RACCOON!

Not long ago——maybe a week and a half——I was lying on the bed reading (David Maine's Fallen) when I heard rustling in the backyard. Rustling followed by silence; silence followed by crashing. I looked out the window and saw a raccoon which had attempted, I think, to climb down one of the support columns of the trellis, but instead sort of fell down it. Once on the ground it looked around and just plodded along, content, at ease. So I went to get my camera, of course. And snap some FUN!

Little fella!:


Here it's climbing down to the lower level of the yard.:


Time to go back up!:


...and back down...:


Checkin' shit out!:


Back up (over the bar this time)!:


OH SHIT!:


Ensuring the sturdiness of the solar-powered lights.:


And, finally, going to hang out with the kids on their lunch break at the elementary school next door (little fella didn't even flinch when the bell rang, thus positing a sense of courage [et cetera] more steadfast than my own.:


Good times.