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Wildlife sighting!
Jun. 28th, 2009 05:24 pm...not, of course, that sighting wildlife on my parents' back deck is any sort of unusual. But today, we found ourselves with a sudden and unexpected case of baby raccoons.
Like, little ones. To wit:
My mother has an ongoing battle of wills with the mama raccoon, Tawny. As in, she's been feeding Tawny off the back deck for years now, and Tawny has developed the habit of climbing on the screen door to get her attention. Mom has decided this is not good behavior and is trying to break Tawny of the habit by feeding her once and then closing the curtains. So the conversation today went something like this:
Tawny: *plucks at screen from behind curtains*
Me: You have a raccoon.
Mom: Yeah; she's fed already. If we ignore her she'll go away.
Me: *peering through gap in curtain* She has a baby with her.
Mom: *freaks out* Get the bread! Open the door! A baby? Tell your dad!!
Like, little ones. To wit:
My mother has an ongoing battle of wills with the mama raccoon, Tawny. As in, she's been feeding Tawny off the back deck for years now, and Tawny has developed the habit of climbing on the screen door to get her attention. Mom has decided this is not good behavior and is trying to break Tawny of the habit by feeding her once and then closing the curtains. So the conversation today went something like this:
Tawny: *plucks at screen from behind curtains*
Me: You have a raccoon.
Mom: Yeah; she's fed already. If we ignore her she'll go away.
Me: *peering through gap in curtain* She has a baby with her.
Mom: *freaks out* Get the bread! Open the door! A baby? Tell your dad!!
