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Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts) Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:07 AM Oct 2024

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

Taken in the Blue Ridge Mountains north of Roanoke, VA, last Saturday.

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Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 OP

How did he get there from my backyard? Nice capture of his alertness question everything Oct 2024 #1

Ha! My city squirrels went on a destructive spree while I was away in Virginia. Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #2

Great shot, my dear Mousetoescamper! Your title captures him perfectly, as does your photo! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 #3

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #4

It certainly fits! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 #5

question everything

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1. How did he get there from my backyard? Nice capture of his alertness

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:21 AM

Oct 2024

Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts)

2. Ha! My city squirrels went on a destructive spree while I was away in Virginia.

Reply to question everything (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:38 AM

Oct 2024

Upon returning after five days I found on my back deck: an overturned and broken flowerpot, a deeply excavated planter, scattered potting soil, and a multitude of muddy paw prints on the deck's railings.

Thanks!

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,990 posts)

3. Great shot, my dear Mousetoescamper! Your title captures him perfectly, as does your photo!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:42 AM

Oct 2024

It's an unusual angle, but it's perfect. And the bokeh is also superb.

Mousetoescamper

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4. Thanks!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:54 AM

Oct 2024

I believe the phrase "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed' was probably coined in reference to squirrels.

CaliforniaPeggy

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5. It certainly fits!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 12:16 PM

Oct 2024

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