Introducing Chippie...

the magician!  This is Chippie.  He's a real cutie!  He's been coming around most everyday from time to time.  Now he's found we have an endless supply of peanuts his visits are even more frequent.  This morning he decided to pose for a couple of photos.

He's still quite unsure of us and so, just to be safe, he's adopted a 'take 'em by surprise' tactic.  He approaches quietly underneath the decking and pops up through the left hand side railing.  Once he's got what he came for he runs behind the right hand divider rail.  Knowing that we are waiting for him to pop back round said rail he dives, unseen, back under the decking and creeps up behind us from the left again!  He then performs a little magic trick.  Now you see the nut.  Now you don't!!