This time of year our tree squirrels are gathering their winter store of pine cones.



Early every morning and sometimes at dusk it sounds like someone is throwing rocks at the roof because the squirrel is up in the tree throwing down green pine cones. Bam! Bam! Bam! they hit the metal roof. What's amazing is how fast they rain down. Thud! Thud! Thud!

Yesterday morning Miss Eloise Kitty wanted to go outside in the worst way. She was stalking the squirrel, and he knew it, so he went up the tree a bit and scolded her, and then went to the top and started throwing down the pine cones. She had her ears back and each thud made her cringe. Last night when the next attack started, she was inside the house but had her ears back and was cringing behind the screen door.

Deconstructed pine cones: