Mama Kat Thursday: This Weeks Smile
The Mama Kat prompt for this week is: "Something that made you smile this week." Finally, today I smiled with satisfaction. In late 2013,with a starry-eyed visions of enjoying feathery visitors, I bought an Audubon-rated squirrel proof bird-feeder to hang in my yard. Only smaller birds, like finches, sparrows and wrens can access it. In the early spring of 2013, I filled the feeder with thistle seed, that is allegedly supposed to allure finches & chickadees. I was quickly disappointed. It didn't attract the business I'd hoped. In fact, I ended up taking it down within a couple months because I'd hung it on a hook attached to a pine tree, which made it accessible to a baby squirrel small enough to slide through the grill. So much for that. I'm not interested in feeding nuisance squirrels. Then later in the fall, we purchased a nice tall shepherd hook to hang the feeder on, which I placed away from the trees , yet in a spot still easily visible ...