Skoons- the new household pet.

I have posted before about the animals we get in our yard. For Ohio, we have seen every type of wild animal it has to offer and it’s not like we live in the middle of the woods. We do live in a log cabin (I insist on saying cabin- makes me sound so rustic – it is a HOME, I know!)

But tonight it was a little odd. On the porch we have a Racoon AND a Skunk. They are having a cozy dinner date in our frozen landscaping. Their meal? Bird seed of course. I tried to take a picture for you but it was already dark and the flash with the window just didn’t work. But trust me, it was a vision. The two of them were touching noses as they dined. I’m thinking next Disney Feature Film??

We have some experience with Racoons:

These are the babies the hubby rescued from our gutter in a house previous AFTER they were terrorizing the kids through their bedroom skylights.

This is last year's Racoon eating bird seed

and this is last year's lovers -The coon and game hen....

I ALMOST fell for my hubby’s idea. He suggested I go OUT on the porch to take the picture. I started to make my move and then I had that light bulb moment. I pretended like I was just walking to a different window for a better look, secretly thanking myself for not taking the bait.

I do not have nearly enough cans of soup to shower in.

I wonder if the raccoon has already been sprayed by the skunk? We have caught a nasty whiff here and there in the past few days. Soon we will see little skoon babies, or maybe they will be racunks?

NO JOKE - the house JUST got sprayed as I type this.


It's OK, no worries, I took one for the team.
Blog fodder - that's all that matters.....

O  M   G   the smell......................................