This afternoon, I decided to take a walk down to the mailbox. As I was headed home, starting the walk up the hill, I approached the second gate. Although I was making no attempt to be secretive or quiet, nevertheless I managed to sneak up on a ground squirrel. He or she had evidently been snoozing or otherwise spacing out in the area a few feet away from the gate. When the GS realized how close that big scary predator was, it leaped to its feet and took off at high speed, only to run head first into the gate post. It staggered back for a second or two, gathered what was left of its senses, leaped over the low wire of the fence and hightailed it for safety. The predator was helpless with laughter.
The following photo is just a rather nice snapshot of Washakie. We feel so bad for him as his poor knees are so obviously painful. Lately, he's been somewhat more amenable to human contact, allowing and possibly even enjoying the odd scratch from time to time.
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