Standoff

All this chanting has the border collie on edge. He says it's hard to read Shouts & Murmurs in the New Yorker with all this strike rhetoric flying around. So he met with the Hoffa squirrel, who said the chanting is only going to get worse. Sounds like the Boss Man squirrels are bringing in replacements. And these critters have no qualms about skittering past picket lines. "Might be a good time to hit the casino," the border collie advised.

Oh oh

The border collie spotted them this morning. Pickets. Some big, burly boys carrying those signs. Something about using out-of-town squirrels to build nests. All construction has stopped.

No housing crisis here

Man, the natives have ramped things up this year.

Toolbelts, straw and the pursuit of the American Dream

Well, it's construction season once again. The crews are scampering to gather materials and the carpenter natives are hard at work.

The border collie and I are keeping an eye on things, making sure that this year's crop of temporary condos are in the trees and not out of bounds.

You never know where the natives will try to build their dream house. (This location, by the way, is in bounds.)

Hopped Up

Every year, the same thing. The natives don ears and giggle like school girls.

What a dog sees when a dog sees a squirrel

Drinkability

With a half foot of snow coming, we don't see the latest plan by the enemy for a sneak attack by water as a big worry. But just in case, we've set some clever diversions around the perimeter. Drink up, boys!