Monday, September 1, 2008
Raccoon Summer
It's been a good raccoon summer. Not as good as last year, but in some ways - better. I desperately miss my friend Giggles and Shadow. I hope they are well, wherever they are. But I do have their mom and her three new kits, one of which looks more and more like Shadow everyday. I have also really been enjoying the mom and four smaller babies - they are just adorable, and still pretty little. Last night they came to visit and played in the pots and dug up my rosemary. It was dead already, so I didn't mind. The little one played with the hose in between batting the ice cubes around and having snacks. It's such a good feeling to know that I am making their lives maybe just a little bit better and more fun when they visit my yard.
Monday, July 14, 2008
It's baby time again!
I've been waiting for the new kits of the season to show up, and this week I got my wish! There are two new families, one with three babies (from the "sixers" mom, I bet she's glad to only have half as many to worry about this year!) and the other family has four. They are slightly younger and oh so cute! Here are a couple shots of the newbies:
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
The Return of Giggles
It's been awhile since I've seen my pals Giggles and Shadow. Their mom has been around, but I haven't seen Shadow in months. Tonight Giggles came to hang with me for a bit! We shared some grapes and crackers, a little conversation.... always a pleasure to mingle with the ring-tailed ones.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Be afraid....be very afraid!
Once the rain stopped and things dried out, Boss and the Dukes returned. Apparently Boss is hatching an evil plan of world domination.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
The weekend of RAIN.....
Didn't detour the regulars from their snacks. Just made them "pre-soaked"...a bonus!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Ho Ho Ho
"Oh, I hope it's grapes...please be grapes.... or maybe marshmallows, oh how I love those marshmallows....I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!!"
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
I will just help myself .... thanks
Last night I had a visit from my favorite Coonies, Giggles and Shadow and their white trash mama. She is a cracker crackhead and will steal food right from her kids hands and run off. Kind of like if Britney Spears was a raccoon.
Anyway, Shadow let me pet him on the head a couple times and I went outside and hung out with them for a bit. Another raccoon came and they made fighting noises. I tried to shoo the other coon away, but he wasn't scared of me at all, just looked at me like "what? do you have me confused with someone else?" Turns out it was one of the sixers and he wasn't taking me seriously at all. My coonie cred is trashed. Or solid, depending how you look at it.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
The Wild Fires
The posts have been lacking the last couple months I know. October 21st brought some crazy wildfires to Orange County and sent all my raccoons running for cover (at least that's I'm guessing.) They stayed away for several weeks and I was quite worried about them. They are back in force now and a new family with 3 young kits have been hanging out as well! If anyone is out there reading, I will post some more pics soon.
A few days after the fire, Giggles and Shadow came back. They both seemed to have effects from the what they had to do to flee the fire. Poor Giggles had this horrible looking wound on his paw. Thankfully after a few weeks, it healed without infection.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Table Manners II
Do raccoons have table manners? I wanted to find out, so I put a table out with a buffet in the middle. Oh my god, I'm a genius! They are so funny and cute! They scoot around the table, trying to reach the food in the middle - wave their feet trying to get up. This guy seems pretty happy with the buffet, doesn't he?
Monday, September 17, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
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