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Critter builds star-spangled nest
Exeter (NH) News-Letter ^
| 5.10.03
| Susan Nolan
Posted on 05/10/2003 7:26:07 PM PDT by mhking
Judy LaChapelle is boasting of a patriotic squirrel's nest in her yard.
Staff photo by Jackie Ricciardi Critter builds star-spangled nest
By Susan Nolan
snolan@seacoastonline.com
EXETER - A squirrel snatched an American flag from an Exeter garden two weeks ago and redecorated his nest in patriotic chic.
"My granddaughter had put it outside and we were looking for it ... and we just happened to look up," said Judy LaChapelle of Glenerin Lane.
"We have a squirrels nest and there it was - all draped around the nest. He just kind of snazzed it up a little bit," she said.
The gray squirrels red-white-and-blue decorated nest is in the top of an old white birch tree in the LaChapelles front yard.
"Its quite high up," said LaChapelle. "Its probably two stories high," she said.
The squirrel, she said, did not deface the flag.
"Hes kind of just tucked it in places," she said.
The flag is well secured, she said.
"You can see where hes draped it ... Hes got the plastic stick in the branches," she said.
LaChapelle, who works part time at Flynns Carwash, and her husband John, an employee of Osram Sylvania, moved into the tan cape on Glenerin Lane 12 years ago.
The squirrel moved in to the birch tree three years ago, she said.
Until the squirrel redecorated his nest, the LaChapelles had the only high-flying flag on their street.
"We have a big American flag out on our flagpole just to show our support for the United States and everything going on," she said.
LaChapelle said she also decorates her garden with small American flags each year.
The squirrel scooted off with one of the small ones.
"I thought it was a dirty trick he did," she said. "He decided that he wanted this one."
Still, perhaps it is for a good reason, she said.
"Maybe hes trying to get a female with a snazzy pad," said LaChapelle.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New Hampshire
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posted on
05/10/2003 7:26:08 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....
If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
05/10/2003 7:26:37 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
The ACLU has already filed a complaint with the zoning commission as of this writing.
To: mhking
Awwwwww...And to think some FReepers around here don't like squirrels...
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posted on
05/10/2003 7:27:55 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: Larry Lucido
He knows he is in trouble it is upside down.
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posted on
05/10/2003 7:29:56 PM PDT
by
dts32041
(C-4 can make a dull day fun.)
To: mewzilla
Squirrels are tasty critters.
Squirrel hunting is also a great family event.
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posted on
05/10/2003 7:45:39 PM PDT
by
Stopislamnow
("Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid." John Wayne)
To: Stopislamnow
=80 Not Mr. Squirrel!! Don't eat the brains, BTW, or you could contract Rocky's Revenge, squirrelly CJD.
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posted on
05/10/2003 7:47:05 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: mhking
To: walkingman
Wrong Rocky. Think moose und sqvirrel.
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posted on
05/10/2003 7:51:51 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: mhking
So Chester the Tree Rat is patriotic don't tell the libs or they'll say W put the flag up there.
To: walkingman; Stopislamnow
LOL. And I was imagining stopislamnow enjoying some Rocky (off the) Road ice cream.
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posted on
05/10/2003 7:56:53 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: Critter
Ping
To: dts32041
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posted on
05/10/2003 8:22:20 PM PDT
by
PLK
To: Victoria Delsoul
Cute! :-)
To: mhking
I'm waiting for someone to come on this thread and lecture everyone (including the squirrel) on flag etiquette. I hope the little guy has a way to illuminate it properly at night, or he's gonna catch hell around here. : )
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posted on
05/10/2003 8:25:17 PM PDT
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(I'm happy, yet I'm aware of the ironic ramifications of my happiness.)
To: mewzilla
What are you talking about? I LOVE squirrels! Especially fried up in a gravy! Mmmmm-mmmm!
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posted on
05/10/2003 8:36:21 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Overtaxed
Even squirrels can be reformed from their evil, thieving Communist ways.
To: Chad Fairbanks
In New Hampshire, even the squirrels are patriotic. (Be nice! LOL)
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posted on
05/10/2003 8:39:35 PM PDT
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(I'm happy, yet I'm aware of the ironic ramifications of my happiness.)
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