Nancy, you've given a backyard rodent a better work-life balance than most of us.

Retiree Builds Tiny Sets So Backyard Squirrels Can Go Bowling, Bathe, and Drink Tea

Nancy Rose, a 72-year-old retired high school guidance counselor in Nova Scotia, spends up to 12 hours a day building miniature sets so American red squirrels will pose in them, lured by peanut butter smeared on props and peanuts and sunflower seeds she buys for about $1,200 a year. She shoots through a window with a Styrofoam slab and a hole cut for her lens, edits nothing, and has turned the hobby into children's books, calendars and puzzles — including Oakley's Great Canadian Adventure — earning roughly $50,000 a year.

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