Tomorrow is the last day before Spring Break! Then, only six weeks to go before retirement!!. I am getting more excited by the minute!!. On Saturday we are going to RI to see Gramma. We'll be back on Sunday nite.(Two days is enough according to Dad). Hope to go to Savannah sometime at the end of the week, but I need to check with Steff to see if its okay.
We have been having possum visits throughout the night 8PM, 11 pm, 3am and 6am - come to find out we are hosting several different guests and none are the female with kits. She can't find a baby sitter so she has been staying closer to home. Hope she is okay. the other possums are male with no manners and boy are they messy eaters. One even checks out the garbage bag for leftovers.
THE KOLLER FENCE IS UP, and looking fine. We need to visit and have a fence party.Yay! any excuse to party is my new motto.
Dad has gotten our passports renewed this week so we are set for the trip to Scotland. Now I need a hat. Everyone wears hats to weddings across the pond don'cha know!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
On her way out
After waiting an hour for me to leave(which I refused to do) Elvis decided to haul kit and kaboodle slowly out de do' . Notice her kits under her belly. No Brett, not the other word that end in 'its'. Her belly is still hugh, so we know there's more inside. So Lisa you think you feel bloated? This poor creature has to step sideways to avoid kicking her own gut. But they really are interesting. She had a devil of a time convincing them to get on and stay on (she wanted to leave) but they just insisted on coming out to get kissed. So she patiently licked them and nuzzled them until they all climbed in (or on) wherever they could. It looked like the Beverly Hillbillies last night with one on top holding on for dear life and the others hanging upsidedown and sideways (with tails a wavin' like pink worms happy to go)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Possum Surprise.
Elvis surprised us yesterday. (named because we were always checking to see if if he had left the building) . Guess all that food had to go somewhere! He was generous - certainly giving back more than we had given him. Check out the picture closely.
Can you count the toes?
Elvis the possum (name to be changed- any suggestions?). Here's another picture.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Notice the first possum pict, Scruffy is slinking past. They are getting pretty close without too many hysterics. Before I got out the camera, the possum actually got up within inches of Scruffy's face. Then Scruffy gave a quiet meow which broke the spell and caused the possum to retreat to the corner. It was only a few minutes before the possum came out and started to eat.
Scruffy is not so friendly with the raccoons. When he sees them he hisses and then runs past. The raccoons ignore Scruffy and just keep eating. More later.
Better pictures will come after our photo safari with T.
Scruffy is not so friendly with the raccoons. When he sees them he hisses and then runs past. The raccoons ignore Scruffy and just keep eating. More later.
Better pictures will come after our photo safari with T.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Worth Repeating
Finally, someone who understands what the heck's been going on!
Check out "Uncle Jay explains 2008".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWiXy55OHyY
Check out "Uncle Jay explains 2008".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWiXy55OHyY
Its a ZOO!
We have a routine now. Whenever we hear crunching in the dining room we know the possum has arrived. We never see him come in from the cat door. So I started to think that the possum was sleeping under the couch during the day.
After checking several days, and finding no possum under the couch, I assumed that the little Houdini must be sneaking out silently.Then, two nights ago, we heard noise in the wall. Damn! Must be that the possum has found a way into the wall between the bathrooms and our bedroom.
Dad confirmed that there was a hole behind the couch that I didn't know about. He should have known that the hole would be entered eventually.
So last night I heard crunching at 2:30 am and I rushed to the living room with my piece of drywall in hand. Of course by the time I got there the critter was already back in the hole. So I sat in the hall and waited. A few minutes later I saw a snout poking out of the hole. A figure emerged slowly. It was a raccoon. Then another snout and a second raccoon came out and headed for the food. A third snout peaked out but took a long time to emerge.
As soon as the last raccoon headed for the food I approached the hole. They heard me and scurried toward me and got into the hole before I could get there. So they are back in the wall and I went to bed. Maybe tonight I will win. Please God, before they use my couch as a toilet.
After checking several days, and finding no possum under the couch, I assumed that the little Houdini must be sneaking out silently.Then, two nights ago, we heard noise in the wall. Damn! Must be that the possum has found a way into the wall between the bathrooms and our bedroom.
Dad confirmed that there was a hole behind the couch that I didn't know about. He should have known that the hole would be entered eventually.
So last night I heard crunching at 2:30 am and I rushed to the living room with my piece of drywall in hand. Of course by the time I got there the critter was already back in the hole. So I sat in the hall and waited. A few minutes later I saw a snout poking out of the hole. A figure emerged slowly. It was a raccoon. Then another snout and a second raccoon came out and headed for the food. A third snout peaked out but took a long time to emerge.
As soon as the last raccoon headed for the food I approached the hole. They heard me and scurried toward me and got into the hole before I could get there. So they are back in the wall and I went to bed. Maybe tonight I will win. Please God, before they use my couch as a toilet.
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