OUT-OF-TOWNER GETS DISTINCTION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA—Lourise Hodges of Thousand Oaks had to drive all the way to Bryce Canyon in Utah to shoot this magnificent creature. “This beautiful little squirrel came up to my boys and I, and just sat there and posed for the longest time as if to say ‘Hi and welcome to my home. Isn’t the view great?’” Yes it is, and it was made all the more fantastic because of Lourise. Be sure to take your camera everywhere you go so that you, too, are ready when a Squirrel of the Month candidate announces his intention to run. Send 35mm prints to the address on page 4. Send digital images as jpg attachments to tonewstip@theacorn.com.