Thought of the day…Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
I live in an incorporated city in the suburbs. But have the wonderful luxury of living behind a small farm. Ma and Pa live there (remember them from my Puppy Sitting and Stop and Smell the Flowers posts). When we bought the house there were cows there. They were part of why we bought the house.
I could look out my kitchen windows and see them. It was a chance to escape the busy city life if only for a moment.
When Hubby would mow the backyard, they’d follow him back-and-forth waiting for him to dump grass over the fence for them to eat. It was so cute. They were like kids waiting for ice cream. At the time, we had a tiny little dog, Lady. Lady was a miniature pincher and a runt at that. She was “fat” when she weighed 6 pounds…. when we got her she was three months old and weight 1.2 pounds and fit in the palm of my hand…
… This will give you some perspective on her size. Here she’s playing with hot wheels… actually she loved Mr. Sun.
…and here she’s eating cottage cheese (it’s her birthday)… the bowl is a 4 oz butter dish…
…Can you tell she LOVED cottage cheese?
… sorry… I started thinking about Lady. I miss her. She was about 15 1/2 when she died. She was such a good dog… She gave GREAT neck hugs… she could tell when you needed a hug and would nestle her little nose in the crook of your neck/shoulder… ahhhh… you couldn’t help but feel loved….
… sorry…
Back to my story…
Lady would go out there a bark at the cows… keep in mind… tiny dog… big cow… it was a crack up! I don’t have any digital pictures of her doing it, but trust me… it was soooo funny!
… sorry… I got side-tracked again!
When the city decided to widen the main road near our house Ma and Pa decided to move the cows to their 40 acre farm. So we bid farewell. After a while, I took the chain link fence out between our two properties. It made it much easier to get back-and-forth between our houses.
Now jump forward four years… to well… yesterday … I was working from home and while sitting at my kitchen table and saw something moving across the pasture. I looked up expecting to see one of the feral cats… but no….
… this is what I saw…
OK, a raccoon family isn’t really something to have just around the corner in a bunch of trees and blackberry bushes… they might start getting into stuff… like my compost bin… UGH! What a mess that would be…
… But you have to admit, this is a cute picture…
I suspect they will not like living in the area when Pa finishes taking out the blackberry bushes… but for now…
I need to keep an eye out for this little family…
I wonder if they paid their Homeowner’s Association Fees…
Amazing daytime shot for nocturnal critters.
They are pests but you have to admit, they are cute! Now finding an opossum under your chair in your house, not as much fun!
I was pretty amazed to see them in the pasture. It was 5:30ish which is still pretty early here. Sunset is about 9:00pm right now.
Nicole, I would freak out if I found a opossum in my house!
Yeah I was younger and in bed when it all went down. But my dad had been out of town on work and my mom was sitting in the recliner when he got home, now my dad is the prankster and when he walked in he told my mom not to close the recliner down because she had a opossum under her chair. My mom was like oh stop it, it's late. He was like no I'm serious. They found a momma and 2 babies. The foundation on the house we lived in had a hole and they got in behind the fridge.
WOW! How'd they get them out of the house? YUCK!
They took the chair outside at 11pm
I told you it happened late 