You'll see in my comments on your page, Jean, how much I enjoy your stories. Got a chuckle out of the gulls...hoping that was not the highlight of seeing The Lone Ranger (which I thoroughly enjoyed!).
Squirrels...good thing they are cute, since they can be such a nuisance. Here we don't even have many of the cute kind. We have more ground than tree squirrels, and ground squirrels are not all that cute, and they too eat blossoms off the trees...they are currently devouring my Rose of Sharon tree blossoms.
I have a little rabbit that enjoys my rose petals, but she's kind enough to wait until they fall to the ground, then cleans them up for me