Practice (Five Minute Friday)

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As I sit here writing this on my front porch, I practice feeding the little squirrel we have dubbed “Buddy”. He nervously comes to grab peanuts in the shell from my outstretched hand. Yes, this takes practice. I have to steady my nerves so my hand won’t shake while I wait for him to grab the peanut between his teeth. It takes practice trusting me to feed him and not harm him. It is a relationship that has built up slowly over time. It began with a sweet little squirrel we dubbed Suzy, but we haven’t seen her around for a few weeks. Buddy is definitely NOT Suzy. He doesn’t quite trust us as fully as Suzy did yet. Suzy would come running when Hubby or I walked out of the house and called, while the other squirrels would run away in fear. For a while we had both Buddy and Suzy visiting us on the porch at the same time.

The storm really whipped up quickly to the point that the rain was blowing in on my turquoise table as I sat writing. Because I didn’t want my computer getting wet, I had to take cover in the house instead, but not to worry I left a big hand full of peanuts on the porch for Buddy. We can practice again another day.

In case you are curious here are some videos of either my Hubby or I feeding our squirrels.

This is the first time I caught a video of me feeding Suzy. I’ve been touched by a squirrel!

Here is My Son feeding Buddy. My Son is the one that named him Buddy and Suzy was on the porch that day too. As you can see, it takes practice, patience and most of all trust on both the feeder and the squirrel’s part to make this work.

This is me feeding some of the backyard squirrels we call them the fake Suzys. They are way too skittish to be the real Suzy.

Here is Hubby feeding Buddy. He is getting a little more comfortable around us every day.

Many things in life take practice, and of those almost all take patience as well. What have you decided to practice lately? Care to share? If you want to share, please do so in the comments below.

This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday link-up!
The prompt this week is: Practice
The assignment: Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write.

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