While sitting here by the west window, moments ago this afternoon, I noticed something flickering in my peripheral vision. So I turned to see that it was a squirrel, sitting on the cedar rail of my patio deck - he was so cute, sitting there trying to entice me to engage with him (or I guess, her). I played 'peek-a-boo' with them for several moments and they seemed to like that I was doing that, and then I remembered I had a can of cashews, walnuts and peanuts over on the kitchen counter. So I went and got a handful of them and carefully opened the glass doors to leave the nuts where they could get them. I thought the squirrel was going to run off, but they just sat there.... staring at me... while I left the nuts and as soon as I came back inside, they ate them all up and sat again near the west window, seemingly happy that I gave them something to eat.
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“The way someone treats you is not a reflection of your worth: It’s a reflection of their emotional capacity,”
— Jillian Turecki.