Fat Fall Time

Wow, those squirrels are fat. 
The Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels who scamper around me during work are displaying some predictable, and adorable, behavior. They sit there on the old fence posts, chewing away at the pine nuts they have pulled down from the surrounding trees. They watch me curiously as their fall-fat little bodies jiggle around under their fur. Then I get home and wonder why I am suddenly craving nuts...