Poor Pumpkin....

Do you remember the post about meeting the rather... interesting pumpkin on our front porch? Well.... apparently, he's had quite a traumatizing mishap. I noticed this "scratch" on his face last week. (It was a bit smaller then... ) I thought the poor pumpkin must have had a fall, and smashed his face on the concrete on the way down or something, since it was in more than one place on his head....

Well... then I realized that every day the "scratch" was getting bigger, and I decided that this fellow had most certainly NOT had a fall... but rather SOMETHING or SOMEONE was hungry and had chosen him as a snack. This was confirmed when I inspected the growing "scratch" and discovered TEETH MARKS !


The mystery was solved the day before Thanksgiving when I just happened to peer out my window and see the culprit!!



This cute little squirrel was sitting on his haunches, with both front paws on the poor pumpkin's face, just chewing happily away. I wish I had been able to get a picture of him "in the act" but by the time I ran to grab the camera, he had become suspicious and moved.

I love all of the little fun surprises hidden throughout our lives... it is what makes life interesting and beautiful. What a wonderful God we serve!

"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?"
- Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables