There are five baby squirrels living in the tree just
outside my window at the library. Every
day at about 3:30pm, they emerge from a big hole in the side of the tree to
race up and down the trunk and out to the edges of the branches and back
again. Mom and Dad Squirrel remain close
by watching the action. I have never
really seen squirrels at this close range previously and I am fascinated by
their antics. One of them loves to go to
the outermost part of the branch where it is thinnest. Another is an acrobat who loves to whip
himself around and around the branch.
They love to chase each other up and down the tree. Their tails are bushed right out full to help
protect against the cold. They look so
cute and fluffy. I could watch them for
hours.
This morning, I was treated to a morning romp on the tree
from my friends. One of the babies sat
directly across from my window eating an acorn.
He sat there for probably fifteen minutes, munching and munching at the
nut. I watched as Dad carried acorns to
the nest in the tree…up and down he went at least four times today alone. I hope that Mom and Dad Squirrel have enough
nuts and other goodies stored away for the long winter ahead of us. Squirrels hid their cache in lots of
different places as well as their nest, apparently. I guess you could call them “hoarders”.
As I watched the squirrel eat and thought about the long
winter ahead, I thought about what I store away for the winter. You may have already guessed what I have
stored away, it is books! I guess you
could call me a book hoarder. I have
books that I keep meaning to read and never seem to have the time to do
that. I have books that friends have
recommended. There are books that I
found on Amazon for my kindle. The
Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale also added a few books to my
coffers. Between my kindle and the books
I’ve been saving from friends and the sale, I have about twenty books waiting
for my undivided attention! And, that
doesn’t count the ten books that I have on my reserved list through the MidYork
Library System.
Are you a book hoarder too?
Come to the library…we can help you. Instead of buying books, you can borrow them and then return them. Me? I am going to do away with my book hoarding obsession right after I finish reading my stockpile!
