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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoA few weeks back I painted my house tan(it had been pink).
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI came home tonight to feed the horses, saw they needed water, so I turned it on, went and fed the cat and returned after a couple of minutes to check the water. There were three raccoons in the paddock grabbing up each piece of grain that the horse dropped.
They scrambled up a tree and were staring down at me. I got the camera, and when I came back out, two had fled, but one was still there.
When the water trough was filled, I turned off the water, went in the house, and heard a noise from where the cat's bowl is. It was this guy:
The flash of the camera scared him off, but 10 minutes later I heard noises again. I assumed it was the opossum again but this time it was a jumbo sized raccoon, probably heavier than all three from the paddock put together.
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7 years agoThis morning, the cat's water bowl, that you can see in this picture, was missing. I found it in the bushes off the edge of the deck.
The bowl is ceramic and fairly heavy, so I'm not sure who stole it. Probably some masked bandit.
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