I’ve turned into the neighborhood’s crazy squirrel guy. I’m looking into building a backyard shelter and possible a swimming pool, for the squirrels living in our trees. The heat’s been so bad that they’ve been “splooting” in our lawn, especially in the areas that are retaining more moisture. I’d watered the lawn yesterday and Jenny got these pictures after work. She already leaves a container of water out for them, but it’s not big enough to splash in. She showed me these pics and now I feel bad for the little guys. Squirrels can’t perspire. The way they cool off is by laying on the ground, spread out as much as possible in the coolest place they can find. 
I have a feeling that if I build a pool for them, that there’s going to be some ruffling of feathers, literally. For some reason, we have a swarm of black birds hanging out in our neighborhood this year and they’re always bullying the squirrels. We have to shoo them away from the squirrel’s water dish.
Now all I have to do is spend $400 on wood working tools and a $1,000 shed to work in.