I got away from the big bad windy city this past weekend and visited my parents. They live downstate in a very small town in the middle of acres of wooded land. There are always tons of squirrels and rabbits and wildlife around their yard, even wild turkeys live in their backyard.
This weekend was especially Animal Planet. As mom and I returned from a trip into town, we noticed at the end of her lane that there was something standing just outside the woods. Three baby deer stood there staring as we drove up...Bambi triplets (not the porn kind) with spots and all. They stood there for a full minute staring at us before retreating just into the woods where we could still see them. They stood there watching us and finally got curious again and all came back out of the woods and got within about 10 feet of the car before deciding to dart back into the woods.
The same night, we had just finished watching a movie and my mom had gone to bed. My stepdad and I were watching tv and chatting when we heard something outside. We went to the window and there were three raccoons playing on the deck. A mother and two babies. We decided to try to walk out and see what would happen. Mom raccoon freaked out a little and ran into the woods, but the babies were unphased. Even after I went to get my camera and started taking photos with flash, they still played around us...less than 5 feet away from us. One ended up on a nearby tree and the other perched on a bird feeder and helped himself to an ear of corn that was there. Since I knew it'd be unbelievable, I thought I'd post some photos of the crazy encounter...
This is the first one, perching on his little bird feeder and helping himself to the ear of corn. By the time he left, the cob was nekkid.
While we weren't dumb enough to attempt to touch the adorable little rabies machines, my stepdad decided he wanted to see if it would run if touched, so he was petting it with a broomstick. The beast just sat there and continued to eat his feast of corn on the cob.
"Hey, what about me? My sibling is much more outgoing, but I'm cute over here on the tree too, ya know!"
My parents' beagle, Daisy, just wanted a little taste, as you can see. She was ready for a fight!
As you can see, Dubbie had quite an adventure in the woods outside of Danville, Illinois. He wishes he'd had his camera handy when he saw the baby deer. No such luck.
Stay tuned. I'm sure we'll have more exciting things to tell you about soon. Maybe even Poo will share something fun. She is quite funny...she's just keeping a low profile because of that whole Witness Protection thing I'm not supposed to talk about. Oh crap!
Hugs from the Dubster.
