My Jumping Squirrel (Tuesday's Truths WK 189)

THIS SHRUB IS FEATURED IN VOL 1

In recent blog posts (including one published on 7-8-2020) and one published on 7-19-2020), I've been discussing my observations of a lone squirrel who has been spending a lot of his/her time in my rooftop garden.

One thing I've noticed is his/her's incredible ability to jump. She/he often enters my place by jumping from the trees in an adjacent courtyard on to one of the pole that supports my string lights and from there she jumps on to a stake in the container of my Japanese Larch (Larix Kaempferi) as seen in the photo atop this entry.

From there he/she shimmies downward before jumping into a container housing my shrub that is known as a Pyracantha coccinea (AKA Orange Charmer). She is a shrub that is featured in my garden-themed movie, The Kiwi Speaks! Fifteen Minutes of Fame... almost, which can be viewed on Vimeo and/or You Tube.

THIS SHRUB IS FEATURED IN VOL 1

As I've been mentioning in my entries that describe some of this squirrel's antics, he/she will spend time in this shrub's container, and when doing so will often be taking a dust bath...

THIS SHRUB IS FEATURED IN VOL 1

THIS SHRUB IS FEATURED IN VOL 1

... or digging up the soil to search for peanuts...

THIS SHRUB IS FEATURED IN VOL 1

... that either she/he...

MY GARDEN IS THE SETTING FOR MY BOOK SERIES

MY GARDEN IS THE SETTING FOR MY BOOK SERIES

MY GARDEN IS THE SETTING FOR MY BOOK SERIES

... or my visiting Blue jays have taken from my bird feeder...

BLUE JAYS HAVE A STORY IN VOLUME THREE

BLUE JAYS HAVE A STORY IN VOLUME THREE

BLUE JAYS HAVE A STORY IN VOLUME THREE

BLUE JAYS HAVE A STORY IN VOLUME THREE

BLUE JAYS HAVE A STORY IN VOLUME THREE

and buried.

When exiting the home of my Orange Charmer, the squirrel will jump to the ledge surrounding my garden...

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... and either gambol about towards the way he/she initially entered my place, or jump directly into a courtyard tree to play hide and seek with me (as seen in the next picture).

Upon my watching him/her jump from here to there I was prompted to do some research re how it is that squirrels can jump so high. My investigation led me to a fascinating article which I will now "offer" (by having you click this link to it) as this week's segment (the 189th) of Tuesday's Truths.

However, before I leave you for today, dear reader, please let me remind you that my garden is not only a place where Blue jays and squirrels visit; it is the setting for my three volume book series, Words In Our Beak.

MY BOOK SERIES