Come rain or shine, food will be mine.

Regardless of the weather, they arrived on time for their supper.

How can I show you that it was a very wet day? With my pictures of course.

The three little ones are not babies anymore, and it was great to see how they manage during their first real storm. A storm so fierce, that it has created many floods in several areas, and sadly, many people have lost their houses again. We have a huge backlog of building RDP (Low cost government houses) for the lower income market, and the poor people really suffer out there. A series of cold fronts hit the country bringing along some icy weather and much rain. Fortunately we have some great emergency response units, and Npo's like "Gift of the Givers" and others are handing out food parcels and blankets. Papillon is also helping with food supplies.

We cannot say that we have not been warned 2 days before the arrival of the first storm, as a sun halo appeared very bright to tell us that rain was on its way.

True to form the weather started to cloud the skies after the halo.

And here below was the result. Not some isolated rainy clouds, but rather a solid dark bank of water in the sky.

This little one was clever, as it jumped up to sit below the granadilla fence to avoid the water. Even more clever was that he grabbed a few nuts to eat, saving him a trip down to fetch another nut.

I think a rain drop struck this one in the face.

That little face did not look too happy and almost as if to say. Why are you wetting us?

Amazing how the squirrels arrive spot on time every day to eat. I know that animals are intelligent, but it still mesmerizes me so much every time that they appear exactly at the same time. I wanted to stop the feeding, as they must learn to find their own food in nature, but my boss wouldn't hear of it, as she says that they are still too small. Not too small to come and poop on my windowsill, and not too small to jump onto our car's roof.
But to keep the peace I relented, and secretly I like the thrill of having them around and to watch their crazy actions. Sooner or later, we will have to stop the feeding as we believe in leaving the animals in the wild, but for now the time has not come to do that yet.
Such is life.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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