They really don't have anything to do with each other except that they were both in our backyard!

This cute little fella was in one of our trees. We figure the dog scared it, though I have a different theory. I figure the groundhog and our dog are working together on an escape route. Our dog loves to run around the neighborhood if given the chance (she escapes). I think she convinced the groundhog to dig a hole under the fence for her. The groundhog was in the process of doing so when my children headed out to the compost pile. The dog and groundhog thought they had been caught, so the groundhog headed up the tree to pretend the dog scared it. Once up there, it realized it had no clue how to get down! We put the dog inside (thinking she had scared the 'poor thing'). DH and ds (10) went to get the BB gun to help the poor thing decide to climb down. In the meantime, the groundhog decided it better hightail it out of there before we figured out the plot. No clue how it got down or how it got out of the yard (repeating to the dc that there are no flying groundhogs - they are much heavier than the flying squirrels - plus they are named GROUNDhogs for a reason), but we haven't seen it since.

I still think the groundhog would have fit nicely in my roasting pan!

The cucumbers (also found in my backyard, but not as devious) are our first ever. The larger is for eating as is, the smaller is a pickling cucumber. The bad part is that the pickling cucumbers are not all arriving at once. This makes the process of making pickles somewhat difficult since cucumbers do not last very long! The dill is all ready, too! Guess I should have checked my timing better - live and learn!

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