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Tricksters Dumpster Diving For Treats
Happy Post-Halloween Hump 🦝 Day! Cool autumn evenings certainly belong to our little masked neighbors. What’s rural living without some cute raccoons to entertain us with their random mischief?
Always 🦝 Halloween
When caught red-handed he could put on a look of innocence too comical for anything. ~Mason A. Walton, A Hermit’s Wild Friends (1903)
Imagine being born with a mask and having to wear it your whole life.
It stands to reason that if you were born with a Halloween costume installed, you’d wind up being a lifelong trickster.
People in my position typically find raccoons knocking over our trashcans for their idea of Trick or Treat, but they’re just looking for a free lunch.
Clever Little Hands
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The masked scavengers of the forest are smart and inquisitive, but they can get themselves into situations they have difficulty extracting themselves from.
They’re heck at getting into something they perceive as a food source, but the plan for getting back out isn’t always in place.
8 Hours – Wild Raccoons & ASMR Chewing Sounds | Great Escapes
This is probably one of the best ways to appreciate raccoons being raccoons.
A trailcam and a bucket of food for them to fuss over is a full night’s entertainment.
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They’re adorable, but they’re not really suitable for pets unless you are seriously countrified.
We can see from these videos that they can behave indoors if you are willing to accept some of their natural behaviors like climbing and getting into stuff.
Even the ones raised from bottle-feeding age are still naturally wild animals and can be quite destructive if you don’t know how to properly handle them.
10-Minute Makes | Ep. 115 | Tea Wallet 🍂☕
Not gonna lie. I’ve been obsessed with these crafting videos lately.
For the most part, I like the DIY Christmas present demos, but sometimes I come across something so 🍁🧸☕ cozy and cute ☺️🥧🍂 that I just can’t pass it by.
🌳🌲🌳 What’s A Forest Without Some Bandits? 🦝🦝
Raccoons are beyond fear, and they are assholes. ~John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
Sounds like somebody has spent a bit too much time trying to keep his trash cans from being knocked over.
That’s okay. Raccoons like sour grapes as much as the sweet ones, and they like to wash their grapes in sweet human tears.
Can’t we all just get along?
If you’ve got raccoons visiting, the best thing you can do is either provide no food source whatsoever (they’ll get bored and move on) or be like the grandpa in the video above and absolutely spoil them.
If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to want a glass of milk. The mouse will nickel and dime you to death.
If you give a raccoon a cookie, he’s going to bring a bunch of friends and you’re going to wind up baking cookies by the dozens.
Animals can’t help being cute. That’s how God made them.
As for fictional characters, cuteness varies because that’s how the author makes them.
Some are absolutely adorable.
Some are horrifying.
Some are awful on the outside and marvelous on the inside.
Some are beautiful to behold, but inside they’re rotten and cold.
It’s part of the writer’s craft kit.
You can make your characters as shallow or deep and nuanced as you want.
It’s your forest. Populate it however you see fit.
That’s all for today. See you back on Saturday for flavorful, savory meatloaf…
