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Friday Fun Photo: Pumpkin Squirrel

by Lorie (Photography) on December 28, 2012

 

Pumpkin Squirrel

Birds & Blooms’ Friday Fun Photo for December 28, 2012: Pumpkin Squirrel by Binki Fry of Wildwood, Illinois. Binki shared this adorable photo of a squirrel having its own holiday feast on pumpkin seeds.

Do you have a clever caption for this fun photo? We want to hear it!

{ 140 comments… read them below or add one }

Sue Liberto December 28, 2012 at 8:41 am

I told you I could eat my way out of this mess!

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Tina Welker December 28, 2012 at 8:43 am

Who needs pumpkin pie, when you can have the whole pumpkin?

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Ralph Terreault December 28, 2012 at 8:44 am

Honey, I’ll have these seeds cleared out in time for you to hang the curtains.

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Jan Beck December 28, 2012 at 8:46 am

There’s no place like home for the hoildays

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Jan Beck December 28, 2012 at 8:46 am

There’s no place like home for the hoildays

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Martha Farris December 28, 2012 at 8:47 am

and then the good fairy turned the evil step-mother turned into a buck-toothed squirrel..

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Sara Vail Miedema December 28, 2012 at 8:47 am

Caption : Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater !

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Ed Roth December 28, 2012 at 8:47 am

Why, I’m not trying to eat us out of house and home.

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Charles Kitner December 28, 2012 at 8:51 am

Eye love pumpkin seeds

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Nancy Smolinski December 28, 2012 at 8:55 am

“Soooooo……What happened to my team of horses?”

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Jo May December 28, 2012 at 8:55 am

Eatn’s good in the neighborhood!

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Holly Brownlow December 28, 2012 at 8:56 am

Ahh…it couldn’t get better than this, warmth and plenty of food in the same place! Blessed indeed!

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Donnie Beck December 28, 2012 at 8:58 am

These pumpkin seeds would be delicious if they just would not stick to your teeth!

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Martha Randall December 28, 2012 at 8:58 am

Hey!….What happened to my ride?…..

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Carol Blanchard December 28, 2012 at 8:58 am

What’s up with this?-It’s midnight already? Time flies by when you’re having fun at the ball!!!!

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Linda Stephens December 28, 2012 at 9:00 am

Christmas! I went in at Halloween!

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Louise December 28, 2012 at 9:03 am

Cinderella Cinderella! Your coach awaits you!

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Anne Edwards December 28, 2012 at 9:05 am

It was so nice of the neighbors to put this grocery store here.

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Renee Richard December 28, 2012 at 9:06 am

We’ve struck Gold boy’s!

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Carol Norwood December 28, 2012 at 9:09 am

Anybody got a toothpick? I’ve got seeds between my teeth!

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dawn colt December 28, 2012 at 9:09 am

Peter, Peter’s got NUTTIN’ on ME!!

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Sue Gorzalski December 28, 2012 at 9:12 am

SCORE!!!!

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Carla joles December 28, 2012 at 9:13 am

Cinderella, you ready to go?

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Linda Sparks December 28, 2012 at 9:13 am

I’ve died and gone to Heaven!

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Jewell Combs December 28, 2012 at 9:17 am

“Working on my Jack O’ Lantern okay?”

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Sandra Adams December 28, 2012 at 9:19 am

Hmm…should I dine in or carry out?

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Kelly mueller December 28, 2012 at 9:19 am

Quack quack..if it looks like a duck…..and sounds like a duck………

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Pat Quinn December 28, 2012 at 9:30 am

What do you think of my new dentures?

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Fran Miller December 28, 2012 at 9:33 am

“Home for the Holidays!”

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Hilda Atkins Moore December 28, 2012 at 9:38 am

Don’t be mad, hon, I brought some for you.

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Connie Saunders December 28, 2012 at 9:38 am

Is it really December 22nd? So…the Mayans were wrong!!

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jill December 28, 2012 at 9:45 am

WooHoo! I hit the jackpot!!!

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Debbie Taylor December 28, 2012 at 9:47 am

Is it time to take Cinderella to the ball?

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gloria bronson December 28, 2012 at 9:56 am

IS IT SPRING YET?

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carolyn toler December 28, 2012 at 9:58 am

Home Sweet Pumpkin Home!

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Martha Metz December 28, 2012 at 10:02 am

If it’s morning. . .does that mean the Witch is gone?”

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Beth Koebel December 28, 2012 at 10:06 am

“Have you seen Cinderella?”

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linda farmer December 28, 2012 at 10:10 am

My instincts say no, but my lips say Yes !!!!

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Lisa tabor December 28, 2012 at 10:11 am

Yum yum pumpkin seeds,
All for me, all for me!!

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bjf December 28, 2012 at 10:13 am

Oh No, They’ve found my hiding place!

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melissa December 28, 2012 at 10:15 am

Eureka! I’ve hit the mother load!

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Jackie Lawrence December 28, 2012 at 10:16 am

This is great place for a vacation, stocked with my favorite seeds !

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Ronald Maxwell December 28, 2012 at 10:25 am

Nice, these take out places make it so I can est on the run!

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NAOMI PATTON December 28, 2012 at 10:29 am

I SURE AM GLAD THE HUMANS LEFT THIS ONE FOR ME!!!!

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Nancy December 28, 2012 at 10:31 am

Think I will take a few nuts to my neighbor, The Old Woman Who Lives in the Shoe.

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Nancy Crow December 28, 2012 at 10:33 am

Where did that pretty princess go? She promised to set me up in a castle for the winter!!!

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Nancy C December 28, 2012 at 10:50 am

Free “Room & Board” for the winter!

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Tom December 28, 2012 at 10:50 am

Rats I didn’t make it home by midnight

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Patricia Calkins December 28, 2012 at 11:00 am

Is it Summer yet?

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Ann Rucker December 28, 2012 at 11:02 am

It wasn’t me. Somebody stuffed these seeds in my mouth and threw me in here.

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Heidi Hood December 28, 2012 at 11:11 am

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

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Nikki Hummel December 28, 2012 at 11:14 am

Oops you caught me with my beak on. Do you have any feathers I could borrow?

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Cindy December 28, 2012 at 11:23 am

Is my shadow showing??

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Phil Yturbe December 28, 2012 at 11:26 am

This is my stash, and I’m not sharing.

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Linde Grace White December 28, 2012 at 11:27 am

Mrs. P. Pumpkin-Eater watches for the school bus. The snacks are ready.

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Jodi December 28, 2012 at 11:34 am

What ?!? I missed Christmas?

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Diane December 28, 2012 at 11:35 am

I’m getting out of here; it’s really starting to smell bad!

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Betu December 28, 2012 at 11:38 am

I’m wintering in Pumpkinville

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Kay Landerdahl December 28, 2012 at 11:42 am

If I eat these seeds, will I grow this big?

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marilyn Moshos December 28, 2012 at 11:45 am

HOME is where the seeds are!

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Colleen Sterbenz December 28, 2012 at 11:45 am

HEY! Where’d the castle and the white horses go?

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Nancy Hall December 28, 2012 at 11:49 am

all this and a penthouse view . But I need to see if the family will fit.

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Toolman153 December 28, 2012 at 11:49 am

The hunters will never think to look for me in here!

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toolman153 December 28, 2012 at 11:55 am

The hunters will never think to look for me in here!!!

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Cindy H December 28, 2012 at 12:06 pm

Oh crap. They’ve found my secret stash. Gotta go.

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Carolyn Coyle December 28, 2012 at 12:14 pm

Hey , this is a good place to spend the winter!!

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KJ December 28, 2012 at 12:16 pm

I need to spit.

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Debbie December 28, 2012 at 12:18 pm

Got it…now for my escape…..

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R. rusty Avery December 28, 2012 at 12:22 pm

Now all I need is a wife to clean this mess up..

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Jolanta Harris December 28, 2012 at 12:29 pm

Where did the princess go?

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LaVonne Parker December 28, 2012 at 12:40 pm

Is it pie yet?????????

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Pam December 28, 2012 at 12:48 pm

“This house comes stocked with food!”

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Cynthia Surfus December 28, 2012 at 12:52 pm

Hey Honey, I found our Carriage!!!

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Linda Margison December 28, 2012 at 12:56 pm

Surprise!

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Arden December 28, 2012 at 1:41 pm

Ahhhh…….good morning world, the beginning of another beautiful day….thank you God

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R. J. Anderson December 28, 2012 at 1:44 pm

“Super Squirrel peeks out of his Fortress of Pumpkintude as a cry for help interupts his lunch”!

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Karen December 28, 2012 at 1:57 pm

“I’ll disguise myself as a duck and they’ll never know!”

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Donna David December 28, 2012 at 2:02 pm

Take out!

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Allison Bayer December 28, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Get me? I’m a bird with a beeeautiful beak!!!

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Wanda December 28, 2012 at 2:20 pm

“What is it midnight already Fairy Godmother?”

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Emily Eisenlohr December 28, 2012 at 2:54 pm

WHAT’S FOR DESSERT

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Greg Squire December 28, 2012 at 2:55 pm

mmmm.fumpkin.

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Maxine December 28, 2012 at 3:32 pm

Hey. what’s going on out there?

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Marlene Jackson December 28, 2012 at 3:37 pm

These pumpkin seeds sure are good.

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jeannie samad December 28, 2012 at 3:40 pm

This cinderella story is totally screwed up!

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Dot horvath December 28, 2012 at 4:39 pm

Ha Ha Do you tink I seed a puddy-cat …

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Jan Burrows December 28, 2012 at 5:16 pm

I prefer them roasted but….

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Cindy December 28, 2012 at 5:37 pm

Hello? Anybody there ?

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Betty December 28, 2012 at 5:38 pm

Hey Guys, come see, I just moved into a mansion

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Bre Branco December 28, 2012 at 5:45 pm

“Hey, who recommended this seedy joint?”

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dana reed December 28, 2012 at 7:05 pm

bet you cant eat just one

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violet December 28, 2012 at 7:18 pm

…hey he’s not in here!

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David Remiger December 28, 2012 at 7:25 pm

Do I have anything stuck in my teeth?

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Lynn Braynard December 28, 2012 at 7:31 pm

I found it first!!!!.

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Joni December 28, 2012 at 7:55 pm

Hey my cousin called me and said I should give it a try. He ate the whole pumpkin said it was the best thing he ever did eat…

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Nancy Gigliotti December 28, 2012 at 8:06 pm

“Pumpkin carving is NOT all that it’s cut out to be!”

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Kay Lasley December 28, 2012 at 8:14 pm

Who’s that knocking at my door?

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Sallie Carpenter December 28, 2012 at 8:25 pm

I’ve got the inside scoop on this one!

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Lisa Enz December 28, 2012 at 9:21 pm

At midnight my pumpkin will become a coach and I will ;ose my squirrelish good looks.

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Mary Polansky December 28, 2012 at 9:49 pm

Hey guys! I hit the jack o lantern jackpot!

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Becky December 28, 2012 at 10:05 pm

Mmmmm…Squirrel sized Pringles!

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Beverly G December 28, 2012 at 10:19 pm

End of the rainbow, a punkin full of golden seeds!

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Nadia December 28, 2012 at 10:56 pm

Hey, look, I’m Daffy Duck!

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Paula December 28, 2012 at 11:49 pm

There IS a Santa Claus!

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Mary Ellen Werner December 29, 2012 at 5:47 am

No, I kicked the mouse out. This place is way too big for him!

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Sandra Murphy December 29, 2012 at 5:49 am

I’m working on it Cinderella, can I be your driver when it is done? PLEASE, PLEASE???

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sandy December 29, 2012 at 8:04 am

Help I’ve fallen and can’t get out!

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Cyrano December 29, 2012 at 8:56 am

“Okay, guys, the vault’s open!”

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Jean December 29, 2012 at 8:57 am

Hey look honey this condo comes
with food …Wow you said it was a
bad neighborhood

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Linda Foster December 29, 2012 at 9:30 am

Better than nuts.
They just thought they could hide them from me.

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Mary Baker December 29, 2012 at 10:55 am

“Wow, there are enough pumpkin seeds here to last the whole winter!”

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Carole December 29, 2012 at 1:42 pm

You rang?

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Beckie December 29, 2012 at 2:19 pm

Here’s the payment, but can you please try to get the newspaper near the door?

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Marty December 29, 2012 at 4:08 pm

A few more trips and I’ll have to use another entrance!

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Nancy December 29, 2012 at 5:57 pm

“Boy these seeds aren’t near as good as sunflower seeds!”

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Darcy Smith December 29, 2012 at 6:06 pm

They left me some pumpkin seeds, not roasted.

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marie haskins December 29, 2012 at 11:12 pm

That’s the best pumpkin pie ever!

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Sandi Jones December 29, 2012 at 11:20 pm

I like my pumpkin seeds Really fresh!

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Marietta DeLaet December 30, 2012 at 6:06 am

just cleaning house so i can move in for the winter…

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Deborah December 30, 2012 at 7:03 am

“Hey- Dig my new ‘lip’ job!”

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Dayle December 30, 2012 at 10:11 am

“Martha are you sure these are my dentures?” said George.

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Anatole Crane December 30, 2012 at 10:21 am

What, no salt?

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Howard Garvert December 31, 2012 at 10:10 am

Anybody home

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Gary December 31, 2012 at 11:39 am

I’m so tired of nuts I could scream! Wonder what this big orange thing tastes like?

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Patsy Phipps December 31, 2012 at 12:39 pm

“The clock struck Twelve Midnight” !!!

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Barbara Rider December 31, 2012 at 3:53 pm

Downward Spiral-Dec.-Jan. Issue Birds & Blooms –

That’s squirrel control Pepper. You’ll get used to it!

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Leia January 1, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, my eye… I’m a squirrel.

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LAVONDA CLINE January 4, 2013 at 1:24 pm

NO NOT ME , I`M NOT EATING ANY PUMPKIN SEEDS

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Marie Ryan January 7, 2013 at 8:25 pm

I found a warm place and pumpkin seeds to eat.

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Paul Farris January 10, 2013 at 12:01 pm

I’m coming Mother!!

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Mr Bluebird January 14, 2013 at 7:19 pm

Dear this is the last of them time for the oven.

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Mike Caudle January 21, 2013 at 9:07 am

“Shirley, come on in. After we’re done, we’ll blame it on Alvin and the Chipmunks.”

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William Kennedy January 24, 2013 at 8:47 pm

Just a clever thought, if I hide in here, no one will miss me, and I can have my free lunch in peace.

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brandon January 25, 2013 at 3:55 pm

Welcome to the world!!

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Linda Wright March 15, 2013 at 9:29 pm

Peter, Peter, if you had fed your wife some pumpkin seeds, you might have kept her.

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Jessica March 21, 2013 at 7:15 pm

I’ve heard of trick and treating, but this treat is as rediculous as the great trick I was planning!

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Douglas M March 23, 2013 at 10:37 am

It’s halloween and I’m dressed like a bird!

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M. Lesher March 31, 2013 at 1:35 pm

My wife wouldn’t let me get a deep dish pumpkin pie. So, instead I got the real deal; the whole pumpkin and it was “free”!

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KImberly and Julie Pham May 21, 2013 at 7:34 pm

Does this Halloween costume make my butt look fat?

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Colleen June 12, 2013 at 8:41 pm

Oh no! Here they come with the candle! Forget birds in a kings pie, squirrels in a pumpkin die!

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