April 9, 2022
by wordsfromanneli 43 Comments

The Squirrels’ Playhouse

I think I’ve found just the place where Della and I can have a little fun.

But I tried the door…. It might be a squeeze to get in here.

Anybody home?

Come on out if you’re in there.

Nobody home. But if Della and I are going to have fun in this playhouse, I’ll have to do some renovations to the door first.

Here goes. Watch me work. I hear a neighbour doing renovations with his skill saw, so why not me?

That’s enough chewing.

Now to check it out. Woohoo!

I wonder what it’s like in there….

Oof! That was a bit of a tight squeeze.

But I’ll take it. It’s a fine playhouse. Now to find Della and get her to come and play house.

April 25, 2020
by wordsfromanneli 32 Comments

“To be, or not to be, that is the question”

By William Shakespeare, otherwise known as Willy Wiggle-sword.

(from Hamlet, spoken by Hamlet)

To be, or not to be, that is the question:

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them.

Della’s Version

Spoken from Lincoln’s Woodshed

by his girlfriend, Della:

To share, or not to share, it’s out of the question:

Whether ’tis nobler for the stomach to suffer

The stings and pangs of outrageous starvation,

Or to take in my arms the tines of moose

And by chewing, end the ends of them.

I’ve got my nose right on this tine and it smells so-o-o go-o-o-od!

Oh yeah! I’ve found the mother lode!

But what if Lincoln finds me and sees that I didn’t call him in on the smorgasbord … should I tell him what I found?

M-m-m…. O-h-h-h! This is so-o-o-o good.

It’s nice to share, but … no-no-no-no-no, I have to get my fill first. Call me greedy, but I’m not sure Lincoln would share if he were the one who found it first … would he?

What’s that? You say I have a dribble on my chin? That’s okay. I can wipe it off later. No time right now.

To share or not to share…. Oh piffle! I’m gonna go for it.

I’ll just point out that I’ve left him lots of other tines.

Still, I’d hate to be caught being greedy. I’d better make a run for it.

I can always go back to my feeding station on the other post. There’s still some good nibbling left on those tines.

Amazing how much flavour is still in there after 17 years.

Wanna watch me nibble with my sharp teeth? I warn you that Anneli is not a good photographer. She wiggled as I nibbled. Also, try to ignore the neighbours’ power washer. I did. Click on the video link if you feel brave and later, why not check out Anneli’s website if you’ve never seen it. www.anneli-purchase.com

This is the ghost of Nibbles Past.

Don’t touch me, Della.

You’d better run fast.

April 18, 2020
by wordsfromanneli 49 Comments

Old Slippers

Several years ago a good friend gave me a pair of brand new slippers for my birthday. I didn’t think I really needed slippers, but when I started wearing them, I thought, “Darn! These are comfortable.”

Over time I became attached to them, and Emma realized this. Now we had a competition over possession of the slippers.

I should have remembered what happened to my Birkenstocks when she was just a puppy and she ate the straps right out of one of them.

“Did I do good, MA? Huh? Huh?”

She has outgrown the chewing habit, but she still likes to take a little nibble if the flavour is especially good.

So if she only nibbles a bit, how did the slippers get like this?

Well, she knows I need my slippers in the morning, and when she wants me to get up, she brings ONE of them to the bedside. This may be after she has slept on it.

And who knows where the other one is?

So the conversation with the dog goes like this,” Thank you!” (which is what I have to say to make her give it up – she has me trained). Then I say, “Go get the other one.”

She runs around the house to wherever she left the slipper and brings it back to me.