Anneli said she’s sorry, she ran out of sunflower seeds and she hasn’t been back to the Bulk Barn to buy more yet. Would I like to try some of the walnuts she has been drying?

They are wonderful! She has a whole tree of them in the backyard, but the shells are pretty hard to crack. I would have harvested them myself, but the husk around the nuts tastes bitter.
That and the fact that the backyard supervisors are always patrolling out there have kept me away.
There’s only the little black one now, but she’s dangerous. She leaps up four or five feet if she’s after something, so I’m careful around her.

And anyway, since Anneli has cracked these walnuts for me, I don’t have to hurt my teeth trying to open the shell. She takes good care of me so I don’t have to risk my life around that crazy killer dog.
Oh, ye heavenly squirrels on high! This is delightful!

I could even use this shell as a sippy cup. Slurp, slurp!

I wondered where my breakfast was,
The seeds were not in sight.
I nearly died of shock because
The change gave me a fright.
Instead of tiny sunflower seeds,
Just walnuts could be found,
The food that would fulfill my needs,
In shells so rough and round.
I checked them out and noticed then
The nuts were cracked in chunks,
It looked like I could eat again
The meat lay there in hunks.
How sweet of her to crack these shells,
To spare my tiny teeth,
Inside the nuts were little wells,
With nutmeat underneath.
I nibbled it and pulled it out
The flavour was the best,
No need to cry or mope about,
A change is good as a rest.
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October 22, 2020 at 11:20 am
This is so sweet, Anneli! I love how you cracked the walnuts open for Lincoln. I suppose you can gather a tote full of them, smash them up and put them out daily. π₯°π
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October 22, 2020 at 11:27 am
I’ve been picking up walnuts as they’ve been falling over the past couple of weeks, and I lay them out on racks to dry in the family room where we have a woodstove for those cool evenings. I take four walnuts at a time and crack them into accessible pieces and put them in a shallow jar (half pint canning jar) so Lincoln can get them and they don’t get lost, falling between the pieces of firewood. I have seen him take them out and stash them someplace else for later. Smart guy.
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October 22, 2020 at 12:44 pm
That’s so sweet, Anneli! I bet the nuts make a nice popping sound as they heat up in the fire. π
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October 22, 2020 at 12:46 pm
I think I didn’t make it clear about the stove. I meant we have the heat on in the family room and I set the nuts on trays nearby but not ON or IN the fire. I bet they would pop and crack though if I put them on top of the stove.
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October 22, 2020 at 12:59 pm
Oh, Ok. βΊοΈππ»
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October 22, 2020 at 11:35 am
Lucky Lincoln! He has hit the jackpot living at your place. I was digging and weeding in the garden the other day and found two walnuts with the outer “jacket” removed. They were buried in just a half inch or so under the surface. I have no doubt it was the multiple squirrels roaming around our neighbourhood. Love your photos of Lincoln, especially the one with the sippy cup. So cute.
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October 22, 2020 at 11:37 am
What a lovely post! π And so sweet that heβs enjoying the yummy cracked walnuts. I love getting Lincoln updates. Heβs looking happy and healthy. π
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October 22, 2020 at 12:34 pm
I’m going to try not to put up so many Lincoln posts, but I had to put up something quick after the Ruby post, to get on with life, But thanks for being a Lincoln fan. I love Lincoln, but you know, it could get to be like listening to people talk about their children all the time. (Yawn).
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October 22, 2020 at 2:50 pm
No yawning over here, but I understand your point. π
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October 22, 2020 at 4:40 pm
Thank you, Lynette.
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October 22, 2020 at 12:19 pm
Lincoln is a very lucky guy! It is so thoughtful of you to crack the walnuts a bit for him. Those pictures are fantastic!!!! What a sweet post, love it!
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October 22, 2020 at 12:28 pm
Thanks, I have to think of some other subject. People must be tired of Lincoln and I have to find something else. But I do love him. He’s so cute.
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October 22, 2020 at 1:55 pm
Another wonderful picture story, Anneli! π
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October 22, 2020 at 2:32 pm
Thank you for hanging in there, Pit. The Captain says I have to move on and post about something else, but Lincoln keeps coming up with something new and every little thing he does is important to me. But I’ll try to come up with other things too. Thanks for your nice comment.
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October 22, 2020 at 5:07 pm
Just keep going, Anneli. Your readers enjoy it. π
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October 22, 2020 at 5:24 pm
I’ll try to do a bit less but not stop completely. Thanks, Pit.
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October 22, 2020 at 2:19 pm
I love the squirrels. My Dad fed them all in his yard and them all named. Brought a smile to my face today. Thank you!
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October 22, 2020 at 2:31 pm
That’s wonderful, Lori. Your dad must have been a kind person to do that. I’m always happy to hear that people are kind to animals.
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October 22, 2020 at 2:41 pm
Lincoln is going to want to stay in your guest room soon! Heβs a spoiled little fella.π
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October 22, 2020 at 4:41 pm
I just pray that he doesn’t move in uninvited like your squirrels did!
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October 22, 2020 at 5:28 pm
Lol! Yeah, you donβt want that.
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October 23, 2020 at 8:57 am
Winter coming, they’re going to rely on you more than ever. I’ve included some virtual sunflower seeds with this post. Use them as you please–I have lots more!
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October 23, 2020 at 10:35 am
Thanks a lot. That should “virtually” feed them. I went out in the horrible wind and rain this morning to put some seeds in the squirrel jar. I had been saving a few sunflower seeds for a day when I was too lazy to crack walnuts and today was the day. I might give Lincoln some walnuts later in the afternoon as well (if I don’t blow away by then). Summer is definitely over and fall is winding down in a wintery way.
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October 28, 2020 at 3:18 pm
Where does Lincoln stay warm over the winter?
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October 28, 2020 at 4:25 pm
He goes down between the rows of firewood in the woodshed. All kind of passages and crannies there. He packs in shavings and bits of “stuff” he finds, and makes nests. Then he comes out to nibble on some breakfast when he doesn’t feel like digging up something (or forgot where the stash is) he stored for the winter.
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October 24, 2020 at 8:50 am
Squirrels and walnuts – a happy friendship, or at least the squirrel thinks so! They take most of the nuts from the walnut tree in my parents’ garden.
Very cute photos.
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October 24, 2020 at 11:11 am
I think the reason Lincoln doesn’t take the walnuts from our tree is because he’s so busy cleaning off the two filbert trees in the front yard, and because the dogs are usually in the backyard where the walnut is. Interesting to hear that your squirrels help themselves to walnuts – so they aren’t intimidated by the thick shells.
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October 25, 2020 at 8:50 am
That first shot is terrific. Lucky Lincoln!
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October 25, 2020 at 11:51 am
Thanks so much, Belinda. That’s a very nice compliment coming from you.
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October 25, 2020 at 1:40 pm
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October 26, 2020 at 11:24 am
Very sweet. β€
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October 26, 2020 at 11:54 am
He’s really enjoying those walnuts. He’s in storage mode today. Rather than eating the walnuts right away, he’s taking them into the woods to bury them for later. That way no other critter will get them and he’ll have something to eat later on when it’s cold. I’ve noticed an increase in this kind of activity in the last couple of days since our cold snap.
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October 28, 2020 at 7:35 am
He’s preparing for his confinement! π
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November 1, 2020 at 4:35 pm
Love the Lincoln post, which must be a good thing for you after Ruby’s passing.
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November 1, 2020 at 4:37 pm
Thanks, Jennie. Yes, I felt that if I went through the motions of moving on, then the E-motions would fall into line eventually.
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November 2, 2020 at 4:20 am
I know what you mean. Best to you, Anneli.π
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