うちの裏庭に遊びに来るリスくんです。裏の家との間の塀の上を、すごいスピードで走っていくの。このあたりの木に住んでいるのでしょう。バージニアの家は美しい緑に囲まれていたので、シカだのリスだのきつねだのもぐらなど何でも来いだったけれど、このあたりでは見るのはリスくらいです。バージニアでは、家の壁をかじったり植えた花をごそっつと食べてしまう動物たちは、かわいいどころか害虫扱いでしたが、ところ変われば考え方も変わるもので、今は”まあ、かわいい”なんて言って眺めているのだから、自分勝手なものです。This is a squirrel in our back yard. He comes once in a while, running down on the screen which separates our property from the one in the back. He must live in one of those trees around in our neighborhood. Back in Virginia, we had lots of lots of green around the house and saw abundant of wild animals, such as deers, squirrels, red foxes and ground hogs, which are all regarded as "pests" since they chew on house materials and eat up all those flowers in the yard. Around here we only see this squirrel around. Since this is the only one we see, we cherish him. How selfish we could be!
息子が何枚も何枚もこのリスの写真を一生懸命に撮っていました。リスより、リスを一生懸命撮っている息子が愛らしくてほほえましい。。Our son ran back in house, came back with a camera and took many shots of this squirrel. I was looking at him, thinking he is "cuter" than the squirrel.
