Constantly amazed by the wildlife outside her window in Trenton, Rachel Goodwin Clark has fostered a special relationship with visiting chipmunks. | SaltWire
Rachel Goodwin Clark of Trenton displays some of the chipmunk greeting cards she has made from photographs she snapped in her yard. One of her chipmunk calendars is in the foreground. - Rosalie MacEachernConstantly amazed by the wildlife outside her window in Trenton, Rachel Goodwin Clark has fostered a special relationship with visiting chipmunks.
“I always enjoyed seeing birds or animals and probably paid a bit more attention to them when our daughter was young but it was not a passion for me until I retired. No doubt it has a lot to do with being less busy but I am constantly entertained by looking out my kitchen window.” As the average lifespan of a chipmunk is two to three years, all her friends are known simply as Chippy.
“I also pick up a lot of small items at Value Village. I’ve found that Barbie doll furniture is just about the right size and I’ve also used items from keychains and jewelry. I’m always on the lookout for interesting miniatures.” “Chippy immediately jumped in and even leaned back against the tub so it looks as if he and the gnome are enjoying a bath together.”
She has also printed photos of Trenton’s Tim Horton and Sobeys East Side to print on her backdrops. In the Trenton photo a tiny chipmunk sits in a car, apparently parked outside, waiting for a coffee.“He figured out I was hiding treats and he’d dive in and knock everything over to get the seeds or whatever. I tried shooing him away with a pine bough but he kept coming back for a while.”
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