Harriet is rooting around for the last of the hidden hazelnuts from last year’s stash. It’s getting harder to find the remaining ones and her fur is a mess every time she surfaces after “diving” under the old tree stump.
If you make the videos full screen you’ll see better as Harriet is quite small.
But as you will see from the video below, she did finally have some success. (Apologies for the last couple of blurry seconds when I tried to zoom in. I should know by now that it often doesn’t work for me.) The hazelnut she finds still has the shell on it, but she makes short work of that.
Watching Harriet, Junior (who will soon be named) tries his best to follow suit, but so far he hasn’t figured out where the nuts are buried. After all, he wasn’t even born yet when Harriet hid them.
***** All photos, courtesy of my friend Pat.
Crispin and Harriet (of Tom, Dick, and Harriet fame) have had a baby – possibly two, but the baby (or babies) has been scampering around so fast that it’s hard to tell who’s who. For sure we have one whom I’ll call Junior for lack of a name just now. It’s just a step up from No-Name.
Harriet is going crazy, trying to take care of Junior. Doesn’t he know it’s dangerous to be out in the open like that?
“Junior! Junio-o-o-o-r!” she screams. “Get over here!” See her on the stump below, calling Junior?
“But I’m hungry, Ma!” Junior complains.
“Well, come over here and have some sunflower seeds.”
“Here, I’ll try to find one under the jar. Your father is so messy. He tips the jar over and doesn’t even clean up after himself. Yes, here you go.”
“Thanks, Ma.”
Turn on your sound for a quick slice of Junior’s new life.
Can you think of a name for Junior?
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