Aline and I wanted to celebrate our first Thanksgiving together on our own and make a mini-vacation of it. Go somewhere we could hike and enjoy the fall foliage colors in a mountainous region. Somewhere like Stowe, a village of just over 4000 citizen’s situated at the base of Vermont’s …
Old Man Fookwire is a grump who only likes to paint pictures of birds that visit his backyard. The problem is, they fly south every winter, leaving him sad and lonely. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders. The conflict escalates-until the birds depart (as usual), and the squirrels come up with a plan that charms the old grump.
My take: How can you not like a book where you get to say Googlie Mooglie, raise your fist and yell “Those darned squirrels”?
