Growing Bolder Community

Our mascot "Boomer" has chosen to take a sabbatical. While Boomer didn't provide a reason for the departure, it has been made clear: departure is imminent. Its rumored Boomer will be having a going away party in the upcoming weeks on the recently decommissioned Bolder Helicopter Pad B at the Growing Bolder Worldwide Headquarters (GBWHQ-CHOPPAH-B). ---Why is the small red squirrel called a...

It's usually the sound of a large furry body hitting the patio door in frustration that tips me off to the gopher on the porch. This is the first year we've had him for a visitor. The usual suspects that raid the bird feeders are racoons and a fat squirrel that Bandit, the retriever, loves to chase off the porch. We have a whole routine going now. Starts with me spying the squirrel at the...

Bandit made a "squirrel run" yesterday morning. That's what I call it when I look out the kitchen window at the bird feeder on the back porch railing, notice a familiar, very fat grey visitor with a luxurious tail dipping into my eight-dollars-a-five-pound-bag of hulled sunflower seeds, and whisper the magic words to my dog: "Hey Bandit, there's a squirrel!!" The squirrel's not a dumb fellow,...

Ok!!! So, here I am, talking, writing, & visiting a squirrel!!! I've had stanger experiences in this life of 55 yrs.!! A Merchant Seaman for 8yrs., & being born, raised, & schooled, in Washington D.C., I've seen quite a few squirrels in my day!!!! I know without a dought, that in the end,I'll be buried by a squirrel!!!! ( hows this for starters??). I'm just getting started /w/ P.C. technowledgy,...

I like to think that you can find a lot of happiness in small things, and I just bought a big...