Marshmallows???

After we got in from the hot tub tonight, and were sitting cooling down in the sunroom, I heard noises. A raccoon was out on the deck patting at the sunroom door!

I went over and knelt down on the floor and looked out at him. He thought that was fun. Then I saw a second one coming down the fence (by the gate) as if down a ladder. Unfortunately, his feet had slipped off the last "rung" and he was hanging there, about 8" from the deck, not quite sure how far down it was! After a bit he managed to get a footing and came down. Then he came over and looked in the window at me!

Bebop came over and looked at the raccoons too. Ooh. What are those?

Rich said they must be saying "marshmallows?", so I went up and got some marshmallows, peanuts, and dog biscuits and went out on the upper back porch.

I closed off the cat door so no cats were in the screenporch. That was a good thing, because the one raccoon wanted to come right up on the deck with me! (The other one went down the staircase and hid for a while).

I had to toss the marshmallows and such or line them up on the deck boards. That raccoon is grabby! Not a polite one, he. He thought the peanuts and dog biscuits were good but... not as good as marshmallows! Well, he got three and his buddy got one. Then I left the rest of the biscuits next to the feeder and went back in.

After I went in, I reopened the cat door from the screenporch to the kitchen. The cats came out into the screenporch. Raven and I sat (he sat; I stood) and watched out the window. The raccoons walked around on the roof and peered up at us, then climbed up on the porch rail and crunched dog biscuits.

Marshmallows??? ( in category Nature/Cats , Treasures ) - posted at Tue, 16 Nov, 23:45 Pacific | «e»