Last night before bed, we peered out on to the porch to check on Orion and Lily for one last time that night. Imagine our surprise when we saw a large (Sensei size) raccoon sitting in front of the cat food bowls. This not-so-little raccoon looked at us with a surprised little face at having been caught. After a few minutes of seeing us it scurried off. Joe & I kept running back & forth from the living room to the bedroom windows trying to watch where it would go. We closed up the porch & it came back after a few minutes, but couldn't get in, so it left for the night. We have now decided that we'll close off the enclosed porch for the night. We'll put the water dish out for the cats. Since Orion & Lily always return in the morning for breakfast, before they co out & play for the day. The grand plan will be that if we time it where both cats are on the porch before we go to bed, we'll close them in for the night with their food, water, & litter box.
So, then this morning I was headed off to work. I'm driving down Old Milford Road when an all black squirrel dashed out in front of my car. I slammed the brakes, skidded in a straight line & left a nice set of skid marks on the road. I avoided hitting the fuzzy little bastard, by the way.
Can you see how my day is going here?????
About 5 minutes later I'm riding down Route 209 passing by Fernwood, when all the traffic is at a dead stop. Well, I had to smile because all these squirrel squashing, SUV driving, road raging, NYC transplants were stopped in both directions so that a family of geese (mommy, daddy, & 4 babies) could cross the road & go into the pond. It was really cute to watch the whole thing.
So, thus are the joys of living in the woods. I wouldn't change it because I have missed it so much since leaving Warwick & Continental Road. Now if I could only get rid of some of the people up here....
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