"Hello?! Anyone in there?"

Dear Diary,

Every morning Gaylord comes to the back door to inquire, very politely, if I will be coming out soon to fill his seed bowls.  If Emerson is there they play a cute game of mock attack.  Emerson will charge the window, Gaylord will fain retreat and then it is his turn to charge the window.  I wish I could record the exchange but by the time I get the camera they've tired of it.

Philomena use to come to the back door for seeds too.  I miss her.  There will be new 'munks in the spring and I hope Rosie returns.  They are all fast asleep in the stone walls behind the house now my sweet little ones.

Today I will venture out to finish my Christmas shopping.  I need to mail some things so I need to get going on that.  There is a Christmas Fair this Saturday with lots of local artists so I will be sure to go to that.  So far, our weather has been decent and no big storms in our future, thankfully.  I'm not ready for that quite yet.