what do you do when you hear funny noises in the garden and then spot two ginormous furry fat-bottomed raccoons patrolling your plants? pick up your puppy and chuck her outside and watch from behind the safety of the kitchen door (firmly closed).

i'm kidding, the raccoons were bigger than Flor. we both watched from inside the kitchen. trembling no less.

the raccoons are annual guests in our garden. they come for the cat food. this year i think it might be the parent and grown-up. last year just the older one came by. the past couple of years the little visitors have been quite friendly, even coming up to the kitchen door and standing up against the glass, leaving cute little footprints behind. this time the younger one bared his teeth at me. the little git.