I found this a very heartwarming display. How often does one come across a roadside memorial for a squirrel?
I have such affection and appreciation for tiny creatures (I’m sure some of you have seen me melt at the sight of small animals…or even drawings of small animals). Therefore, it delights me that someone put the effort into commemorating the life of this random rodent.
(I’m really digging the sports photo frame)
R.I.P…Goodnight, sweet prince.
Found on Cute Overload.
SheWalksSoftly 
6 responses to “Squirrel Memorial”
OMG…this is so cool, funny, and heartwarming. Thanks for making my day. 🙂
What a lovely memorial. It would be interesting to know the back story and if the deceased was a sports fan.
That really is quite adorable. And the sports paraphernalia is hilarious.
Aw they must have known that squirrel really well to know he loves sports that much! 😉
Everyone should do this when they hit an animal. Instead of deer crossing signs we can have memorials.
That’s great. If that photo is of the actual squirrel it suggests that he may have been a local squirrel which was tame and well liked, or maybe someone’s pet. Squirrels are lovely little critters, even cuter than the possums i get here in my backyard in Sydney, Australia. (Australian possums are far cuter than the American ones)
I too have lost many a squirrel. I recently had one vanish who had been living just a couple of houses down from me and who was with me for 7 years. I can’t stop crying and being upset because the love and affection I have for her and that she had for me is just something only a true squirrel lover could understand. I looked after her every day. Fed her and nursed her back from an injury a year ago. I tied to keep her safe, but what bothers me most is that I wasn’t there when she needed me. I have no idea what happened to her. If she was captured by a hawk or some other predator. My neighbor says he saw a squirrel lying up on the grass by the sidewalk. It’s eyes were open and it was lying on it’s stomach. It had died, but it remains to be seen how. We do live on a dead end street and it would be the first time a squirrel had been hit by a car there. Something or someone had already taken it away, so I never go to see if that squirrel was my little “Fijee” That’s what I called her. I miss her so much. Each day that goes by and it’s now been 11, makes me realize I am never going to see her again. I have no closure and no squirrel to take home and bury in my garden. I feel that she just didn’t deserve to die this way for as long as we have spent every day practically together, it just seems so unfair. Before Fijee came into my life I had a pet squirrel who had been crippled from birth that stayed with me in my home and who was with me for 11 years. Her name was Emily and I do have a book I selfpublished out there called ” An Acorn for Emily” Perhaps other squirrel lover’s out there may want to read my story. I still have quite a family of squirrel living in my yard and they come by every day. Most I feel are a part of my “Fijee” and so I try to console myself by knowing that a part of her is in each one. I really miss her, my heart is so broken. I pray that one day I will be reunited with her as well as my Emily and all the squirrels and animals I’ve cared for in my lifetime.
Anita