I Got Me a Squirrel!

After many long walks, some of them up to eight miles in length, searching high and low for a squirrel to take a picture of, I had become rather discouraged. After mulling things over, I decided no squirrel was going to outwit me, so I buckled down and refined my tactics.

I developed a low hip slung holster belt to carry my camera and practiced, hour after hour in front of a mirror, quick drawing it from the custom-designed holster to my eye level, with finger located on the shutter and the camera powering up on the upswing.

Practice made perfect, I entered the "Chuckling Charlie Woods", so named because I was sure they were laughing at me and my feeble efforts to capture them on film, determined to get a picture of one of them. A mile, perhaps two, into the wood I spotted a branch rustling and went into my "make no sound Indian walk" to get closer. Ah HA! I thought to myself (but not too loudly!) as the furry bundle scurried along the branch.

Positioning myself so that the light shone just right, and the close enough that excessive zoom which makes the picture fuzzy wouldn't be needed, I ripped my camera from its holster just as the animal swung along the branch into view... It spotted me, but it was waaaaaaaaaaay to late!! :) My finger descended on the shutter and I heard the electronic rattle that digital camera shutters make before the beastie could jump, evade, or simply disappear on me.

Trembling in anticipation my fingers flew across the back of the camera activating the preview mode and I looked into the glowing display and thought to myself, "Of all the squirrels out here, I had to take a picture of the ugliest one... it looks like it had fought a battle with a Nair bottle... and lost!"


Durn, That's One Ugly Squirrel

Yep, no squirrel is going to make a fool out of me.