Baby-Chipmunk Reunion

Verona, Wisconsin, August 2016. This fellow recently visited our front steps. Cute feet, cutie!!

"Hey! Not so close!"

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1964. Our Čipūlis tolerates a little interaction.

I'll head inside.

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1964. Mom's still charmed by the Čipūlis.

Tasty

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1964. Čipūlis eats the peanut now; he's saved more for later.

There's a price for that.

Suburban Chicago, 1964. I record my memory of the Lake Nipissing chipmunk.

Chipmunk Fascination

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1965. The Čipūlis was a great amusement that summer.

Turkey Vulture

Verona, Wisconsin, July 2014. He's looking for a chipmunk snack.

Lift

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, 1965. Mom presents a treat to our cottage's chipmunk.

Our Amusing Visitor

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1964. Our cottage's Čipūlis picks up some peanuts.

Afternoon Amusement

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, July 1965. That Samoset Lodge Čipūlis commanded a lot of attention.

Stocking Up

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1964. The Samoset Lodge Čipūlis enjoys our offerings.

Graham Cracker

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1965. I feed our "Čipūlis" while Mom works on the red mohair sweater.

Resourceful

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, July 1965. The Samoset Lodge chipmunk is ready to store his stash.

Full

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1965. The Samoset Lodge chipmunk—whom we called "Čipūlis"—has had enough.

Dinner Hour

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1965. The Samoset Lodge chipmunk likes to get close when I have a treat.

The Life Box (Part 6)

Suburban Chicago, 1968. I do the "what-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation" assignment in pictorial form. Daddy saw an otter, and I saw 10,000 chipmunks.

A Balanced Diet

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1965. We returned to Samoset Lodge for a second summer vacation, and the Čipūlis resumed his begging habit.

Čipūlis

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1964. Here, again, is the "Čipūlis" who made our cottage stoop his home one summer.

Watch out for scavengers.

Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, July 1965. Mom and I are enjoying our hotdog dinner, but we're keeping an eye out for the chipmunk.

Scenes from a chipmunk hunt.

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Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, August 2012. Everyone had a great time, and the chipmunks survived.