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I shared one of my favorite places in the woods this past Sunday with this little red squirrel. It tried its best to get rid of me, making all kinds of threatening noise, stomping and hopping about up at his end of the fallen tree. But I wasn’t scared. I just sat still at my end of the tree, and after a bit, the squirrel settled down. He, (or she, I don’t know squirrels that well) eventually came back down the tree trunk to finish the mid morning pine cone snack that I had interrupted.

The tree was a tall one, it now makes a perfect bench, running at least 30 feet along the forest floor. It is a great place to spend some time watching for wildlife, and listening to all the birds in the treetops. Maybe I will see this little squirrel another time, and I don’t mind sharing the bench at all.

Originally uploaded by tomygardenpath.

I took this shot of a leaning birch tree down in the woods last Sunday morning. Today, I was cropping photos, noticed the background. See it?