Early Morning Visitor

Joel and I are definitely what you would call night owls, especially for working people. Last night (or this morning) we got to bed at about 12:45 and I had just began to doze off when we were both startled by a loud bang and Molly (our big Chocolate Lab) viciously barking. She doesn't bark often but when she does she means business. We both made our way through the dark house and flipped on the back porch light.

There before us, perched on top of the fence, holding on for its life was a large raccoon! It ended up jumping off the fence and running away. However, we were plagued for several more hours by being awakened by Molly charging the fence every few minutes. Apparently the raccoon was determined to get in the fence to eat Molly's food... It didn't happen.



I love seeing all the wild creatures up here. Of course we have raccoons but we also have tons of mule deer that run around town in the mornings and evenings. We were warned when we moved in to watch for the bears - apparently the black bears like to come down to rummage through the town people's garbage every now and then.

Please keep Dad in your prayers, his surgery is tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12:30. Thanks and have a great day!

Jennifer