Critter City

Hello humans and others,

I am so glad to report that some of Missy Linda's wild animal friends are back so she is pretty busy in the evenings. That means that I might be more likely to sneak around and do something fun. In about 30 minutes last evening, there were three giant raccoons and an opossum* in the back yard. Later there must have been an armadillo because there are the tell-tale holes in the yard where he was digging for roots. Now, she figures that she will need to try to remember to bring in the bird feeders at night because she can't afford to feed that many huge mammals. Now she knows what was happening to all the bird seed! She is kind of dense sometimes, you know. She kept thinking that those birds sure were eating a lot, and bird seed sure was going up in price. Duh! Now, she can put things together---after she's seen it with her own two eyes.

She thinks that the raccoons are the family from last summer. If it is the same family, the kids are definitely all grown up! She says they are much bigger than Pseudo Uncle's Richard Raccoon. Maybe Richard's growth is stunted from all the chocolate candy, pecans and pepperoni pizza that he eats! Wait! That doesn't make sense, does it?

Since he lives in town, Missy Linda said to call him this. If he were a country animal he would be a possum. I don't know where she gets her information, do you?