Squirrel on the Deck!

The cat's twitching tail alerted me that something was going on. And so I looked out the deck door windows to see a rather large squirrel taking a bath. It bathed its paws, and stroked its tail, and finally settled into the pose you see above, with both front paws tucked against its body. It sat that way in the sun for a long while, then scampered along the deck railing, leapt gracefully into a tree, and disappeared into the woods.

Here is a favorite song about a squirrel: Ray Stevens, with a silly little tune called The Mississippi Squirrel Revival. Enjoy!