A mouse does a wheelie on a bicycle made from branches
A mouse does a wheelie on a bicycle made from branchesThe tiny rodents can be seen doing wheelies on a branch bike, pushing a shopping cart full of strawberries, and taking pictures of themselves with an old-school camera.
The scenes were captured by photographer Gez Robinson, 60, who befriended the mouse family in his own garden in Rotherham.
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He first noticed them during the initial lockdown when they took over his daughter’s old playhouse that had been left outside.
A mouse pushes a tiny shopping cart
A mouse pushes a tiny shopping cartSince then, he has patiently built up a series of scenes and got his little playmates to pose in front of his camera.
Gez took pictures of the mice every day after work.
He also has a Facebook page for fans of the mice called “The Mouse Family That Lives on Blackberries,” which has 27,000 followers.
He said, “Wild mice are very curious.
Three mice indulge in a photo shoot
“Sometimes I can sit there for hours and wait for them, but peanut butter helps seduce them.
“The photos are so funny, they make people so happy. You give people a smile every day. “
Gez bought the playhouse called Honeysuckle Cottage for his daughter when she was five.
“It’s always been in the garden,” he added.
Two mice examine a daisy
Two mice examine a daisy“We bought it for my daughter, who is 17 now. She obviously doesn’t use it and mice now live under it.
“That’s where they store things.”
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