Standoff in Suburbia!

Gracious greetings all,

I can't believe it, but Missy Linda has missed a fabulous photo opportunity again. Actually, I don't know why I said, "I can't believe it", because it happens more often than not. Late in the afternoon yesterday, Missy Linda and Tio Kane were watching a raccoon eat sunflower seeds from under the bird feeders. This was a little unusual since it was still daytime, but this was a kid raccoon so maybe he did not know to wait until evening. Maybe he didn't care what time it was, he just knew he was hungry.

Missy Linda called it a kid because it definitely was not the very large mother raccoon that she sees sometimes that can easily stand up and take the bird feeders off the hangers. This raccoon could just reach them when he kind of jumped to knock them around some. The first time he was in the yard, he was scared away by a noise or something.

After a while, Mushu, (you know, the giant cat who is my friend) was lying out in the middle of the back yard, probably ten feet from the bird feeders. All of a sudden Missy Linda and Tio Kane noticed that the raccoon was back, and he and Mushu were staring at each other. As you may remember, Missy Linda thinks that Mushu believes himself to be invisible! Anyway, they just stared at each other for awhile, and then the raccoon went back to eating the sunflower seeds. Mushu just laid there reflecting the sun like he was in the spotlight of a Broadway show.

Unfortunately, by the time Missy Linda decided that they would stay there long enough to get a picture, Missy Button had seen the raccoon and had chased it away. I'll swear! It's a good thing that woman doesn't make her living as a paparazzo! She would never get the good shot, and then I would never get to have a good life, would I?