On my triple-long commute into town this morning I enjoyed my scenic route along County Road B2 in Roseville. One may as well make a savory slurpee out of the snowstorm as sit in traffic stewing. This route paralleled the gob-stomped Highway 36 so moving along the stopped traffic made this bypass all the more satisfying. I happily paid heed to the calming advice of the mellifluous public radio announcer that “you will get to where you going in due time.”
While admiring the flakes falling on the white-bedecked urban forest I was startled by a clump of snow scurrying down a tree trunk and then disappearing when it hit the deck. It was an albino* squirrel who managed to survive standing out all summer amongst all the greenery. Cool!
You really can see a lot just by looking—to paraphrase Yogi Berra.
*Not being close enough to look it in the eye, I cannot be sure it wasn’t a plain old white squirrel (black eyed) but from the map posted at this website , my guess is it’s an albino. If so, that’s very rare—only 1 out of 100,000 squirrels exhibit this trait, according to my research.