Just call me mom....
So I am foster mom to 5 cats, 2 kittens and one raccoon..... they all seem to tolerate each other. I was walking the trash out yesterday and glanced down to see if the food bowl I keep outside for the stray cats needed filling...there sat 2 kittens and one raccoon, feasting together. I am beginning to think Rocky thinks he's a cat.... according to the neighbors everyone feeds him... (now we know why he is so big), he walks the back row of homes and hits everyone up for a snack. he's not picky, he eats with dogs, cats and ducks. When he saw me, he jumped on the garbage can and sat up on his back legs, raised one front paw as if he was waving goodbye, and he dove under the back deck steps. Then he turned to see if I was watching...that's when I snapped the picture with my cell phone.
He is quite a character. That was yesterday, this morning he scratched at the hall window by standing on the garbage can...the bowl was empty outside, I am quite sure the cats put him up to it... the begging I mean. he seems really friendly and rather tame to people encounters. The neighbor said he is harmless, his mommy was killed on the highway a couple years ago, and the park has been parenting him ever since he was little. Odd I have never seen him before this.
Anyway, I took out cat food, fresh water and a small plate of cut up fruit that needed eating a few chopped veggies and some nuts... Rocky loved the fruit and nuts. He snubbed the veggies..... clearly we need to have a chat about this....
I've been busy sewing and painting...hoping to get some things into my etsy shop and get it started this week. My last 2 packages were mailed last night... thank gawd.... I hate getting behind on things, but one item was damaged while ironing it...I got distracted and fried the finish before I realized it so in a tearful effort I made another. I cannot post those things here, they are surprises for people who watch my Vox blog from time to time. I'll post them when they arrive safely.
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I have heard that racoons can be quite friendly. It is nice that all the animals tolerate each other. He obviously has forgotten that he is supposed to be a wild animal.
I'm slowly making progress on some of my projects, too. I went through a week's worth or more of photos - editing, loading to Snapfish, etc., so I wouldn't have so many stored on my old computer.
I also finished two projects this weekend. Yeah! I finished the pillowcovers that have been in the works for about a month and a baby lovie that has been laying around longer than that. I've had it finished at least twice, but didn't like how it turned out, so I took part of it apart and remodeled. I'm happy with it now.