Monday, January 25, 2010

Thief Baggins!!

Woke up this morning to the distinct sound of "patter patter scritch scritch crumple" on the deck. Definitely not the wind, and since the dog was about losing her mind I jumped out of bed to see what visitor was attempting to violate the "freezer". At first I didn't see anything, and nothing looked particularly disturbed... then I noticed one of the grocery tote bags was scrunched up funny. Nothing much in that bag, just some frozen extra bread loaves and some butter that didn't fit in the cooler...

Then I heard a rustle out in the trees, and summarily got cussed out by a squirrel!! Little thieving bastahd actually made off with the heal of one of the loaves!

Looks like we're going to have to make sure everything is closed up tight in rummage-proof containers (in addition to being frozen and sealed) again because it seems like the smaller critters are waking up already.  :D

5 comments:

Urbancowgrrl said...

Wow! When do they usually wake up? I thought they didn't come out until March but then I have no idea what they do up in Alaska.

Gungnir said...

If I see said squirrel stealing my bread, it'll be sleeping alright, with the fishes.

Urbancowgrrl said...

You know, my friend George who grew up in rural Louisiana swears that squirrel is great eatin'. He says sometimes he sees them outside his office window running around the courtyard at Loyola and thinks "Yuuuum!" I'm not kidding.

Anonymous said...

Those must be some mighty hungry squirrels to come out in the cold. Hope ya'll are staying warm, I love it when you write your expereinces. You should write a book! Stay warm,
Wannabe1

Wannabe1 said...

Sorry, I meant to leave my name as "Wannbe1" ((not anonymous))(I will live out in rural alaska off the grid one day).