got in and I'm exhausted. good night...šŸ˜“
 

Grampa Don said:
Campbells original condensed chicken noodle soup and a cup of buttermilk for lunch. Comfort food on a grey morning.

This is my marketing day. Renee checked me out. I asked her if she knew that the building used to be a bowling alley. She said she had heard that. I bowled there once. Didn't do too well.

The squirrels like the mulberry tree. I see them go up and down it a lot. Recently two young ones came down. I could tell they were young by their size. Then they did a strange thing. They sat there and touched noses for the longest time. Then one went off one way the other one a different way. It was like they were kissing goodbye.

I searched and found that squirrels do this to recognize family. They were swapping scents.

In the Spring, the squirrels eat the buds of the mulberry, and the rest of the year they chew on the bark. Sometimes I will find a small branch on the ground. Here's what the buds look like.

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Squirrels are rather recent in our neighborhood. We first noticed them about 15 years ago. I used to put out peanuts for them and some became really tame. A couple would come up to me when they saw me because they knew I had a peanut. From what I can gather they are eastern fox squirrels and were introduced to California. They aren't native here.
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Our oak trees drop some similar looking squiggles. I once looked them up and they are called catkins. They also drop acorns for the squirrels!
 
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