Benicia Wildlife is at again. While I was trying to come out of my morning fog, my husband leaped up, flailed his arms, his voice several octaves higher "a raccoon just walked by on the side of our house". Our Devil Dog, Toby, raced from window to window to door to door frantically looking for what Larry was yelling about. There is open space behind our house and across the street behind our neighbors. We have deer, birds, and a occasional possum. This year I wrote about Benicia Wildlife-Oh Deer and OPEN OPEN OPEN The Feeder is Open for Benicia Birds but we have some new animals to add to the mix.
Today there were two raccoons, fat and sassy, moving quickly under our garden furniture toward the front of the house. My husband went out the front and banged on the front fence. I stood at the patio door on the side and watched one raccoon hightail back to the back. Then another followed.
Across the street our 9 year neighbor boy was in his bedroom window grinning with glee at my husband. He knows Larry can be funny but early in the morning in his jammy pants flailing his arms and yelling? At who??? Then a lady pulled up, as our neighbor runs the best day care around, and she looked bewildered and asked who was my husband shouting at?
By now the whole neighborhood was probably up. And the fat, sassy raccoons rushed back to the open space. I grabbed my camera but was not fast enough so you will just have to believe me!
Oh and now I am totally awake! Benicia Wildlife keeps us chuckling and enjoying a closeness to nature. I know those critters are out there!
Benicia is a great place to live, grow up and grow old!
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