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Wednesday
Jul012009

Happy Canada Day!

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Check out this little guy who was hanging out in our backyard with his siblings and mom yesterday, stuffing Saskatoon berries in his mouth as fast as he could.

After the photoshoot, Mama and cubs took off to find a quieter eating establishment:
Raccoons in our backyard


Then this morning, we found this young groundhug sunning himself on our new deck:

Young groundhog on our new deck


I commented on how cute he was, and Jeff pointed out how he wouldn't be so cute when the little guy is chomping down on my plants. I bet the squirrels trained him.

Speaking of squirrels, thanks (I think :-D) to my friend Dave Weingart for pointing me to this somewhat disturbing video:



Happy Canada Day, everyone!



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