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[heleninwales]

I am feeling a bit peeved. I'm expecting a parcel which, according to the tracking, arrived in the post office sorting office (less than half a mile away) on Saturday. I don't think there are Saturday deliveries any more, but it didn't arrive yesterday or today. I will have to call in at the sorting office tomorrow to find out what's going on. Either it has arrived and for some reason is failing to get onto a delivery van, or the tracking is lying and it didn't reach the sorting office. I need to find out the answer because if the tracking is lying, I need to inform the company of the lost package and I'll re-order the item.

In other news...

I think I have upset the squirrels. I have begun a mammoth bramble clearing project and some of the "brambles" turned out to be saplings. I knew there were two holly saplings because I could see them from my study window. What I didn't know was that a small tree was growing almost horizontally by the fence, hidden by the brambles. I think it might be a self-seeded apple tree from windfalls from our neighbours' tree. I think the squirrels may have been running up and down the gently sloping trunk to get on and off the boundary fence. A couple of them looked cross this morning. There was much tail twitching and taking a strange route into the apple tree by leaping onto the slender twigs of a low lying branch. However, I'm sure they'll soon work out new squirrel highways. They are, after all, clever little creatures and very agile.

Re the bramble clearing, it belatedly occurred to me that I should have taken some "before" photos. It's raining today but I'll see if I can nip out tomorrow and take photos of how far I've got.

Comments

[kaishin108]

Sorry, I had to laugh about the upset squirrels. But yes they will find a new squirrel highway. Ours are tree squirrels and line to use the power lines!

[heleninwales]

I hadn't thought about the squirrels, but the tree had to go and they'll soon work out new routes.

[sartorias]

Sounds like a major freeway or bridge in Squirrel Land!

[heleninwales]

I think it might have been. But they'll soon learn another route. They're very smart creatures.

[soemand]

A recent obituary locally had this thought that the recently deceased probably wrote:

In his later years, Brian could often be found roaming his yard for hours, faithfully picking up sticks and leaves. Some called it yard work; Brian called it “keeping busy.” The squirrels likely called it “very inconvenient.”

I asked my friend who worked with the aforementioned dearly departed, asking him if the obit matched the personality. A one word reply, “yup” provided all the evidence I needed.

Your squirrel situation reminds me of the “very inconvenient” portion of his obituary.