So here's the latest installment of "Wild Kingdom in the Backyard..." - we had two raccoons on the deck the other day, one of whom dashed away pretty quickly after we started watching them, but the other one was very, very tame. He basically acted like a cat, stretching, yawning, sniffing curiously, even lying down and lounging around - all right on the other side of the glass from us. He even played in Oliver's little kiddie pool
(eww, I know, we washed it out afterwards), pushing the toys around for a while. He was SO not afraid of us, even when Oliver banged repeatedly on the glass -- I think he was outside there for at least 40 minutes. He was still there when Andy got home from work, and he managed to chase him away, although I think the raccoon pretty much thought Andy came out to play with him. Weirdest raccoon ever! But very well groomed and happy, as far as I could tell. One of these photos shows Oliver blowing a kiss to the raccoon, and you can see his little friend peeking out from under the grill cover. Who needs the zoo when you live in Landing, NJ?!
So here's the latest installment of "Wild Kingdom in the Backyard..." - we had two raccoons on the deck the other day, one of whom dashed away pretty quickly after we started watching them, but the other one was very, very tame. He basically acted like a cat, stretching, yawning, sniffing curiously, even lying down and lounging around - all right on the other side of the glass from us. He even played in Oliver's little kiddie pool
(eww, I know, we washed it out afterwards), pushing the toys around for a while. He was SO not afraid of us, even when Oliver banged repeatedly on the glass -- I think he was outside there for at least 40 minutes. He was still there when Andy got home from work, and he managed to chase him away, although I think the raccoon pretty much thought Andy came out to play with him. Weirdest raccoon ever! But very well groomed and happy, as far as I could tell. One of these photos shows Oliver blowing a kiss to the raccoon, and you can see his little friend peeking out from under the grill cover. Who needs the zoo when you live in Landing, NJ?! 
2 comments:
OMG.. so ridiculously cute!!! :)
Btw.. speaking of zoos.. we'll have to plan a little trip to Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport the next time you're up these here parts.. really sweet and not overly large.. perfect to keep a toddler interested :)
xoxoxox
S
WHAT a cute photo of little o at the window.
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