After a week of projects, everyone’s pooped. Even critters that didn’t lift a paw to help. (Isn’t it amazing how that happens?)
Of course there was bath time. Nothing interferes with bath time.
While the cats napped and bathed (and thought about spider hunting), the chipmunks entertained. We have a family living in a condo they built in the pond’s stone wall. There are parents and tiny babies. They love running around the pond at Mach speed scooting in and out of the rocks.
They also enjoy getting the cats all riled up and scurrying off. I’ve seen them stand outside the screened porch with their fingers wiggling in their ears going “Na na na na na!”
Here is a member of the family. They are very hard to photograph because they are quick (and demand high modeling fees). I have hundreds of blurry chipmunk pictures. (Email me if you really want to see them!)
Hope you had a good week and were able to sneak in a nap or two!
I would really have fun watching the chipmunk family! They’re so cute…although I’m sure that they really do taunt the cats, and that can be annoying! You have a little season of wild kingdom in your garden, Kate. You’re very hospitable!
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Our old cat Jake kept the chipmunk population down. Now I am worried that they will take over. They can be destructive like any rodent. We do have hawks and other predators that keep things in check. In the meantime I will enjoy the young ones chasing each other. That mom has her hands full.
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We really need to come back as animals in our next life and this post proves it! Very funny imagining all the fur lying around while you’re running around doing all the work. Be glad you didn’t hear “Kate, you missed a spot”
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Not just any animal though. You have to have a great owner. I could come back as your dog. That would be a good life.
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Can’t believe you managed to capture a shot of the little chipmunk. Something about them is just so mischievous and cheerful. I’ll bet it can be rather entertaining to watch them scurrying about, racing from one spot to another. Even though they likely aggravate the kitties, they are still pretty darn cute. Seriously, how in the world did you manage to capture such a great shot? Those little guys can MOVE! Loved the kitty photos, too, of course. Always good to see the family. 🙂
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I had a zoom lens and even so it’s not as crisp as I would like. He was being perfectly still trying to blend in the surroundings as I was far enough away. I took like 6 shots and this was the best. Most were blurry. They are very cheerful.
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Chipmunks always seem so chipper . . . they don’t seem like cat-nappers.
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Maybe they nap in their condos but above ground they are always on the go!
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“And demand high modeling fees” left me in stitches. 😀
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Maybe I’m not quick enough but those chippies are really high maintenance divas.
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LOL.
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I love your animal pictures and the funny captions. “Where is my loofah? Who used all the shower gel?” The only chipmunks we seem to have out here in Western Washington seem to live in the forest.
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From the commenters it seems like they are very regional. Here they would live in our houses if we would let them.
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I love this! So funny and cute!!
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Awww thanks!
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I wish we had chipmunks in Florida. They are so cute! We have lots of fast squirrels and also two lazy cats. One cat – Foster Kitty – likes to stalk and kill squirrels and leave their tails on my doorstep so they really need to get a bit faster. I could make a squirrel tail stole with what he’s left behind. Uggh!
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Only my old cat Jake was allowed outside and he wasn’t fast enough for the squirrels. He did catch chippies though. Our population has exploded since he died.
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I miss chipmunks. When I lived in Ohio they were everywhere but I have never seen one in SC.
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I didn’t realize they are regional. I never think of SC as the deep south of super hot weather.
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It gets amazingly hot here. The first summer I lived here I thought I had made a terrible mistake. Can’t say I am used to it but I don’t look like a drowned rat all summer any more. There may be chipmunks in the upstate but I haven’t seen any in the midlands.
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Man, chipmunks are adorable, almost as adorable as cats!
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Almost but not quite.
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Love it that you have a chipmunk condo near the pond! Having chipmunks in our back yard is like having a built-in amusement park for our cats. They’ll sit in the screen porch for hours and watch the antics. Then they go take a nap.
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That’s funny! I do that too!
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My cats, particularly Jack, go absolutely batty over chipmunks. When they see one outside they start pawing the glass (cause they’re none too bright) thinking they can get at them. Must be because they are small, fast moving rodents (the chipmunks, not the cats).
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They run around the outside of our screened porch and the cats follow them. Gives the cats good exercise. I really should pay them.
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Love the shot of Alvin. They’re my very favorite vermin, chipmunks. Happy Friday. Happy weekend!
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Vermin? They are going to be very upset with you!
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I feed them delicious bird seed so they let me call them whatever I like!
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Here they eat birdseed and pretty much whatever they want. Saw one gnawing on a wild geranium today. Didn’t hurt the plant though.
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I envy their napping abilities, but I’m glad I don’t have to lick myself clean… especially with all that fur!
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I agree with you on that one. Yuk! Even without fur I don’t get my mouth anywhere near my feet.
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We see playful chipmunks when we eat on the porch. They provide good, free entertainment.
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We call it reality TV for the cats.
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Do the chipmunks chitter and taunt like squirrels? We don’t have them out here, but we’ve got taunting squirrels galore.
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They taunt everything. They have this great life of living in a relatively safe place. Without our cat Jake, they have only the hawks to worry about. There is food and water and cats to annoy.
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I haven’t napped in 20+ years…so sad.
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That is a long time. I am the firm believer of the occasional nap.
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I’ve tried… 😦
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Cute photos. Don’t I wish I could be like a cat and nap? *sigh*
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They taught me well. I don’t nap anywhere near as much as they do but I do every so often.
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Great to see the kitties! We have had a pretty good week but it has been rainy. Hoping for some sun for the weekend. I can’t believe you were able to get a good click of the little chipmunk, they are in constant motion!
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The chippy is a little blurred but it’s the best I could do. Yesterday and today are wonderful but tomorrow is expected to be rainy. Good thing I’m retired. Our weekends have not been great. Working folks have been complaining.
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Ah, cats! They teach us how to relax, and help us do so! This week our daughter had her roof redone and their dog exhausted himself barking at the workers to finish quickly and get out of his space!!!
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When we get workers they are on high alert peeping around corners to make sure everything is done right. When that door bell goes off there is a stampede!
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