At about 2.20 a.m., there was a terrible rattling and clanking sound below the bedroom window. Of course my first thought was that burglars were stealing the workmens' plastic buckets from Home Depot, or their wobbly planks of wood, or even a whole load of freshly excavated soil - but on closer inspection it was a couple of very plump raccoons, who climbed the little metal ladder with great glee, and then started to excavate the plastic garbage bag in which the men had left all kinds of tempting things like old burrito ends. There's one visible here, behind the mound of netting, just to the left of the tree - the other, I think, is actually in the garbage bag. A still from a security camera video gives an even better idea of the fun party time that they were having - it went on for an age. The ground was covered in debris this morning.
But how can you not love their stripey tails?
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