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SMOOTH AS A BABY’S CHEEK … Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/27/2019 • ( 17 )

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Smooth

Smooth as silk.

Smooth as a quiet lake on a sunny day.

Smooth as a baby’s cheek.

Smooth …

Silky squirrel

Photo: Garry Armstrong – Water, smooth as silk

Smooth as a baby’s cheek

Twilight at the pond

A little bit of silk …

Shining sand, smooth as silk

Smooth as a bird’s feathers in sunlight …

Smooth water with barely a ripple

‹ SHINING AGAIN – Marilyn Armstrong

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Categories: Birds, cee's photo challenge, Photography, Squirrel

Tags: Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Marilyn Armstrong, Photography, silky, smooth

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evilsquirrel13
02/27/2019 • 3:18 pm

I’m not sure if the squirrel is actually silky or not. I have yet to pet one…

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  02/27/2019 • 7:08 pm
  
  I actually did — LONG, LONG time ago — like 40 years+. Owen was maybe 7 or 8 and his friend Moses lived down the block. One day (I swear this is true!) a baby squirrel just climbed up Moses’ leg and settled down in his arms. Wherever Moses went after that, his squirrel went with him. So I did get to pet the baby squirrel and he felt like a bundle of fluffy silk. What a cutie! They feel just like you think they will feel. There isn’t much squirrel under the fur, but it’s very silky.
  
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Donnalee
02/27/2019 • 2:01 pm

Lovely photos–and that squirrel is a smooth operator!

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  02/27/2019 • 7:10 pm
  
  That squirrel is a survivor! Something (I’m betting a hawk) grabbed him and broke free, but you can see the scars on the back of his neck. I mean, it could have also been a coyote or a fox, but that’s where hawks grab prey. He seems fine — the scar is scabbed over and he doesn’t seem infected, so I’m assuming he is okay. But he is a SURVIVOR.
  
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  - Donnalee
    02/28/2019 • 1:29 pm
    
    We have some in our yard that have that kind of scar, and some blind in the left eye–more than one squirrel, whom I see at the same time, blind in their left eyes. Hmm. They are clever and tough.
    
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    - Marilyn Armstrong
      02/28/2019 • 5:12 pm
      
      They are prey. It’s also why I feed them, too. Everything needs a meal.
      
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swo8
02/27/2019 • 12:44 pm

very smooth….

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  02/27/2019 • 7:14 pm
  
  I love the shine of the sunrise on the smooth water.
  
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  - swo8
    02/27/2019 • 7:31 pm
    
    it’s stunning!
    
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Carol Carlisle
02/27/2019 • 11:34 am

Love the silky sunset

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  02/27/2019 • 11:40 am
  
  For me, it was the shine of the sunrise on the sand. It was amazing to see.
  
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  - Carol Carlisle
    02/27/2019 • 11:50 am
    
    You’re on the other coast. We don’t see sunrises like that here. Beautiful no matter which time of day.
    
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    - Marilyn Armstrong
      02/27/2019 • 12:43 pm
      
      We get sunrises because it’s the east coast. I suppose you get the sunsets. We get sunsets, but the land tends to block the view.
      
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      - Carol Carlisle
        02/27/2019 • 1:13 pm
        
        That’s seems to be how it works. I get hill and foggy sunrises.
        
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        Marilyn Armstrong
        02/27/2019 • 7:12 pm
        
        I remember getting really crabby but always getting sunrises and inevitably missing sunsets — until I realized we live on the east coast. So unless we were up on a hill or on a lagoon facing west, sunsets are very rare, but sunrises relatively common.
        
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Cee Neuner
02/27/2019 • 11:10 am

Wonderful set of photos for this week. Thanks Marilyn 😀

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  02/27/2019 • 11:39 am
  
  Thanks, Cee!! I found pictures faster than I usually do. I also only had ONE baby. My friends and family are long past baby-bearing 😀
  
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