While out for my run, my lone Civil Liberty still intact, I saw a pack of raccoons.
Usually it’s one or two, but today, they were all out as if it were family day.
Now I do tend to over dramatize, but they clearly had been foraging, carrying so much stuff, and to their credit, not in plastic bags either.
Paws filled, even the kids, 
as if they too are a little nervous over how long those trash bins, provided by tourists and park regulars, will stay empty.
They looked at me as if to say, shouldn’t you be at Whole Foods?
Then the Mom (in gloves) slapped me 5. 
SB
P.S. Keep your humor by the bed, where it’s good and handy. 🙂
Nature always wins in the end. It would be nice if humans were mindful of this fact, rather than resentful.
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Was just tooling through the Park from my run, observing. I saw a squirrel digging, probably forgetting where he buried his nut. The daffodils are swaying to the birdsong that seems louder, and more melodious than ever. I guess that’s because few are out at 6 the way I am. Nature should run for office.
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.
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Nature becoming a raucous spell of unwrapped mysteries, I know what you mean. My daughter and I ran by the park today and it was exactly like that. It’s like all God’s little creatures finally got a callback.
Nature holds the highest office.
PS- Love that lilies line. File it away SB
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It’s from Matthew. The whole piece is lovely. Ever see the film with Sidney Poitier? Sigh. It’s pretty wonderful, him charming a bad of nuns.
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I am flunking my verses. But it’s not like the nuns would be shocked at such a thing.
And no, but it’s a flick I can check out for sure.
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He’s so wonderful in it. It’s a worth a look-see.
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He was wonderful in everything.
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True Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner is a fave of mine.
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Such the controversial flick for the time.
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Yeah, and if you watch it now, it’s very dated, but the charm remains. It was Spencer Tracy’s last film, and the studio, because of his failing health, wouldn’t insure him, so Stanley Kramer, the director, and Katharine Hepburn, both put up their salaries. He only worked in the morning, for two or three hours, and that long wonderful monologue he gives at the end, was done in segments since, he tired so quickly. When they finished shooting, he was very proud that he got through it, then died, two weeks later.
She was there. sigh
File from 1967 🙂
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The More You Know, brought to us by the lovely Susannah. 🙂
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It’s a great story about love, all the way around. The film itself, two people with different shades of skin fighting to be together, and a couple that for better or worse, were together for years, until the day she heard the breaking of a cup and found him on the kitchen floor, already gone.
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…Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field…Matthew 6:25-34
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It’s lovely.
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That Matt was a good writer
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He was, wasn’t he?
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YO…WHERES MY HERO?
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I am off kilter with my sched, SB. Apologies.
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You’re allowed. I’m just up earlier since I’m more anxious trolling for relief.
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On the flip side of all this, I think the whole world . . the entire lot of us, are gonna need a schedule reboot.
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I agree.
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The only walls we really need are the ones that separate us from the peeps who think we need a wall.
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There are all types going up around here. It’s like a bad horror film, the way people are acting, and angrily, that’s the part that throws me. On top of it all, rudeness has gone up several quarts. I’ll tell ya Marc, humanity needs a good smack.
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Humanity is getting it. We’re not the top of the food chain, even if too many peeps possess that mistaken belief.
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Yeah, you said it.
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What a sight to come across. And so funny, because my sister feeds all the stray cats in her ‘hood and just yesterday, for the first timea racoon decided to come for dinner – taking, without a reservation. Eyeballed my sister and Brother-in-law the whole time as if to say “What? You put it out, I saw it as an invitation.”
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That made me laugh. You often see them dining with the birds. You can’t help wondering if they know each other.
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Funny story! I adore raccoons – all wildlife, really. We had a gray fox visiting our backyard daily for a while, under the bird feeder. Now it’s just birds and chipmunks.
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With a name like Lyon, how could you not. 🙂
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Fun post, Susannah. When we lived in Connecticut a raccoon came in the cat door and stayed in the bedrooms for a week. We didn’t know he was there except for the messy water bowl and missing cat kibble in the morning. Finally, he made an appearance and once we got composure back we escorted him out. (Yes we closed the cat door at night)
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Love…once we got our composure back. That made me laugh.
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Those guys hiss a lot. Very unnerving.
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Yeah, they like the 6 feet apart rule. Very private creatures, although, this one could have shown better etiquette since he was in your home after all.
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Hahahaha. I must say he seemed glad to get back outside. Our cat never ratted him out either. Common bond.
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A friend told me who had a cat she’d feed on the porch, that one morning, looked out and there was Misty dining with 3 birds, a squirrel and a RACCOON. Would have paid money to have seen that.
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There seems to be a kinship among them all.
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I believe you downloaded Brave Companions. Just finished, Washington on the Potomac. I’m in a complete swoon.
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Raccoons… check. Great blogs to read… check. Humor by the bed… check. Yep, I’m good. Stay healthy Susannah!
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You too. A great, humble, without guilt time to read.
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That was most amusing. All the ‘coons were carrying things! We used to have them on our back porch on Long Island. We didn’t have food or garbage there, so I wondered if they just came to get the aroma of our dinners. Maybe they brought their food and came for the ambiance.
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They’re a very interesting bunch. Very smart, Very resourceful, to say the least. They even look like bandits as if all the thieves and black market felons were recycled into these masked critters with hands rather than paws, and eyes that see in the dark.
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Raccoons are as cute as can be.
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The Lone Rangers, with a good grip on things.
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Yes, humor intact…
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Excellent.
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Just looked at John Hopkins graphs and numbers on the virus. NYC has now taken over the US in cases and is in the top 10 of the world. So sorry you are all going through that. My own town, county both have 0, or the county may have 1 case. So, we feel the trouble, but from a distance…a social distance.
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I know you mean well, but please don’t update me with bad news. I know it all unfortunately. I’m glad you’re safe where you are.
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I am so sorry. Yes, meant well. I will take care and you so the same.
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Thanks.
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As long as they don’t start walking off with our toilet paper or butter, ha ha!
I once saw a beaver walking upright from one of our apple trees toward the pond. He/she shuffled along, using the tail to balance while holding a pile of apples with the uppermost one tucked under its chin. Unfortunately, this was before cameras in our cell phones. It looked like something out of a cartoon.
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OMIGOD. I would have loved to have seen that. Bet he was a Taurus, or a Cancer. 🙂
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After that sight, I decided it must be a female and named it Apple Annie.
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A great name.
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We all are feeling the consequences of the pandemic. Let’s keep the raccoon dream of full garbage cans to reappear in the future.
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That made me smile. Yes, let that be a goal. I’m sure they’d all agree. 🙂
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Raccoons are the cutest things…smarties also. Nothing like animals out and about having a good time. We were campground hosts in Colorado for the Nat’l Forest Service. One beautiful evening Michel had grilled chicken for our outdoor dinner pleasure. He began a prayer and I had my eyes closed. I heard a scraping sound, opened my eyes and there was a chipmunk perches beside my plate…holding my chicken in its claws. I said ‘No’ and he dropped my chicken breast and skedaddled. They are so funny and clever! Love your walk in the park. Stay well.
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Nice you have such warm memories of Michael.
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