where's chippy?

an earlier post showed us chippy the chipmunk in his natural habitat - sitting on a stone wall, nibbling on something, showing general disdain for his/her viewing audience (me and the cats, who spied him/her first)

a short time after that episode of chippy tv, i happened to hear some rustling in the black raspberry bush where a few dried-up berries were still visible deep inside (a place no birds had dared to tread) and when i looked closer, i saw chippy high up in the dang bush, hanging upside down, a** over teakettle, being very "stealth" so i wouldn't see him/her! i sprinkled some sunflower seeds on the sidewalk next to the bush and sure enough he/she found them and stuffed them all in his/her cheeks and took them home with him/her as quick as ever he/she could

twice now, we have seen him/her in the evergreen bushes in front of the house - we think he/she is eating some berries (possibly bittersweet berries, which are coming on now, or whatever little berries the bush itself puts out) so here are a few snaps of our industrious little chippy, hard at work, cute as a button... and of course, he/she got rewarded with more sunflower seeds (chipmunks are small striped ground squirrels, so they dig and climb just like regular squirrels, but i've just never seen one cavort in the bushes like this one!) and now, the latest episode of chippy tv: (photos - chippy/tjgoogins 2010/all rights reserved

i'll be back with a few photos of recent crafts & jewelry projects - and an update on how the upstairs sorting is going (hint: real slow, no visible results, but order will prevail)