driftwood and more bald squirrels

Today I learned that the exciting winter storms around here in the last two years dragged all kinds of driftwood onto the beach, and people have made gazebos and things out of it. You can get an idea of some of the structures by squinting at the picture at the top of this page.

In other news, judging from the hits this blog has been getting, information about bald squirrels is 1) interesting and 2) kind of hard to find. So if you're looking for the bald squirrel in Cleveland, check out Saturday's post. The article I linked to said the Cleveland squirrel has mange, which is caused by mites burrowing into the skin. That causes inflammation and secondary infections and can kill. But apparently you can also make bald squirrels by feeding them peanuts and sunflowers seeds, which don't contain enough calcium.

So that is currently everything I know about squirrels except for this: if a squirrel habitually runs around a tree trunk instead of up it, the third time it does that, any dog with a brain will run around the other way and chomp it.

I learned that from my namesake while still holding the end of her six-foot leash.