Not nitpicking, just sharing something I learned from reading Tom Robbins. Something is either unique or not. There aren’t levels of “unique”. (I tried to find the quote, but failed. It’s from “Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates”.)

They probably aren’t that rare. It’s like a hellbender salamander. They are out there, but most of us don’t get the honor of meeting one.

It hit me this afternoon. I was just going about my day and “NUTasha” popped into my head. I’m ashamed.

We often keep a second story deck door cracked so the cats can get fresh air (and chase bugs, lizards etc). It either wandered in or a cat brought it in (but it seemed completely unharmed.).

Definitely cute, but not a marsupial. Flying squirrels (and I just learned this tonight) are placental mammals! We live in the woods in SW VA. This little guy is not a pet sugar glider. Our cats cornered him/her in our bathroom.

We moved to the blue ridge a few years ago. We definitely never saw one back home. This one was in the bathroom and our cats made sure we knew about it. It was scared, but otherwise unharmed. I can’t tell you how excited we were to see it glide from the second story deck upon release!!

They are quite similar, but we live in the woods in SW VA now. When we lived in RVA I would’ve assumed it was a lost pet SG, but that’s not very likely where we are. A veritable host of predators roam between our house and the nearest neighbor.

Life goal achieved! Not only got to see one up close, but got to see it gently glide to the ground from our second story deck. That was cool!