Have you ever had any contact with raccoons? They terrify me. One spring, a young raccoon took a liking to a large pot of pansies by our front door and was sleeping in it, thus flattening and ruining the pansies. I was NOT pleased with this development. My husband went out with some sturdy gloves on to see about removing it and the thing instantly went from docile to demonic, looking at Kris with murderous intent and making sounds to match. Go ahead and flatten our pansies, little fella – no big deal!
As I was looking out a window from upstairs this morning, I happened to see a large raccoon cross the street and start climbing up one of the trees in our front yard, making his way to a hollow and settling into it. I was sufficiently interested to get my camera, but figured at that point, the raccoon was going to bed down for the day in the hollow and wouldn’t be seen again and I was probably wasting my time. I’m a glass half-empty kind of gal.
However, as soon as I got back, he was on the move, climbing steadily up the tree and seemingly headed for a large squirrel’s nest. He suffered a lack of resolve at one point and began to go back down and then something filled him with fresh courage and he climbed all the way up and settled down in the nest.
My photos are terrible, having been taken through the mesh screen of the window and the dirty glass on an overcast day. Nevertheless, I will afflict you with them.
I wonder if this happens often? I did a little research and found out that raccoons often nest in tree hollows, but will sometimes nest in trees during the season of having little raccoonlets, so maybe the raccoon actually built this one. As long as he or she stays away from my pansies, I think we can be friends.
Oh, and here’s a bonus photo of Luna the Cat. I feared this morning that she might not be with us much longer, but the vet switched things up with her treatment and we have high hopes that she’ll recover.
Long live the Luna!
I’ll probably delete this in the morning.
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