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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan 
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~A Woman of the New Millenium~Lyra copyright2002 Lyra Nesius "poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks [This message has been edited by Madame Chipmunk (09-03-2002 12:14 AM).] |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (giggles in delight) Oh my gosh, I swear, this is one of the cutest poems I have ever read and I think this has given me the biggest smile out of any poem I can remember yet! (kiss on cheek) I guess he'll have to settle for aloe vera for now but soon he'll have his banyun tree! LOL! This is so adorable, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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maggie Junior Member
since 2002-08-30
Posts 15 |
Lol, thats nice!!.Maggie xx |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Noah... I'm glad I gave you the giggles We have been watching this little lady all summer. We think she was born this past spring because she's still quite young... she has a twin sister and 2 clutzy brothers. I don't know if you read my poem which I posted a few weeks ago called "The Furry Bird". Its about the squirrel who was imprinting on the birds... He would eat out of our feeder, and then he tried to fly and fell flat on his face...poor thing. That was one of her brothers. They are so much fun to watch... and now we have a chipmunk who has made a burrow under our privacy fence in a perfect spot to see it from our kitchen and the computer room... I will write a poem about her soon also...  ~ hugs from a rodent of a different stripeLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Maggie... These little critters are so much fun to watch... Welcome to Piptalk... you'll love it here. ~ chipmunky hugsLyra |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Ha Ha!! That is too cute!! Your aloe plant??!! Good grief! Cute write Lyra. ~Hugs~ |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
I caught that part to Noah about the two brothers...Klutzy??? Hmmmm??? Let me think about that as I stumble and fall down the stairs.... Thanx Lady C. for another entertaining piece of squirrely poetry.... |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Nancy... I never knew that squirrels loved Aloe Vera so much... This is our second one to do that. The mother of this one stole our Aloe leaves this past spring when she was pregnant... It makes me wonder if this one is expecting also. She was just born this spring... it must be a teen pregnancy... ~ hugs of the rodent varietyLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Barry... I am the klutz right now... I can't even walk because of the pain in my left leg... so I win the klutz battle ~ hugs and chipmunk grinsLyra |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Glad I didn't miss this. Great expression. Very enjoyable write. ThisDiamond |
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mycafe Senior Member
since 2002-05-23
Posts 584 |
I really liked this Lyra, too sweet and cute. Seems like these little chipmunkies are spicing up your life quite a bit! marie Keep counting your blessings |
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ShadowRider Senior Member
since 2001-07-14
Posts 1038USA |
Just Adoorable, MunkSter! You have inspired me to repost my squirrel poem, too, in response. Look for it Tuesday. I mean, after all, it IS your cousin!! or aunt (as it were) ~Nutty hugs and tail swishes~ jeff [This message has been edited by ShadowRider (09-02-2002 09:22 PM).] |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
What a cutie pie that little chipmunk is.. almost as cute as you Lyra~ almost!  I apologize for being so vague of late... You're always in my thoughts and I keep you in my prayers. Hugs to you dear heart~ [This message has been edited by BluesSerenade (09-02-2002 10:05 PM).] |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Lyra - so sweet!! All God's creatures great and small....His entertaining gifts to us. hugs, Chris Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Kathy... We've been having so much fun watching these little guys all summer long... We've now gotten so that we can tell the two males apart because one has a white diamond shape on his throat... but the two females appear to be identical twins. ~ hugs and laughsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Marie... These are actually grey squirrels, not chipmunks... we do have a chipmunk who lives in the front of our house underneath our privacy wall. Our little postage stamp garden is his territory and every day, he comes out and defends it by chattering loudly. ~ hugs from a real chipmunkLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Jeff... We have a chipmunk living in our little garden in front of our house... and we've started feeding her (we think she's a she) She stuffs her cheeks full and then she scampers really fast into her little burrow to store it for the winter and just about 2 minutes later she's back again doing the same thing. Sometimes she can't cram it all into her little cheek pouches just by getting into her mouth...so she takes some more in her hands and crams that in also... She must have the biggest cheek pouches ever. I'll watch for your squirrel poem. Why don't you email me the link. ~ hugs from a real chipmunkLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Lori... Its good to see you back here again.... and I certainly appreciate all of your prayers. The little lady in the poem is not a chipmunk though... she's a grey squirrel... and she and her family think they own our living room deck. They don't seem to be afraid of us especially since they think we live in a glass cage... ~ welcome back hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Chris... and they are entertaining... Tonight there was a fight between 2 racoons in a tree in our backyard... I love living in the woods. ~ lots of chipmunk hugsLyra |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Lyra, I just love the pictures and what a little rascal eating your aloe plant. She must have her mom's gene's. I just the the antics of wildlife; so much better than any movie that's in the theater! Hugs, Marti "Even if life is full of thorns, |
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Greeneyes
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
Sweet little thing....awwwwwww....Lyra~ this is a bright little write for the AM thanks for sharing the smile.... Lauren~ The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Lyra, Aloe is for burns, he must have some heart burn from a girl friend. Delightful poem, enjoyed. |
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WhiteRose Member Elite
since 2002-07-23
Posts 3208somebody's dungeon |
You just love squirrels don't ya Lyra?  Yesterday while I was in the yard I watched one eat three pine cones. The best part was watching him come all the way down the tree each time he dropped it and drag it back up there again. Not without turning and scolding me for watching, and I don't know, maybe for laughing too. |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
neat poem Lyra...although having had squirrels under my balcony all winter long..I'm less appreciative of their antics |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Lyra Aloe is good for so many things...must be good for squirrels too. Loved this! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
After reading and enjoying this poem, I'm looking forward to your up-coming one on the chipmunk! Linda |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Marti... I'm thinking she might be pregnant because her mother was eating those when she was pregnant... but this one is so young... I'm surprised they have their babies at such a young age? Another teen pregnancy, I guess ~ squirrly hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Lauren... I'm glad that Ms. Squirrel brightened your day. Its a good thing for her that we don't mind her eating our plants. We also have beautiful double petunia plant which is hanging on our deck and she helps herself to those flowers also... The male squirrels don't seem to go after the plants as much... I guess they must be meat and potato guys  ~ hugs and gigglesLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sy... but I think she might be pregnant and the Aloe might be good for something related to that. Wild animals usually know what is good for them... more than we do... ~ wild chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Anne... I love to watch them play... they are so adorable and they think they own our livingroom deck... Their nest is in the maple tree which is adjacent to it, so we've watched them grow up. We also have a little chipmunk living under the privacy fence in front of our little postage stamp garden. We have a perfect view of her from our computer room and our kitchen... so we've been feeding her so she will stick around. I loved your squirrel story. It sounded as if he was nervous but he cared more about the pine cones than about his fright. ~ hugs from a rodent of a different stripeLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Martin... They are so cute...and they weren't really in your house... Did they destroy anything? I'm wondering why it upset you to have them under your balcony? I can understand being upset if they get inside your house... So, please tell me more... ~ hugs from a tame chipmunkLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Martie... You are probably right. Wild animals usually sense what is right for them to eat... unlike us... But it really surprised me that they would like Aloe Vera... and they must like it a lot because its a big effort for them to pull the leaves out of those plants... And thats what they do. We've seen them dragging those leaves away, and the leaves are bigger than they are ~ amused hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Linda... I was trying to write it last night but my muse wouldn't co-operate... So, as soon as she wakes up from her coma (my muse that is) I will write it. ~ chipmunky hugsLyra |
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Tammy Blessing Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 366PA |
Lyra, You live in the woods too?!! My Mother has a squirrel just like that one and it eats her Aloe plants as well...not to mention the corn she puts out for the deer, or the bird seed in the "squirrel proof" feeders!! Loved this write. Thanks for the laugh. Peace,love,light,happiness, and yes.. squirrels Tammy |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Tammy, Our condo backs right into the woods, and there are 4 little squirrels who own our deck. They aren't scared of us because they think we are the creatures in the glass cage who put the bird feeder out and water the plants. The females also eat our petunias and they all manage to get on the bird feeder...but we don't chase them away because they are so entertaining and they really don't steal much from the birds... Actually they are more afraid of the birds than the birds are of them...and when the birds want the feeder...they just dive bomb the squirrels...and the squirrels know that the birds have sharp beaks... They are so much fun to watch... ~ hugs from another woodland creatureLyra |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Well isn't she a chip off the old block, I loved your poem and hope you are well. Keth Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
This is soooo cute, Lyra. |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Mme. Chipmunk, Ah ha! You found her! She's nothing but trouble. She ate through a whole box of Puff's Plus last week -- her and that aloe! (by the way, her name is Squirrela D'acorne. Please be kind to her ... she's had it rough. But I won't take her back! I won't!) M. Squirrel |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I remember our black squirrels in Battle Creek...they were slender little ones, and seemed to race around like a rocket was attached to their tail. This is charming! |
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Zall Member
since 2002-08-25
Posts 214London, England |
Ahh the rat of the woods, we dont have anymore red ones in the UK, the grey ones ate them all! Zall |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Keth... I'm glad you enjoyed my poem and I hope I am well too! Right now I'm still waiting for some results of a scan... ~ hugs from the chipLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Sue... I hope all is well with you... ~ hugs from my heartLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Oh Mr. Squirrel, Why did you kick her out? It couldn't have been just because she ate the puffs with the Aloe in them... Poor thing! I'll take good care of her... ~ hugs from a striped rodentLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Karilea... We have some of those black squirrels here in our neighborhood too... but mostly we have the grey ones... I know that they interbreed though because we have a black one with a grey tail and also a black one with a brown tail... ~ hugs from a furry rodentLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Zall... They ATE them? Are you sure? I didn't realize that squirrels were cannibals..... yechhh!!!!!! ~ hugs and grinsLyra |
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