#house of squirrels

[kcrossvine-art]

i was never book smart im mush smart

#digital art #ft the mushrooms around my house this season #yes that middle one looks like a nipple #yes they all had squirrel bites out of them #rest in fucking piss that first squirrel

[notbecauseofvictories]

When I was younger, we had a clock in the garage that would sing bird calls every hour, instead of chiming or ticking or the regular things clocks do. (......I am fairly sure it was exiled to the garage by my mother, who hated the hollow, tinny sound of it.) Anyway, I mostly remember that clock because the mourning dove call was so distinctive---twoo, twoo, too too too, too too too. I can shut my eyes and hear that song, and it taught me to identify it with unerring precision, even though I couldn't pick out another birdcall to save my life.

To this day, mourning doves are one of my favorite birds. and when I caught sight of one perched delicately on my bird feeder I lost my ever loving mind and will take it as a sign of good things to come.

#they are so beautiful!! grey ladies!!! #sad and lovely and stately and flighty I love them!!!!!!!!! #I know it's very nerdy to get hyped over a bird but counterpoint: I have lost count of the sparrows #that eat at my bird feeder. #there are maybe 1-2 female house finches; 1 male cardinal; 1 female cardinal; 2 squirrels; 1 robin #AND ONE MOURNING DOVE I LOVE HER!!!

[alcnfr]

Some of the assorted Yardlife from today.

#gray squirrels #wildlife photography #backyard nature #backyard chickens #feedlot #nature photography #wild birds #squirrels #bluejay #house finch #pet chicken #hen #poultry

[trivialbob]

A fear of mine is being stranded on a deserted island and not having any dental floss or Burt's Bees. If I am simply on my way home in my car, and I need either of those items, I will risk a speeding ticket.

#Which is why I have these things squirreled around the house and of course in my car - well most of the time

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Things, in the past 5 years, I have called ants because I have some sort of mental block when it comes to them

Birds

Nuns

Tiny, hard squirrels (clearly attempted a good faith effort with this one)

#over 5 years it's not a terrible track record but it doesn't happen with any other member of the animal kingdom I can think of #actually I checked the date on the squirrel post and we are now at 6 years #I don't know if I posted about the nun time but I remember thinking 'these nuns are going to eat my house' verbatim

[tricoufamily]

ilya's parents + ilya at different life stages

#nooo haha don't idolize your dead abusive father and constantly rationalize the things he did to you #his mom left them in the middle of the night and he woke up on his 7th birthday and she was gone #he was never close to her and he was always lashing out. he gutted a squirrel and put it on her pillow and that was it #she decided then he was a lost cause going to grow up to be his father and she wasn't going to take him with her :( #he still doesn't know where she is or if she's even alive. he really really hates her #look i know i'm covering her face but you get it right. it can stay unsaid? we can just acknowledge whats going on and where it's going? ok #eeesh. but yeah his dad died when ilya was 21 (he's 24) he was still living at home and now it's his house. he got his motorcycle too #ts4 #ts4 cas #the sims 4 #ilya #two-headed lamb

[murdermitties]

could I get genderfluid and/or agender squirrelflight please?

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#squirrelflight #warrior cats #wc #kats pride cats #genderfluid #agender #we love squirrel being agender in this house thank you #also the genderfluid one was so hard to find colors i liked for it #for tag readers and people that wonder- i change the colors because im sensitive to a lot of the color choices in a lot of pride flags #they hurt to look at but i try to not change them drastically if i can help it

[hussyknee]

Every once in a while some professional parade-pisser comes along like, "oh you like dolphins/chimps/otters/orcas/seals/<insert wild animal species here> do you?? But did you know that they're murderous dicks that kill, maim and torture other animals horribly just for shits and giggles??"

Dude, the internet is built on cat pictures, being a sadistic serial killing asshole is not the PR blow for the animal kingdom you think it is

#yes this was inspired by that stupid anti-orca article in The Atlantic #but seriously yes we know animals aren't unproblematic allies #yes we know dolphins and orcas (who are also dolphins NOT whales) do heinous things #even herbivores can be destructive assholes #but see we don't actually expect animals to have a human moral compass #you fuckin weirdo #our cat leaves horribly mangled half-eaten rodent carcasses all around the kitchen yard #he's dragged off screaming squirrels and birds while we chased after him trying to save them #it's horrible but the wide open plan of our house is not meant to contain cats inside #and I would still die for that little psychopath #flora and fauna #anthropomorphization #cats #animals #dolphins #orcas #marine animals #knee of huss

[alackofghosts]

me: i want to get caught up for dawntrail. no distractions, only plot

hell goblin that lives in my brain: did someone say... crafting?

#i started crafting and then got distracted by vistas and then got distracted by the thought that i need to redo my house #ended up fishing #like a fucking omg squirrel XD meme irl

[infpenguin19]

why is he Like That

#toh #the owl house #the owl house spoilers #toh hunter #huntlow #why is he sitting like a squirrel tho #I love it

[batwynn]

Mission to befriend local crows status: success

#we did it lads #crows #crow friends #corvids #we’ve got a mated pair #currently using the bird bath to soften their food so it’s DISGUSTING #but that means flirty feeding or BABIES #so I need to clean that out today and fill with some fresh water #but they know the call and come and hang out now #and on the plus side there are no more squirrels in the yard #breaking into my house and pulling out all the insulation #the downside is the little birds have been bathing in dead animal and peanut soup

[bambiraptorx]

"Raph and Donnie definitely have some weird eating habits too. ...Especially when they feel the need to protect their food, come to think of it."

Could I ask what some of those habits might be?

The weird eating habits part is in reference to a few things that happen in the show itself, namely Raph eating wet salami and Donnie drinking flavorless juice, that I decided to expand on (at least with headcanons lol).

Raph, being the biggest and having the highest metabolism, is a lot less picky about what he eats out of necessity. He needs more food, more frequently, than anyone else in the family. This translates to eating a lot of things that aren't the safest to eat (expired, left out too long, found mysteriously on the floor, etc), partly because he has a really high tolerance for weird/gross food and partly because this boy has insane caloric needs.

However, there are a handful of food that he absolutely refuses to touch, mostly based on texture, like scrambled eggs. He had undercooked scrambled eggs once and hated the mouth feel so much he hasn't eaten them since. He's fairly prone to getting food grudges, which means that if he has a bad experience with a food once, he probably won't touch it again for months or years.

Donnie is basically at the other end of the spectrum, in that he's much pickier about how/when/where he eats his food. He feels much better about his food when he knows exactly what goes into it, partly because he's much more sensitive to differences in flavors, smells, and textures. He likes to have a lot of plain/bland/flavorless food on hand because it's usually easy to eat, which comes in handy if he's having a day when food is generally unappealing or if he's accidentally skipped a meal.

Sometimes Donnie's brothers tease him about his hordes of "boring snacks" that he keeps in strategic positions (aka places he spends a lot of time, like his lab or the arcade), but at the end of the day they know it makes eating much less stressful for him, so they don't mess with his stashes. It helps that he's the only one who actually enjoys his bland food in the family.

As for the protectiveness over food, that's partly because of their species both being naturally more aggressive (and carnivorous, for that matter), and partly because of growing up as one of four kids.

#rottmnt #rottmnt au #minor interference au #minor interference lore #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt raph #raphael hamato #donatello hamato #rottmnt headcanons #food mention #tw food #asks #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #i think to some extent all the boys tend to squirrel away foods they like #(because if you don't hide the Good Junk Food from your siblings they will eat it before you get any) #but donnie has the largest 'hordes' of food and the highest amount of them (several around the house) #i have more thoughts on this than i realized i did. huh

[alcnfr]

Assorted Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) around and about the place this gray day...

#nature photography #my photography #feedlot #wildlife photography #gray squirrel #backyard nature #squirrel #chickenic table #nature #squirrel house #suet feeder

[sadiemae-cody-and-friends]

#squirrels #bird house

[animalcrossingsblog]

Cally’s house 💚

#animal crossing new horizons #acnh #animal crossing #ac new horizons #gaming #acnh inspo #acnh switch #acnh island #acnh blog #acnh community #acnh house #acnh villagers #acnh villager yards #acnh villager homes #acnh squirrels #acnh villager #acnh cally #acnh update #acnh sunny #acnh summer #acnh seasons #my acnh #nintendo switch #nintendo acnh #nintendo switch animal crossing #ac #acnh life #acnh decorating #acnh decor #acnh decoration

[ferallester]

okay okay okay

I am SO soft about the video, it’s so incredibly horrendous (in the absolute best way possible) and THEM and they have a new stupid owl ramp and Phil got to design a PINK BATHROOM and they have a READING NOOK

if I were more experienced in the Sims, I would probably hate it, but as someone who has her own questionable style (my walls are covered in prints, two signatures, and a random assortment of memes), I am OBSESSED

the bar is hideous, though, I hate the new colour LMAO

#the feral speaketh #dan and phil #danyul and philly #d+p sims 4 #god they would’ve been insufferable to work with on their own house I LOVE IT #ALSO THE INSIGHT WE GOT INTO THEIR OWN ACTUAL HOUSE???? #THE SUBTEXT???????? #NUKI GETTING BITTEN BY A SQUIRREL— #gonna rewatch the damn video as soon as I do Some Things #might actually do a full reaction like I meant to do on my main when the baking video came out