After Midnight...

[valupak]

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[cscottd]

Very cool photos!

[valupak]

thanks :)

hey... when does nano wrimo start? isn't it mid november?

[cscottd]

1 November. :)

[fickleasever]

Are raccoons brave or nervy creatures?

[valupak]

extremely! they'll even come into your house, knock over trash cans, fight with your cats and dogs.

though one of the places in downtown san francisco (raccoons are great urban wildlife!), there was one that lived in our backyard, and ate cat food we put out for the neighborhood cats (the former tenant had done that and i worried the cats would starve if i didn't continue - there were probably 10-15 cats). he or she would sit right next to the cats, eating out of the same bowl at the same time. and i'd leave the sliding glass door to the porch open a couple of inches, so he'd reach his paw in and touch my fingers. their paws are almost like monkey hands, very nimble! i would have loved to pet it, but raccoons can be vicious, even tame ones can turn vicious at puberty.

[valupak]

heh... just noticed i'd forgotten to end a sentence. i meant, one of the places in downtown sf where i lived (in the midst of highrises hotels and apt buildings)... blah blah blah :D

[wring]

RACCOONS!!!! I want one!!!

[valupak]

they're so purty, no wonder daniel boone liked wearin' them on his head :D

[delphizyx]

Aw, lookit her wet feets! so cute. She's smaller than my cat.

[valupak]

well... even looking small, these (the children) were large cat size. the mother, which got away quicker, was bigger.

[dziwozony]

it's soo small and skinny! Our racoons look like over stuffed teddybears. None the less very cute.

[valupak]

these were two of the babies. the mother ran away too quickly. :)

[valupak]

i should say they were probably more like teenagers at this age. but still with the mother.

[dziwozony]

I know what you mean, I see the little critters here often, and I still say ours are fatter, or at least more furry.