uh oh....El Eino building.....

Have already stocked up on coffee, Oh yes!

The little one will be a big one this year.

Have already stocked up on coffee, Oh yes!

The little one will be a big one this year.

Just for emphasis

...very wise foinavon.....

..start stocking up now.....yep.....

..I will take my cue from the squirrels.......if they start taking the peanuts and sunflower seeds from the bird feeders and burying them..as opposed to just eating.....

..I will know to stock up on Jura....Carrs Crackers....Laughing Cow cream cheese etc etc etc.....I will watch them closely.......they will know whats coming for the winter.......

Fattening up for the winter.

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...lovely.......he is a big fella........is that in your garden foinavon???

Doesn't he look cute?
Yes, he's sitting on a pot of begonias on the edge of the patio, some lobelia flowers to his left.

..he does...a handsome chap.....whats he munching on....bread???

Yes, it's a piece of bread put out for the wood pigeons. he chases them off to get his share.

There is a large oak tree at the end of the garden which is a squirrel magnet when the acorns ripen. Unfortunately they dig holes everywhere, especially in the lawn, to bury them.

...an oak tree at the end of the garden.....

..you are very lucky foinavon......the Oak Tree....one of natures most potent magnets....supports so many species in one way or another...

what's that phallic looking object next to the squirrel ... is it some sort of fertility symbol?

Haha very observant mememe. Sorry to disappoint but it's an ornament of an old man sitting on a bench,the part you can see is his hat. I've been meaning to paint it in realistic colours for a long time but haven't got round to it yet.

The oak tree is centuries old and provides me with shade on hot summer days and leaves for composting in the Autumn, egner.
As well as food for squirrels it's a look out perch for birds before they descend to the bird table. I'm sure that some of them find caterpillars under the leaves to eat too. One summer I noticed a continuous line of ants running up and down the trunk. My thought was that they were milking aphids feeding on new shoots at the top of the tree and bringing food back to the nest. It definitely brings life to the garden.

One of life's greatest pleasures - a lovely garden with trees, plenty of nature around, nice weather, a good book and a glass of red wine.

....stock up ....stock up.....

.....base volumes on squirrel activity..........one bottle of 10 year old for every nut buried......

...here comes El nino........

Aug 17, 2015 -- 7:22PM, DIE LINKE wrote:

One of life's greatest pleasures - a lovely garden with trees, plenty of nature around, nice weather, a good book and a glass of red wine.

.. and a freshly shot grey squirrel burger.

^^^ with a generous dosing of Epoisses de Bourgogne.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-01/el-nino-in-pacific-seen-as-strongest-since-record-1997-98-event

uh oh....

going to finland in january, might need a coat