The Squirrels Are Up To Something

Barley, a dog, surveils the activities of a band of squirrels through the curtains.

Barley is uninterested in squirrels generally, and I find her lack of interest especially surprising when they’re very close by, just outside the patio door. You might think this is because the curtain provides a kind of visual buffer, but she’s not any more interest if the blinds are drawn. However, today was an exception, possibly because the squirrels were really giving one another trouble over what I can only imagine is a squirrel turf dispute. As the motion blur on her tail implies, she was not only attentive to these squabbles, but wanted to make sure I was aware of them as well.