tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487713068002286095.post3621451238957807253..comments2021-05-21T04:36:45.942-04:00Comments on Living with the sun: so near and yet so farsolarityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487713068002286095.post-33890757098070569922010-07-28T23:18:02.671-04:002010-07-28T23:18:02.671-04:00I have the answer. What you do is, see, you train ...I have the answer. What you do is, see, you <i>train</i> an oppossum and a raccoon and a sq--- no, maybe not. Okay, just train a raccoon to divvy up the hazelnuts with you, 50/50. Tell him you'll pay him double in apricots. Raccoons <i>love</i> apricots.<br /><br />My mother had a single mother move into her house and give birth there. To raccoon kits, who lived in the space between the first and second floor. Very much into scampering, usually at 3 a.m.<br /><br />Flash forward to a year or so later. I'm still living in my mother's house but I've built a loft-bed, which puts my bed level with the window. It's a hot night, so I have the window up. I wake up (about 3 a.m.) and turn my head toward the window. <br />And find myself nose-to-nose (through the screen) with a young inquisitive raccoon. My window, you see, was right next to the apricot tree. Apparently he'd come back, remembering the good pickings from the previous year, and wondered why the tree hadn't given up the same harvest this year. I tried to explain about La Nina years, but raccoons simply do not want to listen to long, technical and semi-authentic explanations. Go figure.The Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660495393832517684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487713068002286095.post-15902353537997625142010-07-01T20:10:34.493-04:002010-07-01T20:10:34.493-04:00I'm afraid they are, Sagan. I shall concentrat...I'm afraid they are, Sagan. I shall concentrate on getting to the blackberries first.solarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487713068002286095.post-49921333599890233422010-07-01T11:38:25.002-04:002010-07-01T11:38:25.002-04:00I think the little critters are going to win that ...I think the little critters are going to win that fight!Saganhttp://www.livingintherealworld.net/healthy/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487713068002286095.post-3967564405650324692010-06-30T23:18:27.624-04:002010-06-30T23:18:27.624-04:00Get your climbing spikes out.....Get your climbing spikes out.....the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.com