Squirrel Experience (And Reminder!)

This is my second post about squirrels! I just wanted to say that I had a surprising experience a few days ago.

I was sitting at the National Mall, a few feet away from a tree. I was eating some lunch, when suddenly I noticed a cute little squirrel about a foot away. I offered it some goldfish, and it took tint nibbles. Suddenly, it stopped nibbling and JUMPED IMTOP MY HAND. It stated on my hand for a moment, then jumped off and scurried away.

The squirrels at the mall are very tame, but after thinking about the experience, I recommend you don't do it. Squirrels are mammals and all mammals can carry rabies. There are two types of rabies:

1. They can act sluggish and hurt, and when you go up to help them they bite you
2. They are aggressive and foam at the mouth. Because the animal is dying, the virus needs to go to another body and the virus makes the animal attack another animal

Another thing I saw at the mall was a white squirrel. Albino, actually, because of the red eyes. This one I also got close to, but refrained from touching. 

I once visited a rehibilitators house, and she had two hamster cages of baby squirrels: one with their eyes open and some with their eyes still closed. She told me that squirrels are really clean and have no fleas or ticks, even in the wild.

Just thought I would share my experience, but please refrain from handling the squirrels, because if they think you have rabies treatment is around twenty shots a week in the stomach. 

Thank you.

Heart-Warming Story: Birdie and His Dogs

I recently found this heart warming film for all those dog-lovers out there. I was on the verge of tears. I just read of few lines on the site, and I nearly burst in to tears. It's so- no, it's EXTREMELY sweet. Here is the link to the site:


Birdie -- Field of Vision


It's super sweet, I hope you love it.


HAPPY CRYING!! :)

Google Alerts for Writing and Animals

Do you know what a Google alert is? Basically, you look up Google Alerts. The concept is easy. You type in a key word, and pick how often you want emails about that subject to come to your inbox.

I have two Google Alerts: wolves and dogs.

This is a really short post, but I just wanted to let any of you who don't know about Google Alerts know. Of course, you can type in any keyword, not just dog or wolf.

If there is a band you want to have updates about, you could type in the band's name. If you want to hear about the election, you can. You can type in anything from debates to ducks.

Happy... receiving Google Alerts? Yeah. Happy receiving Google Alerts!

Writing Prompt

Happy Columbus Day! Today's prompt is not related to Columbus Day, but it's really sweet. (Just like Wendy, a sweet foster we have. Please view my earlier post!) Ready? Here is the prompt:

Happy writing!

Inspiring Quotes for Animal Lovers

Remember that earlier post about quotes? Well here are some for the animal lovers that you might like to see. I think their core message is to never give up. I have the website from where I got them listed at the bottom. It's actually a link so you can click the name and it will take you to the website. Here are the quotes:

Images from: INK361

Wendy is Looking for a Home!

My family fosters dogs. Right now, we have in our care a sweet hound mix. (There is a photo of her at the bottom.)

Her name is Wendy; she's mostly white, with some brown spots. (Or as I call them, her cappuccino stains!) Wendy is super sweet. She's four years old, and loves to play with our crazy dog. She is a bit heavy, but we are managing her weight. (She could stand to lose a few pounds.)

So far, she hasn't barked, but she does play growl when playing. One of her favorite activities, when she's not wrestling, is to sun bathe!

She spends a lot of time outside, soaking up the sun. She loves walks too, and does well on leashes, though she might be hard for children to control. Her previous owners didn't take very good care of her, and they didn't supervise her well. She escaped about four times, but she didn't go far and the neighbors who helped catch her said she came willingly. Ever since Saturday, when we picked her up and brought her home to foster, she showed no interest in trying to scale the fence. (Our fence is five feet tall and is made of wood.)

When you open the door, you might want to make sure someone is holding her or she is in her crate, because Wendy likes to try to bolt.

When she runs past you outside, I would be careful because she might knock you down. She's super sweet, but because smaller children may have trouble handling her and may get knocked over, she's recommended for children 8 and up.

She loves to give kisses, though! She can cuddle, and be calm, but if you have another dog that needs to be tired out, she can also wear them out. She's one of the sweetest dogs we've ever had.

So, to conclude:

• Loves the sun
• Loves to cuddle
• Might be hard for a child to control
• Can tire out your other dog
• Is good on a leash
• May knock over young children
• Loves to give kisses.

The rescue we foster from has a website. Here is her page:

Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation: Wendy aka Bella

How to Describe

So, you know how to write now because of my previous articles/posts. Now, I present you with a new post that teaches you how to describe! Describing is very important in a story. It gives the reader a clear picture in his/her mind. I'm going to write a scene twice. One is going to be very well described, the other not described well.

Here we go.

Sophie Racine was a good student, but she struggled in math. Her friends knew this, and every day, asked her how math class went. She would always ignore this, and go on to describe another one of her classes. But one day, the usual routine of asking how math went was broken. Her friends were persistent and always asked her how class went, and today she answered. "Well," she said, "I'm going to narrate this in third period. Ready?" Her friends nodded eagerly. "Well. Sophie Racine was sitting at her desk, her math book draped over her lap. She was wearing a orange and pink polka dotted dress with a blue background and blue leggings. Her composition notebook was on her desk, a mess of scribbles and crossed out numbers. Her hair was down, but her mouth was wide open, along with all of her 14 classmates, because a fly had just flown into Mr. Smith's mouth, mid-sentence.


Okay. Here is the same event, but described either better or worse.

Sophie struggled in math. She never answered her friends. They asked questions about how math had gone. One day she answered in the third person: Sophie was sitting on at her desk with a math book on her lap. She was wearing a dress and leggings that matched and were dark blue. Her mouth was open along with the rest of the class because a fly had just flown into Mr. Smith's mouth, while he was in the middle of saying something about how to divide.


I guess that was kind of obvious, but do you see what I'm saying? You need to describe well to have a good story. I hope this helped!