I hope all of you are having this type of morning

[Nevilledog]

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[a kennedy]

1. Yup, that's what I needed today.......

at least for just a few moments. Thanks for sharing.

[Nevilledog]

4. Who knew a sunbathing raccoon could make us feel better?

Even if it's only for a moment.

[Olafjoy]

2. Kickin' it in the hammock

[niyad]

3. THAT was friggen' adorable!!!!!!

[Frustratedlady]

5. I can send you five more. You can have a masked party!

They are cute, but would be cuter if they'd quit stealing my bird feeders...the whole thing!

[mtngirl47]

12. I had one steal my work shoes off my porch last week!

Found them in the woods the next day!

[panader0]

6. Spread eagle in the sun---ahhh, that feels so good.

[smirkymonkey]

7. How adorable and funny!

I know they can be a nuisance, but they are so cute!

[xraymike79]

8. Smart Critters

I had one sneak into our cat door and eat the cat food in our kitchen.

[Hekate]

17. I was at a friend's house one evening when I heard a slight crunching & looked up...

...thinking to see her cat. Instead it was two raccoons staring at us, lifting handsful of kibble to their mouths. In her kitchen.

[hlthe2b]

9. Perfect!

[GoneOffShore]

10. Definitely needed the trash panda in a hammock sunbathing!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. I'd be afraid if I saw a raccoon out during the day like that!

They are supposed to be crepuscular unless that was taken early in the morning just after dawn or late in the afternoon near dusk (hint: rabies?).

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. I'd be looking to see if my pot stash was still intact

[BumRushDaShow]

18. The way that one was lounging full sprawl

it looks like it found some pot brownies in a dumpster somewhere.

[Hekate]

15. I think he found a comfy hammock just his size ❤️ Just don't ever, ever feed them...

Can’t remember who it was, but a few years ago a DUer who was feeding a family of coons on their back deck finally got bitten. Fortunately they came here to grieve this betrayal, and while there were those who gave varying versions of “awww, be sure to wash it well and use antibiotic cream,” there were a pack (sic) of us who insisted they had to go to the ER RFN to get a rabies shot. Which they finally did.

Just Don’t Feed Wild Animals

That said, this cutie in the awning makes me smile.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Many years of trying to have a veggie garden

growing up when I was still living at home and having to experience the fact that the raccoons not only "fed themselves" from our bounty, but always brought the "kids" along for the feast, AND used our bird bath to "wash their (our) food", AND once so-prepared, enjoyed it on our patio lounge furniture.

(true story)

Between them, the opossums, the tree rats (squirrels), the bunnies, and the occasional groundhog, it was a challenge (and this was in the city) .

My sisters now live in the 'burbs and they have added chipmunks, moles, voles, skunks, foxes, deer, and just recently, coyotes.

[Hekate]

20. My sis bought a little farm for her retirement, or rather, a bit of acreage to start one...

She intended to garden it for personal use, and rapidly discovered the continual battle with Nature. (A few years ago fire-blight destroyed nearly all the tomatoes on the East Coast.) Before beginning, at least she took advice and made sure of fencing (both above and below ground) before browsing and burrowing critters could discover the buffet she was preparing. Sounds too much like hard work to me! But for her, she has always liked growing and preserving her own food and this is exactly the life she wants.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. For some of the groundhogs

even with going down a foot or more in the ground with the fencing, you still have to try to do some kind of baffle or even barbwire across the top of the fence, 'cause they will just climb in.

I remember about 20 years ago when one of my sisters was first setting up a veggie garden in her yard, she decided to take down the chain-link "pen" that the previous owner had erected for his vegetables, and replace it with some large-hole chicken wire. Well next thing she knew, she saw some baby bunnies had easily crawled through the fence and were happily munching on her lettuce.

I have started using those standalone raised-bed units that come with a variety of covers, and that has helped save my harvests. It is nice to have a "kitchen garden" to go out and grab some herbs and other produce for the day's meal!

[Hekate]

22. We have bunnies around here in the suburban-wildland interface in California...

It’s hard to describe our particular ecology, but our house is in a small valley almost in back of the foothills, with a view downslope to the ocean. That makes it dry, I would say originally all oaks and chaparral, but this little development was put in just under 35 years ago and planted with whatever homeowners wanted in their yards (bearing in mind that water is expensive in California, and being upslope means it has to be pumped uphill, so drought tolerance was important then as now).

Anyway, my surrounding hedge of juniper and something else hosts wildlife I had not lived next to before. There are bunnies in there, and I mean really adorable little cottontails. Right now they are eating my geraniums at a great rate and I haven’t the heart to try to get rid of them. Quail are in there, and I can hear them talking to each other. Our small dog romped in one day and flushed the quail, and didn’t she feel grand. However a few days ago, my husband was sitting with his coffee while said dog was rooting for lizards in another bush, and looked up to see a bobcat sitting 2 feet away from her giving her a long, considering look. I think the bobcat should check out the bunnies and leave my dog alone, but since that’s not my call, basically the dog will be in the leash all the time.

I grow very little food, most of it herbs which don’t mind heat, and all in big pots above bunny height.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Well at least your doggy has some "entertainment"

bobcat notwithstanding Earning her keep.

[Martin Eden]

13. So very thoughtful ...

... to install a racoon hammock.

[LuckyCharms]

16. Whew! Thought this was going to be a porn video.