Up on the roof

[hrj]

While sitting here doing e-mail, I heard a sound like someone walking around on a bare floor. I live alone. The cat was sitting innocently nearby in view. "Burglars!" I thought, and advanced towards the stairs. That was when I realized the sound was coming from overhead. I looked up at the skylight over the stair landing and saw

a squirrel.


A squirrel, clomping around on top of the (very resonant) skylight and licking it. I have no idea what the licking was all about, but it was quite unmistakable from the shadow of the little tongue flicking in and out of visibility on the skylight.