Pip the Squirrel

I realize I haven't thoroughly done justice to my summer of late.

I didn't mention anything on here about my darling Pip, the orphan squirrel I helped raise & release into the wild.

I must also mention that I didn't take a single photograph of him--seeing as I don't have anything to take a photograph with-- and therefore you must imagine just how adorable my darling Pippin was.

I take it back! Here's one of me syringe feeding him. Anna took it. I also have my dog scrubs on so I think that's a nice touch.

Squirrels are little troublemakers. They're full of energy (when they're not dehydrated and malnourished like he was when he first came to me) and they make lots of messes.

He loved me though. He would "bark" at me when I walked in the door to make me come play with him. He would grab my fingers and try to crawl onto my arm and around the back of my neck (because that was his favorite place of all) entangle himself in my hair.

The first day I took him home from the rehab center, I had him in my shorts pocket all day. I even took him to ceramics class with me and we made sculptures together. Everyone there loved him, of course, even though I wouldn't take him out of my pocket because he was cold & needed to warm up.

Generally everyone loved him. My roommate wasn't so fond of him since he's small and rodent-y but Ash loved him and Nat didn't mind so much....however, my new roommate, Stacy adored him and vice versa. It was a beautiful relationship.

Now, however, he is somewhere out in the wild having oodles of fun with his new found squirrely friends. I hope. Missin my Pippin, but I'll be alright. I'm sure I'll come up with something new to raise sometime soon. A fawn? Just kidding. Mom.