mr. squirrel

we have beautiful french doors in our master bedroom leading to our back deck. i can see from my bedroom to my pond and the trees behind it. there is a tallish evergreen with the branches trimmed about 4 feet up directly behind my pond. lots of critters enjoy our yard including squirrels. yesterday while changing a diaper on my bed, i noticed a cute grey squirrel very busy climbing up and down that evergreen. the situation was unusual as he was trying to carry up what looked to be a large light beige purse. well large to a squirrel. maybe it looked like a big dead heavy leaf, very light in color. mr. squirrel was quite determined trying to get whatever it was up the trunk. about 5 feet up or so the object would fall. down he would scurry to scoop up his treasure, than right back up again. this repeated a few times until he grew tired, and left. maybe he went to find his squirrel friends for some help. whatever the case, he had left. i took a minute later in the day to investigate what mr. squirrel had abandoned beside my frozen pond. there i was in the michigan tundra, all bundled up in my pink robe, new green winter hat and rainbow bright scarf. (i know, im hot.) warm coffee in hand and jager dog by my side. there it was, the large squirrel purse, or to my surprise, a piece of pizza. yup it was pizza that the hungry busy squirrel was trying to scurry up the tree with. no sooner than i realized that the treasure was, jager gobbled it up. 2 chews, 1 swallow. poor mr. squirrel. fat dog.