Feathers and Fuzz

one woman's cure for the empty-nester blues

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Baby Raccoon Falls Out of Tree

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Momma Raccoon had three babies in the fall of 2016.  They are always busy climbing somewhere!  In this video, momma raccoon has just gotten to the bird feeder hanging from the tree.  Suddenly there’s commotion above her as one of the babies loses its footing and falls (unharmed) to the ground.  A pair of foxes scatter as the baby and feeder crash to the ground.

You’ll see the three babies watching from the safety of the tree as momma raccoon very cautiously approaches the evil, fallen feeder.  The one fox still remaining in the area decides to take no more chances on that feeder flying through the air!  He heads out to the safety of the woods as momma raccoon closes in.

Look Who Showed Up IN The Birdbath

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Let me begin with two confessions:
1) I just made a plan to blog only twice a week … here I am blowing it already.
2) I didn’t go to church Sunday. My youngest daughter asked if we could please skip church because she really needed “us” to get the bedroom fan replaced at her house. I did ask God to please forgive me – and may have also asked that I not die of electrocution.

Thoughts about the blog ran through my head on my drive back home (since I did not die of electrocution). What will I say when I run out of unique moments to blog about?  Seriously.  How many unique moments can there be? I turned to God – a bit embarrassed about tossing this question up to Him just hours after I failed to go to church.

Arriving home, I clicked through the footage of the cameras with the most activity this time of year.  Click … Finch.  Click … Finch.  Click … Finches.  And, then, there it was … His reminder that He is both a forgiving and gracious God.

Sorry about the long introduction – I had to say all those things because in 4 years of watching these cameras – this is a pretty cool first. (To my friend, Debbie: “No, it was not a bear!”)  I remind you:  The day a bear shows up, I’m packing!