Hi again! I’m Crispin. Remember me? I’m kind of small, but I’m not unimportant. I’d like you to watch a video clip of me eating a hazelnut. Please ignore Anneli’s unsteady hand with the camera. She’s getting old and a bit shaky sometimes. (But don’t tell her I said that).

So that’s how you do it. It takes two hands to spin it around as you eat, but that keeps it round. Kind of like licking an ice cream cone around and around so it doesn’t flop over. But don’t forget to put most of the nuts away for the winter.

Would you like me to peel one for you? Then we could have lunch together.

Hazelnuts are oh, so yummy,
Feel so good inside my tummy,
But there’s one important trick,
Learning how to peel them quick.
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September 14, 2025 at 10:46 am
We don’t have hazelnuts here in Texas (at least that I know of), but we have pecans and the ‘balls’ on our cedar trees. While Crispin’s chewing on hazelnuts, I’ve noticed the debris from cedar balls beginning to cover the ground; his Texas pals are munching, too.
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September 14, 2025 at 11:22 am
It’s a good thing Crispin doesn’t know about pecans or you’d have a new squirrel living near you.
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September 14, 2025 at 11:37 am
What a cutie, I love the video. That is some fast chewing.
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September 14, 2025 at 11:40 am
They are sure hyper little animals. …I know some people like that!
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September 14, 2025 at 11:51 am
Yes, they are. and they are cute, but they can be destructive. I like watching them.
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September 14, 2025 at 11:58 am
We make sure they don’t get too close to the house. They have been living in our woodshed for years.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:54 pm
That sounds like a good place for them to live.
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September 14, 2025 at 6:05 pm
They’re quite safe and happy there.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:41 pm
Oh my gosh, this is sooo cute, Anneli! Crispin is so adorable. My hands shake just a bit, you aren’t alone Anneli. Crispin reminds me of Crispin Glover, the man that played George McFly in the Back To The Future movies, I love those movies! ❤️😊
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September 14, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Thanks for watching Crispin in action, John.
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September 14, 2025 at 4:33 pm
Of course, he’s so cute! 🥰
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September 14, 2025 at 10:59 pm
Crispin is the cutest!
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September 15, 2025 at 9:29 am
I think so too, Ursula. I’d love to have him come into the house, but Emma wouldn’t play nicely.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:43 am
Lovely pictures. An amusing little poem,too.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:29 am
Thank you, “Someone.”
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September 15, 2025 at 6:37 am
I loved that. Crispin is so industrious!
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September 15, 2025 at 9:30 am
And FAST! He’d set a good example for other workers.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:05 pm
Crispin is so stinken cute, especially eating that hazelnut. Very focused and dexterous. You did a great job videotaping the little sweetie.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:09 pm
I feel bad that I can’t hold the camera more still, but I agree, he is a real cutie. Thanks for checking him out, Luanne.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:12 pm
Oh, I think you did great holding it. I didn’t notice anything weird.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Thanks.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:19 pm
So funny. I saw one in action last fall when I was in Mexico. It hung out near the beach breakfast buffet. It waited til the person got up to go to buffet. It hopped up on the chair, onto the table, picked up the sugar lid, scanned its paws through all the various packets, found the raw sugar then jumped down, tore the packet opened and chowed down. Hilarious! 😍
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September 15, 2025 at 6:15 pm
I presume you mean one … squirrel… not one person (haha).
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September 16, 2025 at 7:07 am
Lol, yes! The squirrel! 😂🤣
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September 18, 2025 at 5:33 pm
Thank you, Crispin!
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September 18, 2025 at 9:37 pm
You’re so welcome, J-J-J-Jennie! Hey! I like saying your name. It chatters so nicely.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:13 am
😀
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