Our kids were born with such voluminous, Dizzy Gillespie-grade cheeks that we immediately dubbed them “The Squirrels,” and we later gave our van the license plate SQRLPOD. This has nothing to do with anything, but I thought of it fondly upon seeing this charming 1-minute portrait:

Niki Colemont, is a wildlife photographer and a survivor who fled the Rwandan genocide at just four years old, arriving in Belgium as a refugee. The National Geographic 2019 finalist photographer finds peace today in photographing squirrels, who he considers “the perfect models.”