well, Mother Nature reached out & took her customary pound of flesh today. my fave tree rat, "stumpy", fell out of the big oak in the back yard & was severely injured. he had it rough to begin with, what with only having one front leg & no tail for balance when jumping branch to branch as squirrels are wont to do. anyway, I did the right thing & put him out of his misery & buried him under the hickory tree. where he is now, he has all 4 legs, a long fluffy tail, lots of girl-squirrels & the acorns are as big as tennis balls...
