Spring Creek Ranch is a vacation rental property located in Winthrop, Washington in the bucolic Methow Valley. The ranch consists of sixty acres with three separate lodgingaccommodations. Spring Creek Ranch hosts numerous weddings and family reunions each year. Call Sarah @ 509-996-2495 to learn more.
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Father’s Day Surprise
Just like the good Farmer’s son that he is, Daren was up early on Sunday. Like, dawn early and he happened to notice that our cat, Achilles had captured some prey. Afraid that the cat had been hunting our bluebird babies again, Daren headed over to Achilles in order to rescue the fledglings. But, what he found wasn’t a bird…
It was a Flying Squirrel baby! I think that you can see where this story is going. Or maybe the stripped pants and fleshy arms snuggling said baby Flying Squirrel gave you some hints…
Ayla wants to call him “Squeaky”, Daren voted for “Rocky” and Maeve proposed, “Hector” since Achilles was “doing battle with him.” Just kidding. Wanted to make sure you were reading the text. No, our two year old does not quote from classical literature.
I admit, I was hesitant at first. A Flying Squirrel! A wild animal? But, this little guy has been such a loving guest in our house over the last few days. We feed him breast milk with a dropper and he seems to love the fresh cherries that just came into season as much as we do!
Rocky, Squeaky, Hector did sustain some injuries during his “battle” with Achilles so I think that we will continue to care for this little guy until we can figure out if he can be returned to The Wild.
*coming soon. A friend for the Flying Squirrel. I know the saying is all good things come in threes, but I hope that our animal magnetism stops at two!