Fat 'N Sassy Smile

Hi sweetie!!!! Thanks sooo much … yep … they’re clever … I even put the suet cake way up high on an aluminum (as in NO WAY TO GRIP) stake and they STILL got to it!!!! nearly got a great shot of that but Sadie (one of my dogs) saw what was happening and took it upon herself to start barking and away the squirrel went!!! LOL .. but I’ll get it next time!!!!

Hiii BigD!! Thank you so much for the idea … I’d forgotten about that group … have added it!!!!! Thank you again!!!!

Hiiiii Bride!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!! They’re easier to shoot than my skittish birdies and just as cute!!

Thank you soo much!!!! I’ve got soo many shots of these guys … but the smile on this one just cracked me up!!!

Thank you, sweetie … it really is a goofy little face, isn’t it?? Sooo funny … almost human!!!!

Hiiii Rod!!!! Thank you, hon!!!! They love those seeds and are so nonchalant about raiding that squirrel-proof feeder!! You’re right, though, it does give me great photo opportunities!!!

Hi Shakey!! Thank you!!!! Glad you enjoyed it!!!

hiiiii Marjie!!!!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!!! And nooo!!! I’m innocent!!! innocent, I tell ya!!!! I don’t put out anything FOR them!!! The feeder is (supposed to be) squirrel-proof … and the suet cake was high up on an aluminum pole!!! He STILL got into it!!! The little dickens!!!

... Yes, a sunflower seed burglar ‘tude indeedy!!!!!

Hiii Lori!!!!! Don’t you just love that hilarious little smile!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

Hiiii John!!! NO NO!! I DON’T feed him well … he STEALS well!!! LOL!!!

Hiiii Sandy, dear!!!! Thank you so much, hon!!!!

Thank you so much, Kim!!!! Yes, that smile’s really a hoot, isn’t it???

Hiiii Barbara, hon!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!! So glad you enjoyed it!!!

Hiii Agnes, dear!!!! Thank you … yep … he almost looks human … I’m imagining a whole personality to go with it. Too much Walt Disney, I guess, lol!!!!

Hi Sheryl!!!!! Thank you … yep … based on how much sunflower seed I go through, he’s well fed all right!!!!

Hiiii hon!!!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!! how was your weekend?? I was up on the mountain with the WORST connection!!! Made me crazy … now I’m all behind with emails and here … aaaarrugh!!!! Lovely lovely to hear from you!!!! Have a super week!!! Hugzzz!!!

Hiiii Kazzz!!!! I don’t think they bury sunflower seeds … but they might … we sure do go through a lot of them!!! The chipmunks up on the mountain are hilarious going after the acorns, though, that’s for sure!!!! And as much of a nuisance as these squirrels are, I still adore them!!!!!

Hiiii Tenia!!!!! Thank you sweetie!!!!!

Thank you, Mike!!!!! This is my 70-300 in action!!! WHEEE!!! I love this lens!!!

Hiiii Lynnie!!! Thank you, hon … yes, they’ve been raiding my bird feeders for many years … I’ve finally given up trying to fight the inevitable!!! Just buy more seeds, lol!!!!

Many thanks, Steven!!!! So glad you liked it!!!!

Hiiii Victoria!!!!!!! You’ve just given me an education!!!! I had to look up what agida is … and you could be right!!!!! But I prefer to think he’s grinning back at me and thanking me for all his and his family and friends’ free meals!!! Hugzzz!!!

Ash, I seriously will try to get a few shots of the things these guys do to get to the seeds. It absolutely amazes me. I hung the last suet cake high on an aluminum pole off of my deck. Somehow they got up there and feasted on the thing!!! I was hoping to get a few of the more exotic woodpeckers … but nope. Just squirrels, lol!!! SMART squirrels, but squirrels nonetheless, lol!!!!!

hiii Antonio!!!!!! Thank you so much .. I’m glad you enjoyed this one!!

I’m laughing .. YOU see the attitude, too, don’t you!!!!! Funny, funny … but I love putting human emotions into our animal friends!!! And I don’t care what anyone says, I think I’m right!!!!! LOL!!!! Thanks for visiting and for your fun note!!!!!!!!

Hiiii Blair!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!! Glad you enjoyed it … yes, there IS interaction with these guys … sooooo frequently they just glance over at me and keep on nibbling, lol!!!!!

You know what?? I don’t know!! Hadn’t even thought of that but you could be right, I guess?? But it would seem to me an odd time to have a litter. We’ll be in serious winter before long … I’d think that would be a late winter – early spring thing??? I should look it up!!!! Excellent question!!!!

thank you soooo much!!!! So glad you enjoyed it!!!!

You dear girl … thank you from the bottom of my little heart!!! What a lovely, lovely compliment!!!! I doooo like variety, it seems, lol!!! Thank you again!!!!!! Have a lovely, lovely week!!! Hugzzz!!!

Thank you so much, Tony … coming from you … what a wonderful honor!!!!! Hugzz!!

HII!! Well, there’s a trick to it … He’s sitting right next to the birdfeeder!! He and his buddies come visit quite often!! Otherwise, how right you are … they’re extraordinarily fast!!! Lots of squirrel shots … finally got one that I thought was fun enough to post!! Sooo glad you enjoyed!!!!! Thank you so much!!!

Hiii Ann!!! Thank you so much, sweetie, for your kind congratz!!!! What a thrill!!!!

Hiii Ted!!! Thank you so much for your lovely note!!! I’m sooo honored that you liked this one!!! I LIKE your idea of the clone tool!!! I’ll have to try that, lol!!!! Thank you again!!!

Thank you, sweetie!!!! Yes, VERY cheeky!!! And greedy!! But I think this one has repaid me with that goofy grin!! Hugzzz!!!

Thanks, Lynda!!!! Yep … he’s a chubby one!!!

BWAHAHAHA!!! Yes, jacqi, you’re soooo right!!!! Thank you for your visit and for the chuckle, sweetie!!!! What a joy you are!!!

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you, Karin!!!! Yep … it’s a fun little grin, isn’t it!!

HAHA!! Well put!!! You see it too!!! Always so great to hear from you .. thank you!!!!

Hiii Bela!!! Thank you so much … a very lucky shot!!!

Thank you, Marina!!! So glad you got a chuckle out of him!!!

Many thanks, taiche!!!! I think so too!!!

Hiii Shirley!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!

Hi Megan!!! Thank you so much … I think he was, too!! he certainly knew I was there!!!

Hello sweetie!!!!! Yep .. he’s a fatty!! And definitely grinning right back at me!! Hugzzzz!!!

Hi Shaina!!!! So glad you got a chuckle out of this one!!!

Hello my darling girl!!! I’ve been thinking of you!!! Crazy goings on over here, too, but nothing as catastrophic as what you’re enduring!! I hope everything is progressing well??? And that things are getting back to normal??? Thank you for stopping by!!!! I’m awfully behind here at RB too … so we’re in the same boat, lol!!! Thank you for the zebra .. isn’t he CUTE!!!!!! Hugzzz!!!!

Hi Joyce!! Oh, I’m so glad you got a laugh out of this little guy!!!

Hi Rosy!!! Thank you, sweetie!!! Yes, the timing was right on this one for sure!!

Hiiii sweet Meeli!!!! Thank you darling for your lovely note!!! Always a treat to hear from you!!!!! hugzzz!!!

Hiiiii Pat!!! Thank you, sweetie!!! I got a chuckle out of your comment … getting fatter, is he??? LOL!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!!! So glad you enjoyed!!! Hugzzz!!!

Hiii!! Thank you, thank you soo much!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this one!!!

Hello!!! Thank you, thank you for your lovely note!! Yep .. he is a fun little devil, that’s for sure!! Although I’m not sure my poor wild birds would agree with us, lol!! Thank you again!!!!!!

Hi Ingz!!! Thank you so much for your visit and for your kind congratz!!! WHEEEEE!!! lol!!!!

Hiiii dear Joanne!!!! Thank you so much!!!!! A lucky one, for sure!!!

Thank you sooo much!! I got such a chuckle out of your comment … you’re right!!! A nose tweek is definitely in order, I think!!! LOL!!! Thank you again!!!

Thanks, Gary!!!!

Hi Angie!!! Thank you!!!!

thanks, Dana!! Yes, that’s what I liked about this particular shot .. that amazing smile!!!

Hi Sylvia … thank you, hon!

thank you so much, aila … glad you enjoyed it!

earl, I’ve seen your work … and I’m honored by your kind note … thank you!!

Hi Ilpo … thank you … hope it brought a smile to you!

OOOOOOO!! BigD!!! SOOOOOO exciting!! Featured photo AND Featured little me????? I’m thrilled to pieces!!! OOOOO you’ve made my day, today, for sure!!!! Thank you sooooo much, sweetie!! So glad you liked this one!!!!!!! Happy, happy hugz!!!!!

Hi brendan!!! thank you so much!! No actually these guys are quite at home on my deck!! so comfy, in fact, that they really don’t dart away unless one of the dogs comes up and starts barking, lol!! took this one from the French doors in the kitchen … sometimes I sit on the kitchen floor with the 70-300mm lens and just snap away … the light has to be right, of course, shooting through all that glass, but sometimes I get lucky!! thank you again, sweetie!!

Thanks!!! I’m glad you got a kick out of it!!

... laughing … yes, I rigged up something yesterday n the deck and had two of them feeding at one time … have to get one of those photos up soon, too … big fun!!

Hello Mundy!!! My apologies!!! I’m so sorry I missed your lovely note!!! Thank you sooo much!!!

Hi Monica!!!! Please forgive me for missing your lovely note!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!! Always a treat to hear from you, dear girl!!!!

Many thanks, Jonathon, for your wonderful compliment!!! I appreciate it!!

LOL!!!! Thank you, darlings!!!!! He IZ grinning back at me, though … don’t you think so too????? rofl!!!

Hi Dottie!!! Thank you, hon!!! Yep ..he’s a fat one!!! LOL!!!

Thank you so much, Chen!!!!!!

lol .. yep .. I feed them well!!! Thanks for your note … so glad you liked it!!!!!

Thanks, Brian!!!!

I’m laughing .. I love that … “chug a lub” ... VERY appropriate!!! Thanks for visiting!!!

Thank you!!!

LOL!!! You couldn’t be more right … that IS a smirky smile!!!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!!!!

OMG really!!!!! They are pretty hilarious little critters … and yes, very clever … not an ounce of harm in them if you don’t count all the birdseed they swipe, lol!!! And they can be tamed … well … enough to take peanuts out of people’s hands. Thanks so much for visiting!!!!!

Taylor, you’re so welcome, sweetie … I do it on every photo without even thinking now … don’t know HOW it fell off this one!!! Thank you so much for your lovely note, here, and for understanding!!! Boy, this getting old thing isn’t doing my brains ANY favors, LOL!!!!

LOL!!!!! Thanks for your fun note!!!!!

Hi rain-dogs!!!! My apologies for not seeing your wonderful comment earlier!!! Thank you so much!!!!

Hi Andrew!!!! Thank you again, so so much .. I LOVE your avatar, by the way .. .just adorable!!!!!!!!!!

thanks, Kendra …yes he IS smiling isn’t he!!! Fat thing .. he’s just figured out how to OPEN my SQUIRREL PROOF bird feeder … that’s why he smiling, lol!!! So glad you got a kick out of this one!!!!!

Hi Sweets!!!!! So sorry I missed your note … thanks!!!

Hi Lori!!!! I must have missed that one … ooo … errrrrr … but do thank you so so much for your kind invite!!!!! Hugzzz!!!!!

Hi Taylor … I’ve been out of town and am so behind on everything … but found your note … and have entered this little guy!!!! What a cool group!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!

Taylor thank you SOOO MUCH!!!! What a fabulous honor!!!!!!! YAY!!!