Playing leapfrog with a goat and a squirrel.  From Wide Awake, 1884.

Outta here.  From the Indiana State Teachers College handbook, 1951.

"Forlorn dog strangely attracted to squirrels -- on wheels."  From the Florida Flambeau, 1959.

Reblog if you, too, have stared at all the strange things.  From Happy Jack by Thorton W. Burgess and illustrated by Harrison Cady, 1920.

This is the best tiny goat, squirrel and fairy sailing on a tomato can that we've seen in a long while.  From In No-man's Land: A Wonder Story by Elbridge Streeter Brooks, 1885.

From Nebelspalter, 1886.

"It seemed as if that little voice inside had fairly shouted in his ears: 'I am afraid.'"  From The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel by Thorton W. Burgess and illustrated by Harrison Cady, 1919.

One goat's leg raised casually.  From Susquehanna's 1929 yearbook.

"Two cruel green orbs set in a wide grey face."  From The Life Story of a Squirrel by Thomas Charles Bridges and illustrated by Allan Stewart, 1907.

Reblog if you, too, would be interested in a squirrel orchestra.  From Le Charivari, 1849.

"Charming the squirrel," from Polar and Tropical Worlds by Georg Hartwig, 1880.

Squirrels can actually see your sensual appetites.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1944.

We just discovered that the same year we published How to Be Your Own Cat, one Katerina Sidorova wrote How to Stop Being Human: Guidelines for Becoming a Squirrel.  (Select pages of the squirrel book are scanned here.  You can peek inside the cat book here.)  Something is in the air!

Here's the new year's pine cone.