Home Library 5/30: Will the Squirrel Enter? by jyokota

Home Library 5/30: Will the Squirrel Enter?

I was trying to figure out how to photograph the door to the home library but it's just the icon of libraries in the US. My husband bought it and put it on our own library door because he thought it was funny to have such a public sign at home. Remembering my baking failure and the squirrel's delight yesterday, I decided to offer the squirrel a second chance to pose in exchange for more bread. The setup: https://365project.org/jyokota/challenges-and/2020-04-06
I stop and look as it is telling me a great story. thanks for sharing.
April 7th, 2020  
Good exchange!
April 7th, 2020  
Love this story-telling shot. That is one happy squirrel, one that may well get indigestion if it eats the lot.
April 7th, 2020  
Hysterical!! Love that the squirrel looks like he was about to enter before being distracted by the tasty food.
April 7th, 2020  
Such a wonderful shot and story. Interesting that you have to enter your library from outside ;-)
April 7th, 2020  
What is s home library??

Nothing wrong with bribery to get a great photo!!
April 7th, 2020  
Fabulous capture! Clever lady!
April 7th, 2020  
Good thinking.
April 7th, 2020  
He's obviously hungry for knowledge.
April 7th, 2020  
@golftragic -- I put a bag on top of the bread cube and wrapped it into the bag (without touching the bread after squirrel had eaten off of it) and put it away in the garage for tomorrow so he wouldn't gorge. I actually have a lot of squirrels in the yard, but today only one.
April 7th, 2020  
@taffy -- "tasty" is a matter of judgement and it's a good thing the squirrel liked it better than I did!
April 7th, 2020  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond -- home library is a library at home, and in my case it's also where I do my professional work since my field is "children's literature" -- and it was also a related field to my husband's work. I chose it as my subject for the April 30 days of shooting the same subject challenge.
April 7th, 2020  
@mbrutus -- a clever comment! thx
April 7th, 2020  
Thank you, can anyone enter and use it ( except these days if course!)
April 7th, 2020  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond -- anyone I know! (It's not a public library, it's a personal "research" library. Altogether, my husband and I had about 50,000 books before I started sending them to various libraries research around the world.
April 7th, 2020  
Ha - that loaf of bread is serving you well! Sometimes when I buy gf bread, I wish I had squirrels to feed it to! Great shot.
April 7th, 2020  
@jyokota goodness!! How wonderful you share your wonderful books of knowledge to those students who wish to understand more. Thank you for answering my questions on your feed.
April 7th, 2020  
Food for the soul...
April 7th, 2020  
That squireel hit pay dirt.
April 7th, 2020  
Great capture
April 7th, 2020  
A real home library, not just a room off the den with shelves on one wall, 50,000 books, oh my! That is an astonishing number of books in your private collection. The squirrel is a lucky fellow to have you as his own personal chef.
April 7th, 2020  
I wonder if he will read the Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and discover all about proper good manners......
April 7th, 2020  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond -- One of my biggest hopes is that people see beyond children's books as"cute"-- and understand that what you read impacts how you think, and feeding your mind and nurturing it is important on what and how you read. Thanks for being interested,
@domenicododaro -- and yes the SOUL! The MOST important part of feeding ourselves.
@joansmor @777margo -- yes, the squirrel was well fed, indeed!
@louannwarren Some of those books were in my husband's university office and storage area, and some in my university Center and office.Two years ago I had decided to give it all away. But now, I am thinking I will keep a small collection. And that squirrel is lucky only because his personal chef is not a good baker for humans!
@casablanca - hahaha -- you DO know literature for children. In 2012, my husband and I had planned a walking trip in Beatrix Potter Land in the Lake District. But his arch suddenly fell in his foot on the airplane, so we ended up having to cancel that part of the trip as it was all walking. So now I have never been there, But some day, I hope to go walking in the area that inspired BP to create the Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and more!
April 7th, 2020  
When I read at our story times it is a real responsibility to select the right book to put the emphasis, and voices, to words and characters. Julia Donaldson isn't easy!!!
April 7th, 2020  
Great capture, I still love to read and often find that a good book can nurture you as much as a meal does, just in a different way.
April 7th, 2020  
You put quiet an effort and thoughts to capture the squirrel, glad it played along so well.
April 7th, 2020  
That is a very unusual capture...quite a talking point!
April 7th, 2020  
Lol
April 8th, 2020  
A great way to take an interesting photo of the door. It's wonderful that you have squirrels near home. You are certainly keen to watch them now.
April 8th, 2020  
cute
April 8th, 2020  
Cute pic
April 8th, 2020  
I can't imagine the bread was all that bad... I do, however, enjoy sharing any leftovers with my backyard menagerie... I found a flatbread-cracker recipe that Ken makes nearly daily now...they're too good... I'll send you an email to try them if you'd like. I made them the first time, and now it's Ken's activity and he says they're so easy! Coming to you soon...
April 8th, 2020  
Are the skirrels confortable so close to humans? or maybe we frighten them. I saw a skirrel one day that came close to me, seeking some pine seed but I thought he did that because I was very quiet, sitting on ground.
April 9th, 2020  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond -- I once heard Julia Donaldson reciting and acting out her book, The Gruffallo, aloud -- and realized I could never live up to that performance!

@leonbuys83 -- how did you know that is just what I am writing about right now! Fuel for the body, fuel for the mind.

@angelikavr -- It was a fair trade -- he posed nicely so I have a lot of photos of him.

@happypat == unusual and purposefully planned, but accomplished my library photo goal and made the entrance look less boring. Also fit into my current trying-to-learn-to-bake scheme.

@jgpittenger -- not having such beautiful hummingbirds or nature in my backyard, I do the best I can to entertain myself.

@haskar -- yes, when your photographic entertainment is limited, backyard critters take on a new enticement for appreciation.

@pdulis @bkbinthecity yes, and good thing because the backyard entertainment is limited. Nothing much growing yet, although the daffodils are starting

@Weezilou -- I know from having enjoyed your meringues what a good baker you are (still hoping to have some Pavlova some day). Thanks for recipe -- I hope to try them out and have a photo opp some day.

@jborrases -- I was standing inside the house, using a wired clicker shutter release. See setup here: https://365project.org/jyokota/challenges-and/2020-04-06
April 9th, 2020  
@jborrases Once they're comfortable and know you as a food source, they're quite friendly, and will come running to you! We encourage it, and they're very entertaining ♥ : )
@jyokota I thought (long ago) I had used a Squirrel Nutkin book in my photo but (thanks to those tags!) it was a different book from my stash. https://365project.org/Weezilou/365/2013-12-30 @casablanca It's gives me a small pleasure to know that, on 365, I was the first to photograph and tag a squirrel... I'll take my accomplishments where I can find them!!
April 9th, 2020  
@Weezilou Thank for your kind explanation :)
April 9th, 2020  
Tom
A cute image and creative use of the bread, you might have a new friend
April 10th, 2020  
Lee
What won't squirrels eat!
April 11th, 2020  
Did he enter? Btw, great capture!
April 11th, 2020  
This made me laugh out loud,wonderful capture!
April 12th, 2020  
@tosee I thought it was a fair trade -- anything for a photo opp. And I never imagined a "squirrel friend" but in the photo I posted yesterday, I was right next to him and he wasn't scared of me, and just stared at me. So who knows? I'll be looking for photo opps in my backyard for a long time to come.
@gamelee -- indeed, even my unsuccessful baking experiment
@gggg -- nope, not this time, but once when I left the door to the hallway open a chipmunk entered and had to be chased out. But they are SO FAST I can't photograph them as easily.
@mzzhope -- we all need a laugh these days, right?
April 12th, 2020  
It's like the squirrel is listening to the storyteller on the door. Love the storytelling image.
April 12th, 2020  
Fun capture
April 14th, 2020  
😁 made me smile..and love your resourcefulness
April 15th, 2020  
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