Thursday, February 07, 2008

Morning Coffee With My Buddy

Most mornings I sit out on the screened in porch with my coffee and listen to the birds while watching the sun rise, a few weeks ago I met a new buddy scurring around the vacant lot behind our house.
Her name could be Snowball, or it could be Lightening or it could be Lucky.If you can't tell from the picture my friend is a White Squirrel. I can't get close to her and she will not get close to me because of the sweet puppies that share this home and their job is to protect us. So she crosses my property by way of the powerlines. I have seen two squirrels together, one was smaller than the other and not as surefooted on the powerlines. So I'm assuming that the bigger squirrel has a baby. I have never seen a white squirrel, and I have found out that they are easy targets for hawks, cats & dogs. I guess thats why they stay on the power lines.

Brevard NC has a Festival around Memorial Day for White Squirrels. They say there is a difference in white squirrels and albino squirrels. Albino Squirrels have pink eyes white squirrels have dark eyes. From some of the other pictures I have the squirrel at my house has pink eyes. More updates later & maybe a better picture. Cindy

5 comments:

abee said...

This is too cool! I have never seen a white squirrel before. What an interesting way to start your day.

Thanks for your encouraging words last week from my weigh in... i needed that.

The Sparks said...

The kids would love to see a white squirrel...I've got a great idea - they could spend the night and wake up and drink "coffee" and quiety listen to the birds and watch the squirrel.

Your laughing aren't you? I think it's a great idea! Ha! Ha!

Love you!

The Rackroom Crew said...

To the Sparks What a Friday Funny on Thursday HAHAHA
Love Cindy

dlyn said...

Wow - how amazing is that? I have never seen a white squirrel before- thanks for sharing your pics!

Stephanie said...

That is so neat. Maybe I will cross the street one day and come and see your white squirrel. He/she is so pretty. I never thought I would say that about a squirrel. I know that you learn something everyday and I am so excited that you have provided my new info for the day.