More Fred & travels

 Fred has been taking a lot of time and energy. Fortunately I am retired! They are rather adorable tree ground rats. Curtain climbers for sure. They are fairly nimble now, but they have to eat their way to hibernation. They really are teenagers! 

 

 As I've written, there seem to be two that hang out together. The play fights are quite amazing. The tail thumping. Biting. I would imagine it prepares them for predators.

   

 The doe is still pregnant. The deer fence works. Fred is a little more of a challenge.

   

 If you watch the video, you'll see him climb up the railing, sit, and watch me. Then notices the chicken wire I put around my eaten petunias. (Closing the barn door...) At the very end, you can hear what I hear out back. The little thumping of little feet on the deck. I couldn't figure it out, at first.

 

Meantime, my daughter, Caitlin, traveled from Ottawa (YOW) to Montreal (YUL). From there to Zurich, Switzerland (ZRH). After a few days touring, she is on the plane from ZRH to Helsinki (HEL). Eventually, she'll meet up with her community choir, they will have a series of concerts in the Baltics. What an adventurer she is!