The Water Dish

The Water Dish The Gardener had run the sprinkler the evening before, so in the early morning of a hot, breezy day just after Midsummer, Mama Chipmunk and Squirrel carried a large dish of water into the shade of the stone wall — to give the bees somewhere to rest, and...

The Library

The Library To find today’s Reading Nook, we follow Mama Chipmunk into the almost-hidden gap in the dry stone wall, behind the peony plant.   Turn right, scamper down a narrow corridor, and emerge, blinking in the sudden, unexpected light, into a wide, dry...