...of dogs and squirrels

i am taking care of my friend jana's cat as she is at her parents for this holiday of thanksgiving. as i was consoling her cat today, i happened to glance up at the window to find a squirrel atop the curtain rod, clutching it in fear in case i should notice its presence. oh....believe me...i noticed. and then i called home for squirrel catching strategies.

after much broom shooing, and the occasional scream, i got the squirrel on the floor and scared it into the dining room...and then it disappeared. searching high and low yielded no trace of the squirrel. my hope is that it made its way back outdoors using the cat door that it most definitely used to get in...

it's not often that i think to myself "if only tucker were here"...okay, i hardly ever think that (no offense jana...i do love your dog, just not that much). but today i could have really used that nose of his to tell me whether there was/is still a squirrel in the house. i guess i'll find out tomorrow...