Squirrel-rodent? Well, my Dad always called 'em Tree Rats...
As far as Signs of Spring are concerned, I'm going to have to wait for that two feet of snow in the yard to at least begin to melt. Which is going to be a while, since the last forecast I saw said we could get another 3-6 inches in the next couple days and I haven't seen a Tree Rat in public since Thanksgiving....
Friend of mine in town was musing the other day about going out and buying a snow blower, in fact. Only drawbacks beside "bein' plumb spendy" (aka expensive in MontanaSpeak) was that he didn't have a place to store it and "I know damn well that I do buy one and that'll be the last snow I see."
I think he finally settled on corralling one of his grandkids and having him shovel....
The Horror! That kid is as good as ruint! LOL
I like the term “tree rats”.
Heh.
And if buying a snow blower stopped snow forever, hell I’d pitch in and buy one.