Squirrel!

[lizvogel]

Housemate and I went for a walk the other day around the university campus, which really is a lovely place with lots of trees and green spaces. As we were heading back to the car, one of the campus squirrels approached us, looking for a handout. Sadly, we didn't have anything to give him. (Imploring little squirrel face!) But I held still, and he came up and sniffed my shoes to make sure. And when I got the housemate to also hold still, he went over and checked out her shoes, then sat up and put his paw on her leg to steady himself while he sniffed her jeans! Then he moved over to her other foot and did the same there! For a minute I thought he was going to climb right up her, and she'd end up with a squirrel hat; but no, he finally decided we were in fact bereft of squirrel fodder, and moved off a few feet. Though he did keep looking wistfully after us until another squirrel distracted him.