Tuesday, July 31, 2012

a hot and stormy wind is blowing off the lake in the early dawn of the day. the force of it surprised me as rushed to close all the main floor windows. but let me start at the beginning. i came downstairs to check on edgar.....thinking i'd heard some barks from him.....but found him sleeping and content in the living room. when i headed to the kitchen, however, i heard the strange little trills of raccoons under the front windows. i heard scurrying. and then tearing. and when i turned on the light, there was an entire little masked, pointy nosed head, pushed through a hole in the screen, brazenly staring at me. and it continued to coolly stare me down as i yelled and shooed and finally screamed for tom. we feed the cats on the kitchen windowsill (i took this photo just a couple days ago because i loved the queen anne's lace) and the raccoons must have been after the cat food. we closed all the windows and tom marched around attempting to scare them off. but after he went back to bed, two little sassy faces sat on the other side of the glass watching me putter around the kitchen, not moving even when i walked right up to the window.
so it's an early start today. i wonder if a summer storm is coming in with the wind. the day seems overcast, but it could be the in between light that isn't night or day. it's still too early to tell.

6 comments:

  1. Raccoons can be so brazen, can't they? They are sweet looking but cagey and smart and learn quickly where to find easy food. You haven't seen the last of them, I don't think. Thanks for sharing your early morning story. It makes me begin my day with a smile.

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  2. Oh wow! I would have been petrified! My friend had a raccoon who would sit on her bar-be-cue grill and stare inside the window at her while she went about taking care of cleaning up after dinner. The first time I saw it, I freaked out. She said he would sit on the grill in the winter time which was right outside their back door on their patio. He was H~U~G~E and by morning was always gone. :)

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  3. nervy little rascals aren't they, you made me smile too!

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  4. Sassy and brazen indeed!
    Love your Queen Anne's Lace.

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  5. ha, I love raccoons.

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  6. This made me laugh.. racoons are so sneaky. Fortunately, our big dog keeps them away from the house. Now skunks.. those he seems to want to make friends with.

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