I is for Intelligence

Gramps and Ryan with an animal he could outsmart

PT’s 91 Years of Wisdom

This year, I had a terrible time trying to figure out what my A-Z theme would be.  I finally decided that this year, I would honor my beloved 91 year old grandfather, Paul Titus, or PT as his friends called him, who passed away on February 8th.  He lived a wonderfully full life and was always trying to challenge my brothers and me to think out of the box.  So for this challenge I thought I would share little bits of his wisdom that he tried to bestow upon us.  

But I also want to highlight the wonderful bloggers in this community who have published their books.  So everyday, I will give a quick  shout out to those works with titles beginning with the letter of the day.  

Gramps had an ongoing fight with the squirrels in his backyard.  It all started, the day he came home and saw a big fluffy tail swishing at the top of his bird feeder. The body of the squirrel was wedged inside the tube and most of the seeds were now in its stomach.  

Gramps, an avid bird watcher, wasn’t happy.  He set about devising different ways to keep the squirrels out and the seeds in.  He put a big metal dome over the feeder, which deterred the mammals only for a while until they learned enough gymnastics to stretch their bodies over the dome, grab the feeder tube, and do a pull-up to steal the seeds.  

Every time Gramps tried something new, the squirrels adapted their technique and still went away with all the seeds.  Then he had an idea.  

Instead of keeping them out of the bird feeder, he decided to feed the squirrels their own meal of nutty fruitcake.  But he wasn’t into to giving them handouts.  He wanted to make them work for it. So he rigged up a contraption where he hung a piece of fruitcake from a thick rubber band.  He thought it would be just out of the squirrel’s reach, but every time the squirrel figured it out.  So Gramps declared, “I hate an animal that’s smarter than I am.”

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I couldn't find any books with "I"s to begin their titles.

Hope you have an incredible "I" day. Don't forget to check out all the other great A-Z entries here.

Kathy :)