What is our little dog barking at?

There is a flower pot outside the window and a squirrel buries his nuts in the pot.
Our little Troy knows squirrels and at the old place where we stayed, his chasing after the squirrels was always futile. They were always too quick for him.
The squirrel this morning knew that there was a window between them and he simply ignored our little dog.
I believe in telling both sides of a story and I will show you what it looked like from the squirrel's side.

Hope that you enjoy the pictures.

Here's one more shot from Troy's side and then some photos from the squirrel's side.

This is what the squirrel saw when he looked through the window!

I ghosted outside and waited. Voila! There he is on his way to fetch another nut!

Boom. He jumped onto the lower pot and then onto the hanging pot!

Here you can see that he deliberately turned his back to the window. I could hear little Troy's frantic barking inside the house!

I let out a soft cough in the bush to get him to look in my direction, but of course he couldn't see me!

Here's the bigger picture and the squirrel on the flower pot below the window!

Finally, the squirrel was leaving and the show was over!

I have shown you both sides of the coin here, from Troy's side and from the squirrel's side. Two brave little animals that each have their own way in life. Troy is very jealous about his territory, as chihuahuas own ever place where they stay and the squirrel needs to stash his nuts in the flower pot. So it turns out that both are right in what they are doing.
They will never be friends, but the window is a barrier so that each can continue with their own lives', as Troy will become used to the squirrel at the window and he will soon stop barking at them.

Here Marian is showing you the nuts that squirrel's take from the trees!

So what is Mother nature's lesson to us here?

A very simple, but also complicated message due to our human nature.
You see, we will simply try to remove the window (barrier) between us and our enemies, so that we can attack and kill them. We simply cannot understand and accept our differences and leave each other to continue in our own ways.
Wars have removed the barriers (borders) and refugees are invading countries across the world.
Imagine us taking out the window and the squirrels moving into the house. There will be no peace, as Troy and the squirrels will continue to fight over his food leaving someone destitute and hungry.

Greed, fueled by hatred and anger sows dissent and destruction.
Compassion lavished by respect and love is a healing balm.
Think about it!

Note: All words and photos are my own. The photos are all unedited and only cropped for uploading purposes!

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