whew! thought from your title George Bush died..

nope sorry to scare you it was literal.

I'm sorry, but you made me laugh out loud with this comment!

I had forgotten they called Sr. the "Flying Squirrel" over his sky diving.

so sweet - it's hard to be a good person and do these things -
pity though he passed on - as long as you didn't get bitten no one
likes a rabid monkey :)

Thanks for helping the squirrel Munky!

that's the thing it's so very not me. Under other circumstances he'd have been menuable, or even road kill without a second thought but, I had the time it being a rainy day and the resources being the type of pack rat that keeps old curtains just in case I need a drop cloth & a cook with a well stocked pantry including nuts so it seemed the right thing to do, all things considered, to offer comfort. I'm just not that guy very often because... life doesn't slow down, like a rainy Sunday, very often is what I hope is the truth of it.

and he looked so pitiful shivering in the rain that you would have had to be made of stone not to feel sorry for him as he tried to hide his head from the cold tucking into a little ball. Hell had he gotten into my chimney I'd have burned him out without the slightest pang but, injured, cold & wet changes it all.

Thing is they all have feelings, all the time, just like you or I.

yep but in our haste it's so easy to forget.

What do squirrels taste like?

like a cross between frog's legs and rabbit so a bit like dark meat chicken.

Yum

Very and with the right seasons you can make a gravy just about identical to sausage gravy. But, we never eat injured animals because the meat can be tainted.

Munky,

I remember a friend from Tennesee, who used to tell me about "Squirrel Bisquits and Gravy" andd that it was like a treat for his mother to make it for the kids. He said it was his favorite meal!

Never ate them myself, but wouldn't be opposed to trying a bite.

That last paragraph really made this entire post, with its riveting truth, it makes me take a look at my "hardline" approach to things. I have been told more than once that I perceive things to be too "black and white".

- Thom

Glad to give you a pleasant flashback. Game animals are an ancient delicacy often reserved for the nobility as such some of the finest recipes ever crafted are for animals many wouldn't dare eat these days. That black & white approach to me appears to to be a defense mechanism for modern survival when 20 things a minute vying for our attention distracts us daily.