Meet Fred and Wilma

 This is "Fred and Wilma", the baby squirrels that live under the neighbor's porch roof, cute aren't they. I posted about them on June 12th. Like our "Mascot", I feed them peanuts and talk to them in hopes of being able to hand feed them someday. What was I thinking?????

 
For a split second last night my fondness for these varmints came into question. I knew for sure I had the names all wrong, they should have been named "Bonnie and Clyde". The picture below is my prized parsley plant, or should I say "was". That plant was nice and full, now just look at it, mostly spikes. I caught those two red handed in the act of munching down on my plant like it was a salad bar. As they ran away you could see sprigs of parsley dangling from their cheeks. I am sure if I hadn't caught them when I did they would have devoured the whole thing. I have placed my plant up on the table but I am sure that now that they have tasted it they will seek it out like kids in a candy shop.

Thanks for Looking!

 

Voting for our Mascot Continues

I thought that I would add a couple of pictures of our "Mascot". In my efforts to befriend the squirrel I have been leaving him peanuts and laying in wait to take a picture. I know, I need to get a life! Everyday I am able to get a little closer and talk to it. I am really looking forward to the day I can call it by name. The voting continues on our Facebook page.The post below has the link.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Official Launch of our Website!!!!!

Well folks, we have been tweaking and editing and more tweaking and more editing and the time has come to announce the official launch of our website.

                                                 www.acornproductscorp.com

We invite you to come on over and take a look at us. Our site is a work in progress and we will be adding more information and pictures in the near future. To celebrate this leap into the depths of cyber space we have decided to add a little interaction to the excitement. We are holding an open competition to name our "mascot".  Please read our post  "Squirrel News" in our blog listed below and enter your submission through our Facebook page, just click the link below.

           https://www.facebook.com/pages/Acorn-Products-Corp/446782395340084

The winner will be decided through votes which will all be posted on our Facebook page. You can vote once a day. The winner will receive a $100.00 gift card from Lowes, please note that employees and family of Acorn Products Corp. are not eligible for this contest.  The winner will be decided on July 3rd, 2012 and notified via Facebook or email. In case of a tie the winner will be drawn.

The name can be either female or male!

"Squirrel News"

Being an avid fan of squirrels, (I can't imagine why) in the last week I have had two encounters with them that I would like to share with you, I managed to catch them both on camera. This first one is "truly" our mascot, it likes to sit on top of the utility pole just outside of our front door. I first realized it sat up there when I went to put mail in our mailbox one morning. I kept hearing this "crunch,crunch, crunch" and looked around to see where it was coming from. I finally looked up and there it was on top of the pole having a snack. I quickly ran and got the camera and it obliged me by sitting there long enough to take a picture. We have yet to name our mascot but it visits on a regular basis.

 My second encounter was the same day, I was sitting out on my patio and I heard that familiar "crunch, crunch, crunch", I looked up on my neighbor's roof and what did I see but these two baby squirrels enjoying a little snack. So once again I quickly ran for the camera and snapped their picture. I took the camera back  in the house and when I got back outside I looked up and to my surprise there where now a total of "four" baby squirrels on the roof. I ran for the camera again but was not able to get a clear picture of all four of them. Needless to say they have been quite a source of entertainment.

Just thought I would add, the neighbor is not pleased that he has

a family of squirrels nesting under his porch roof!

Hope you enjoy my "squirrel news"

Honoring a Local Veteran

Michael Sportello and  Congressman Richard Hanna

With Memorial Day being close at hand we would like to take this time to honor a local Veteran whose dedication to his community and country has no bounds. He is pictured above with Congressman Richard Hanna as his guest at the White House for President Obama's State Of the Union Address in January of this year. To list his accomplishments and honors would take all day, all you have to do is "google" him and you can see for yourself.

We would like to personally thank him for his service to our United States and his continuing effort to help other Veterans both locally and nationally. Also for spending endless hours volunteering his time and labor for community projects.

Michael is a frequent face around Acorn Products, his fiance, Clarice Dupres is our Production Coordinator

Thanks Michael!!!