In my heart-efforts to feed the birds and squirrels during our recent snow storm, I found the 25# bag of sunflower seeds and a large bag of bird seed, purchased prior to the storm, couldn’t keep up with the weather or their need for nourishment in the extreme cold.
By Monday morning, knowing a trip to town was not happening, I thought, “Why not try cutting up one of the left over outside pumpkins?”
Silly me thinking a kitchen knife could cut through a frozen pumpkin 😅 Bringing it inside to defrost, made cutting it up easy.
Bringing it inside made cutting it up easy. The seeds inside looked nice and fresh and the pumpkin pulp smelled sweet like Thanksgiving pie 🥧
Not really knowing if the squirrels or the larger birds would eat it, I figured, I came this far, “What could it hurt.” To my surprise and delight, the pieces of pumpkin shells were completely empty this morning when I checked them. 🤗🐿️🪶🪶🪶
Maybe that’s what I saw the squirrel nibbling on yesterday afternoon 🤔 It doesn’t matter, the seeds were eaten and met the need on a cold winter day.
Thankfully, the sun is out, temps are rising and another pumpkin is defrosting in the kitchen sink waiting for a little critter to enjoy later today. 🐿️🪶🧡😊 Stay safe!
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