woody

this is our darling neighbor (well, he used to be our neighbor, boo hoo) kellen and woody the baby squirrel.

one day last month this little baby squirrel just showed up and kinda stuck around.  he was very friendly and would go right up to people.  he was all alone and we were concerned for our new little friend.  so i called a number and was directed to a wonderful woman who runs an animal sanctuary.  so, i put woody in a box and off we went!  me and the kids on our animal-saving adventure.  we had to drive for quite a while to get there (and the whole time i was thinking, "really?  i'm driving all the way out here to save a squirrel? they're a dime a dozen around these parts!  what am i doing?")

anyway, we dropped him (well, we found out woody is a girl) off at wild things sanctuary and there were tons and tons of baby squirrels!  so woody had lots of friends . . .

that was over a month ago, so i was surprised when just the other day, i received this email from victoria, the wonderful woman who runs the sanctuary:

Hi there!
I wanted to let you know that Woody has made great progress! She spent the last week in an outdoor release cage and yesterday I opened the door for the first time. I know that she spent the night back in the cage cozy with her adopted siblings, but she is welcome to come and go as she wants now and will probably slowly branch out and become more independent in the coming weeks. Until then, she knows where to come for a walnut breakfast and any attention she desires!
Thank you so much for bringing her in to Wild Things sanctuary. You gave her a second chance and she is now a healthy and happy little squirrel living in the Wild Things woods!
All the best,
Victoria & the wild gang!

now, if you know me at all, you know i am not some big animal lover.  i mean, they're fine, but kinda icky.  but even i got warm fuzzies from this little good deed i did . . .

consider my back patted.