Screen Door

Among the odd occurrences that have happened to me over the last year or so, this is by far the most charming. A raccoon — at least, I think it was a raccoon — has tried to open (or perhaps remove!) the sliding screen door in the back on two separate occasions. No harm was done, as the glass door behind it was closed, but I have to fix the screen door, and get it back on its' track.

I see quite a bit of the raccoons in the evening — more often than not with their offspring, who are playful and adorable.

They eat the birdseed that's been dropped from the feeder, or the food that's been left for the squirrels (to persuade them to leave the bird feeder alone), or even the dry cat food that I leave out for them, every so often. At times, they'll come up to the window and peer in through the glass. There have been occasions where the glass door has been left open, and the screen was all that kept the raccoons from getting in, but they never seem to bother with it then. Perhaps one of them enjoys a challenge.