For Canada Day, we went to Downsview Park, which used to be a military base but is now a recreational park, in Toronto. For Canada Day, there was going to be free rides and coasters and (not free) BBQ stands etc, in that park. When we arrived after half an hour of metro and not to mention the fifteen minute walk to the park from the metro station, the place was packed with people eating hotdogs and queuing. We went to the queue for the ferris wheel. The ferris wheel was actually quite scary, especially when you could feel the whole structure swaying with the wind.
Canada Day celebrates July 1st, 1867, when 2 British Colonies and a province of the British Empire came together to form one country, Canada. The day was first celebrated in 1868, known back then as Dominion Day. In 1946, the day was renamed to ‘The National Holiday of Canada’. Overtime, fireworks, bands and shows were added to the celebrations. In 1982, the name was officially ‘Canada Day’.
I find that all national holidays are basically the same, Canada Day and St. Patrick’s Day both have parades, organised and unorganised, they both have fireworks, shows etc. The only things really different are the representative colours.
Since we are in Canada, and we saw many posters and trailers on tv for the movie Eclipse, we found out that it came out a week earlier here in Canada than back in Ireland. So today we went to the closest cinema and went to see it.
Do I even have to bother telling a synopsis of the Twilight Saga? By now, it has become as encrusted in our history as the discovery of America. But still, I guess some people just don’t know that yet, and they have no idea what Team Edward and Team Jacob means, and have no idea who Bella, the Cullens, and Charlie are. Well, I’ll do a synopsis anyway, to promote this excellent movie.
Bella is reunited with her love and vampire Edward Cullen after the problems seen in New Moon. They resume their lives where they left off and live happily, even with the ridiculous curfews Charlie sets as punishment for Bella (and Edward). Problems soon arise though, and Bella is forced to try and calm with the rivalry between her vampire boyfriend and her werewolf best friend, Jacob. Another graver problem comes, forcing the vampires and the werewolves to work together. Someone is creating a vampire newborn army in Seattle, which later revealed is an army created to destroy Bella, and the Volturi take their time to sort the problem out, but once they do come, they will visit Bella, and if she is still a human, there may be some grave consequences. With dangers at all sides, Bella still has to cope with Jacob, who tries desperately to make Bella realise her feelings for him before her graduation, before she becomes a bloodsucker.
I enjoyed this movie, and although some people critiqued the fact that it was more action than romance, I believe it was a healthy balance of both. There was quite a lot of kissing, and a lot of scenes with just Bella and Edward, and just Bella and Jacob, but there was also a very active battle scene, and some great special effects werewolf wise. The humor was also very good, some jokes making you lol, while some making you rofl. *Spoiler Alert* My favorite joke was just before the battle scene, when Edward, Bella, and Jacob are in the mountains camping, and Bella is very cold. Edward at first objects to the idea of Jacob lying with her to warm her up, but Jacob of course then adds a remark: “You know, she may need her toes someday. And you have to admit, I am hotter than you are.” Everyone in the room rofl-ed. *Spoiler Alert Finished* Most of the funny bits were generated by either Jacob, Jacob – Edward rivalry, or Charlie.
Even if I think this movie is awesome and I want it on Blu-ray, there were a few things that I disliked. There was the scene in the book, when Edward proposes on one knee and Bella finds out he is trying to protect her virtue (when they have the Cullen house to themselves), that I found was not expanded and explained enough in the movie. To someone who has not read the book, I think the scene would have been a little bit confusing, or at least less important, when it is actually a very contributing piece of the story. This is just one example of some scenes and details I think were important enough to have been included in the movie.
Overall, it is a great movie, even if compared to the book, some bits are missing.
While in Montreal, we decided to visit the Chinatown. The area was at first home to Montreal’s Jewish community from 1890 to 1920, but many Chinese also settled there because it was convenient for their jobs working at the railways. Over the years, other Chinese immigrants settled and opened up shops. Recently, there has been an influx of exchange students opening internet cafes, and bubble tea shops.
I tasted one of these beverages, and the bad taste it left in my mouth increased my disappointment and displeasure. After watching numerous episodes of CSI New York happen in Chinatown, I was expecting a colourful street, with colourful shops, and since it was Canada’s National Day, I was expecting maybe a little parade with the people parading as dragons.
Gateway into Chinatown
Instead, it was dirty, grey and a little bit shabby, and most of the shops were closed because it was a special day. There was a packed market where people only sold electronics and bracelets, and since we had eaten not long before, we didn’t even stop to eat in a Chinese buffet, but I think that even if we were hungry, we wouldn’t have stopped because the shops all looked scary, with nobody in them, and flashing broken neon lights stating the name of the shop or restaurant. I was truly disappointed, this being my first time to visit a Chinatown, and maybe not all Chinatowns are like this, but no matter what they say, first impressions do count.
The only thing I liked in Chinatown. Two of them at the entrance.
Now that we are in Canada, we can see maple products everywhere. Here’s a little blog about how exactly maple syrup is made, and it’s history.
Maple Syrup is a sugar extracted from the sap of maple trees, except the sap only contains about 2 or 3% of sugar, the rest being water. Forty litres of sap, after a long process, would only create one litre of maple syrup. There exists seven different maple trees, only three of which can produce maple sugar. Out of the Silver Maple, the Red (or Soft) Maple, and the Sugar Maple, the Sugar Maple produces the most sugar out of all the maples.
The sap is said to have been collected by the Indians, long before the Europeans arrived to America. The legend is that a god created maple trees, and the syrup would trickle out completely ready. However, another god believed that if the Indians could get this gift from nature so easily, they would become lazy. So he poured water into the tree, diluting the syrup, forcing the indians to work to obtain their ‘sinzibuckwud’ (word for maple syrup, literally means ‘drawn from wood’). I didn’t specify the names of the gods, or the tribes, because these legends all have the same basis, but names, places, and times change from one tribe to another.
Older Version of collecting the Sap
To be able to obtain the rich sugary substance we know as maple syrup, a lot has to be done. Firstly, the syrup cannot be harvested whenever we want, we have to wait for the end of winter/early spring thaw. This is when the tree produces the most sugar, but the days must be very warm, and the nights must still be very icy. Methods to extract the sap have very little evolved over time, only the materials used have changed. The Indians created a v-shaped cut in the wood and used ‘buckets’ made with bark to collect the sap. The sap is almost tasteless at first, but the Indians decided to heat the sap, and eventually, after reaching a temperature of 104º C, they created maple syrup. The more they heated it, the more it became harder and darker.
Tubes collecting the sap and bringing it directly to the heating rooms.
When the Europeans came, they liked the maple sugar because it was nice, but also because it can be kept all year long, and importing sugar from Europe was just too expensive. Back then, maple syrup was not really something fancy to put on top of pancakes, it was a common sugar which most people, even some of the poorer ones, had. The extraction method developed, first with tools of wood, then various metals, and then plastic. Now, a series of tubes connected to the trees interconnect, and they meet up into one bigger tube which sucks out the sap, making the extraction much quicker. Before any sap collecting can be done however, the tree must be at least 40 years old until he can give a sufficient amount of liquid.
Maple Syrup is mostly associated with Québec, and if you visit Canada at all, or even if you don’t, I suggest you treat yourself to some maple syrup, or maple candy. I certainly am!
We passed through the Maine to arrive at Québec, and on the way, we passed by Stephen King’s house. I unfortunately did not see him, but he passed our car just as we were arriving to his house. Both my parents saw him in the driver’s seat, but all I saw was a faint silhouette going further and further away.
We still toke our pictures, not staying any longer than a few minutes in respect of the Kings. This post is going to be for those of you unfortunate souls who have no idea who Stephen King is, or for those of you who know you have heard his name somewhere before.
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on the 21st of September 1947. He is a writer of horror stories, novels, short stories, and also movie scripts. He was the son of Nellie Ruth Pillsbury and Donald Edwin King. When Stephen was two, his father left with the pretext of ‘going to buy a pack of cigarettes’, and he never came back.
Stephen King
Ellie King had to take care of Stephen and his older adopted brother David all alone, with some financial stress. They moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, then to Stratford, Connecticut, and finally back to Durham, Maine, where Nellie could take care of her age-incapacitated parents. As a child, Stephen supposedly witnessed his friend being struck and killed by a passing train, although he has stated that he has absolutely no memory of this. Some people consider the fact that this trauma may the source for some of his more gruesome works, but Stephen himself denied this speculation. He entered into the University of Maine, where he graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in English. He had random jobs as well as the occasional boost of selling a short story to men’s magazines. In 1970, his first daughter, Naomi Rachel, was born, and in 1971, he married Tabitha Spruce, a fellow student of the University of Maine. In the same year he was hired as an English teacher in a highschool. It was also in the same year that he developed a drinking problem. In 1972, his second child, Joseph Hillstrom (often called Joe Hill), was born. And the following year, his first great succes with the publishing industry came with his novel ‘Carrie’. After winning $200,000 with the book, Stephen and his family moved further down in Maine so that they could take care of Stephen’s ill mother. During this time he began writing his second novel, ‘Salem’s Lot, which was published in 1975. In 1974, his mother died of uterine cancer, and Stephen’s drinking was very severe at the time, he was drunk while giving the eulogy at his mother’s funeral. After her death, the Kings moved to Boulder, Colorado, where Stephen wrote ‘The Shining’. They shortly after returned to Maine, where Stephen wrote his fourth novel, ‘The Stand’, which is considered by many fans to be his best work so far (I haven’t read all his books yet, so I can’t say for myself). In 1977, the family travelled briefly in England with the newest member, Owen Phillips, but they returned to Maine again, where Stephen began teaching creative writing at the University of Maine, while still continuing to write on the weekends. He has lived primarily in Maine ever since. He does spend to cold Maine winters in his second house in Florida however, but he considers his house in Maine as his home. After years of writing, he produced over 40 books, many of which were adapted to film.
Movie poster for the film adaptation of King's novel 'It'
In the late 1970s-early 1980s, Stephen published a few short stories and novels under the name of Richard Bachman. He did this because the publishing standards at the time allowed only one book to be published per year. He also did it as an experiment to see if his fame was just luck, or if he really was super talented. He published the stories, and soon Richard Bachman had received a lot of attention, and this is when many fans suspected that the Richard and Stephen were one and the same. However, Stephen still went along with the story, and when Richard ‘died’ of a cancer, his widowed wife found a box full of finished stories, which were published after his ‘death’. Perhaps she will ‘find’ another box full of ready novels sometime in the future.
In 1987, Stephen’s family intervened with his addictions to nicotine, alcohol, Xanax, cocaine, marijuana, diazepam, NyQuil, and dextromethorphan (cough medecine). After his family’s intervention, he realised his problem, and got help. He has been sober from all drugs and alcohol since the late 1980s.
On June 19th 1999, while taking his usual walk, he was on the shoulder of Route 5, in Lovell, Maine, when Bryan Smith, distracted by his unrestrained dog in the back seat, ran Stephen over, causing him a collapsed right lung, multiple fractures of his right leg, scalp laceration and a broken hip. His lawyers bought Bryan Smith’s vehicle for $1,500, saying it was to prevent it appearing on eBay. It was destroyed in a junkyard after Stephen had severely beaten it with a baseball bat, stating that he wanted to destroy it himself with a sledgehammer. He later stated that he would stop writing, but he still toke up writing again, but he made it clear that his imagination had becoming being much less productive, and that he would write at a much slower pace. He currently has three grand children, his two sons are published authors, and his daughter went into religion and became a homosexual as well as a gay activist.
I hope this enlightened you about how Stephen King is. I did not name much of his novels, but simply typing into google search ‘stephen king’s works’, will give you all you need to know.
Judy Garland playing Dorothy (the black furry thing under her arm is English Terrier Toto))
We passed through Salem, while on our way to the Maine, and we went to a witch museum explaining the witch history of Salem. However, it also talked about the evolution of the witches though history. At first, they were simply wise women who helped sick and pregnant people. Then people were very afraid of their powers and witches were then associated with evil and the devil. Then along came the Wizard of Oz, and Hollywood made the witch what it is today. I was astounded that my parents did not know what the Wizard of Oz was about, I myself have never seen the movie nor read any of the books originally written by L. Frank Baum, but I still vaguely know the outlines of this classic story. This museum was not the first time we had seen allusions to the Wizard of Oz, that only I could understand. Here’s for you, and maybe we could buy the movie (*hint* *hint* ).
Movie Poster
The Wizard of Oz, named the Wonderful Wizard of Oz book wise, tells the story of 12 year old orphan Dorothy Gale. She lives in Kansas with her Aunt Em, and her Uncle Henry. During a violent tornado, she finds herself trapped in the house with her dog Toto, while her family is safely in the storm shelter outside. She gets knocked unconscious, and when she wakes up, she finds that she and her intact house are no longer in Kansas (the scenes, which in a sepia toned black and white, are now in full technicolor because she has arrived in Oz). She is in a strange village, and a witch named Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, tells her that her house has just landed on and killed the Wicked Witch of the East. The Munchkins, who live in the east, are all happy, and they celebrate the witch’s death. The Wicked Witch of West arrives, and claims ownership of the powerful ruby slippers that the dead witch owned. Glinda, however, quickly transfers them onto Dorothy’s feet. The angry Wicked Witch of the West leaves, swearing revenge on Dorothy, and Glinda proposes that Dorothy go and see the Wizard of Oz, in the Emerald City, and he will know what to do. She is told to follow the yellow brick road, and this is what she does. On the way, she meets and befriends the Scarecrow, who has no brain, the Tin Man, who has no heart, and the Cowardly Lion.
The Emerald City
She convinces each one that the Wizard will help them obtain what they want (brain, heart, courage, respectively), and so they tag along with Dorothy and Toto. They overcome the various roadblocks that occur and eventually they reach the Emerald City. The Wizard, who appears as different images to each individual, tells them he will grant their wishes, Dorothy’s wish being to return home, if they kill the Wicked Witch of the West. Toto, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tin Man all make their way to the witch’s castle, where she greets them with wolves, crows, bees, and when they still overcome her efforts to kill them, she sends her Winged Monkeys, which promptly take over the gang and fly them to the castle. The witch tries taking the shoes in various ways, but she cannot take them off herself. While threatening to kill Toto, she demands to have the shoes. Dorothy finds that she cannot take them off herself, and so the witch decides she must kill Dorothy to get the ruby slippers. Dorothy quickly picks up a bucket of water while the witch is thinking of how best to kill Dorothy, and she dumps the water over the witch. The Wicked Witch of the West then starts melting, and she dies. The triumphant gang returns to the Emerald City, where they meet with the Wizard again. Toto accidentally knocks down a screen in between the Wizard and the others, and it is realised that the Wizard is just and old man pretending. He is also from Kansas, and arrived her in a rogue hot air balloon. He proposes to go home with Dorothy and Toto in the same hot air balloon, which they accept. The Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man, who all discovered they didn’t need hearts or brains or courage because they already had them, were appointed to rule in the Wizard’s place. Once in the balloon, Toto jumps out to chase a cat, and Dorothy goes after him, making it too late for the Wizard to bring down the balloon, and he leaves alone. Dorothy already imagines living in Oz forever, but Glinda, the Good Witch of the North arrives, and reveals to Dorothy that she had the power to return home all along, with the ruby slippers. She follows Glinda’s instructions, and taps her heels three times, chanting “There’s no place like home”. She wakes up in Kansas, in her room, surrounded by her family.
The Wicked Witch of The West
The story version I told was the film version, because I believe that no matter what you say, most people only really know the film story. There are some minor and major differences between the book and movie, as always, but the only way to truly know the two is to simply watch and read them.
And here’s an interesting fact that you may not know: 16 year old Judy Garland, the actress and singer who played 12 year old Dorothy in the movie, would turn out to die of an accidental drug overdose (official death on death certificate, but she was known to have made many suicide attempts) at age 47. She is also the mother of Liza Minnelli, the singer and actress who played Sally in Cabaret. She is also the mother of Lorna Luft, also a singer actress, who played Paulette in Grease 2.
Here is the trailer for the Wizard of Oz:
We went to Cape Ann, near Boston, to do some whale watching. We mainly only saw some humpback whales, so here is a small description of these creatures.
Humpback whales are baleen whales, and adult whales can measure 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). They are generally black on their dorsal sides (upper side), and black and white on their ventral side (under side). They have slim heads, but from above, they appear wide and rounded. They have unusually large pectoral fins (side fins), and knobbly foreheads and lower jaws, although it is still not known what purpose these knobs serve. The Humpback whale is very acrobatic, and curious, often coming up close to boats to investigate. They enjoy breaching (jumping out of the water, and falling back in on their backs), and slapping the water. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any breaching or slapping, only a few whales occasionally coming to the surface to breath as they travelled. We did see a whale diving into the water and showing a tail however, which was very nice.
Humpbacks feed on krill, and small schooling fish such as herring, salmon, capelin, mackerel, pollock and haddock. These whales feed only in summer and they live off their fat reserves during winter, they migrate during the winter to the warmer tropical and subtropical waters. They directly attack their prey, or stun them by hitting the water violently with their powerful tails. They are also prey to Killer Whales.
Humpback Whale Breaching
Humpbacks live alone, and only form short acquaintances for practical reasons. Females have calves every two or three years, with a gestation period of a year. The whale calves measure 3-4.5 m (10-15 ft) long at birth, and weigh up to a ton. They drink on their mother’s milk until they reach the age of one year old. Humpback whales were previously thought to live in between fifty and eighty years old, but more recent studies found whales as old as 200 years old. A lot is still unknown about whales, including the reason for their ‘songs’. Humpback whales create sounds and clicks, which has been called a song. Scientists still do not know what whales use this song for, sometimes repeating the same sounds for 24 hours non stop. Some theories include to attract females during the mating season, as it looks like mainly only males sing, but sometimes songs are recorded after the mating season. Another theory is that it is a warning for other males to stay away. Either way, these songs are said to be very relaxing, and many recordings can be bought on CDs.
Humpback Whale Skeleton
I enjoyed the whale watching trip very much, with the boat ride, the sun, the wind, and of course, the whales. I did however, forget to put my hat on, and I got a bad sunburn on my face of which I am still recovering. It’s not as bad as it was, but it seems to itch even more than before!
While walking around Boston, we saw a statue of Paul Revere, and also many streets and buildings named after him, not to mention all the little figurines of him available in gift shops. Not knowing who he was, I decided to research him. Paul Revere was an American patriot who toke part in the American Revolution born in late December 1734. His father, Apollos Rivoire, was French but he moved to Boston at the age of 13 and became an apprentice silversmith. He anglicised his name to Paul Revere and married a Boston woman. He lived his life and had many children, but he decided to give his silvertrade to his son, Paul Revere (yes they are both Paul Revere). Paul toke over the shop and his silverwork became well known. He also practised dentistry, and he became acquainted with many political parties. He married Sarah Orne, and leaving behind six children, she died in 1773. Paul later married Rachel Walker, with whom he had another five children. After the Boston Tea Party, in 1773, Revere started the role of messenger for the Committee of Public Safety, delivering messages and news of politics. During this time, his son Paul Revere Jr. toke care of the silver shop. In 1775, revolution was clearly starting, and Paul became very active. He got his most famous role as night-time messenger on horseback just before the battles of Lexington and Concord. His famous ‘Midnight Ride’ occurred on the 18th of April 1775. He and William Dawes were instructed to ride out to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were planning a move that night. The British intended to arrest Adams and Hancock at Lexington, and to seize the stash of weapons they had in Concord. Because of the warning, the battles were won by the Revolutionists. After the war, his silver trade was difficult because of the recession, and so he opened a hardware and home goods store, but soon he became interested in other metal works besides silver. He opened an iron and brass trade, and soon started creating bells. Revere died on the 10th of May 1818, at the age of 83, in his home on Charter Street in Boston. He was buried in the Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem about Paul Revere, about his midnight ride to warn of the British’s movement. It created many myths and much confusion however, especially since Longfellow changed the facts greatly to suit his poem, and this poem was forcibly drilled into thousands of schoolchildren’s heads. The poem’s main problem is that it gives sole credit of delivering the message to Paul Revere, when there is actually at least three known riders (there was probably more, but they are unknown). The poem describes Paul as a lone rider, racing through the night, and shouting in the towns “The British are Coming!!”. These are untrue, he could not have shouted through the streets, because the towns were still mainly inhabited by colonists who considered themselves British, and so Revere had to use a more discreet way of informing his compatriots. Many myths still persist because of past popular belief that Longfellow’s poem is true. Hopefully, Paul Revere’s life will eventually be clarified for all.
The only authentic photo of Emily Dickinson after childhood. Estimated to be 16 or 17 on this picture. She had very curly red, copper hair, but she claimed that in this picture she had a bad hair day, and she never got any other photo taken.
Emily Dickinson was an American poet born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was born on the 10th of December, 1830 to a successful family with strong community ties. She was the middle child, with an older brother, Austin, and a younger sister, Lavinia. She lived a rather reclusive life, although she was not a hermit. During her later years, she avoided face-to-face contact, but she kept numerous correspondences, and she had her brother and his family living on their father’s land. Many people believe she was a hermit because it is often said that she never left her father’s land, or even sometimes her room, but in letters, she explained that her room was freedom, it was where she wrote, and she had large windows viewing on the main street. As for not leaving her father’s land, this is probably true, but the land was very large (several fields, two houses, gardens), and she had much cleaning, cooking and gardening, not to mention writing, to do. She was not all alone however, and she was very friendly with the children of the neighbourhood, as well as with her nieces and nephews. She would bake cakes for them, baking and gardening being her favorite and best activities, besides writing. She also had her brother’s wife, Sue, with whom to talk to, and she had Carlow, who kept her company. Carlow was her brown newfoundland dog which her father had given her, and it is said he was named Carlow after a dog in the novel, Jane Eyre.
A Brown Newfoundland Dog
Emily’s home, where she was born and where she died, is now a museum dedicated to her. It is a must see in Amherst, with antiques such as her bed, books, chairs, and even a piano, which Emily liked to play. This is what we visited just before leaving for Boston. Before having seen this museum, I had no idea who Emily Dickinson was, and I had never heard any of her poems. Now I know about her, and I even read some of her poems. She is considered one of the best writers, alongside Shakespeare. She wrote almost eighteen hundred (1800) poems, from which only a few dozen were published during her lifetime. It was only after her death that it was realised just how much she had written, when stacks of scraps of paper were found in her house. It was noticed that death and immortality were reccurring themes. Before being published after death, the poems were significantly altered to fit the publication needs. Emily’s poems usually had no title, the sentences were small, and words in middle of sentences would be capitalised. It is not known why she did this, but some believe she capitalised her words to create emphasis, or because she toke German classes (in German, nouns are capitalised). While writing poems, she also used to place little crosses above words, and beside the cross, she would add other words which could replace the original to make the poem sound better. Sometimes, there would be a dozen candidates who could be in one place, and editors were faced with the dilema of choosing the right word.
She died of kidney disease on the 12th of May 1886, at the age of 56. She never married and neither did her sister.
While staying at Amherst, we saw so many squirrels, so much so that if an hour went by and we didn’t see a squirrel, we started to panic. I found out that the squirrels we keep seeing are Grey Squirrels.
Grey squirrels are in the rodent family (mice, rats), and their coats are (duh) grey, with some rust colored tinges, a white underbelly, and a very bushy tail. Their adult lengths are on average 46 centimeters (18 inches), half of that length being their tails. Their weight is in between 454, and 680 grams (1 and 1 and a half lbs). They live in nest like structures called dreys, which they build in forks in trees. Females can have two litters every year, each litter containing between 2 and 5 baby squirrels. Gestation lasts 44 days, and when born, a squirrel is blind (eyes closed) and naked. They leave the drey to live on their own after 2 and a half months. Because of their high reproduction rate, they are slowly taking over the places in which they can be found, and they have been classified as ‘pests’. During their 12 years or so lifespan, squirrels mainly stick to their title of granivore (seed eater). They are, however, very adaptable in every way. They do not fuss about their habitat, and when their preferred seeds and berries are very scarce, they can eat everything else, from other squirrels, eggs, tree bark, garbage, sap, to even eating their own young or smaller vertebrates. Grey squirrels can also very often be seen rummaging through park bins for something to eat. They are scatter hoarders, meaning they store food in various hiding places for later in case of an emergency. They have very good memory, and they remember where they hide their food.
A squirrel has four digits on it’s front paws, and five on it’s hind legs. Each digit has sharp claws, which they use to climb trees. They are one of the only few species that can descend from a tree head first without difficulty. They are naturally curious, and shy, but their shyness vanishes as soon as they are fed by the said person. These squirrels seem to have a taste for college campuses, and they are generally thought of as cute and cuddly, although when food becomes a factor, they will not hesitate to grab that nut out of your hand and scutter off. Nonetheless, most people find squirrels cute, as I do.
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