Critters
It was a dark and stormy night. (Tonight, in fact). Jay and I are sitting at the dining room table working on our projects for the evening, he finishing the taxes and I archiving photographs.
Our quiet concentration is interrupted as we hear a scratching sound at the window. We both turn slowly toward the window with puzzled expressions but see nothing. A few minutes later the scratching turns into a clawing and tapping. We slowly get up from the table, ignoring every scary movie we've ever seen, to investigate. As we move from the dining room window to the front door we discover the source of the ominous sounds:
THERE'S A FREAKING ARMADILLO ON OUR FRONT PORCH!
Our quiet concentration is interrupted as we hear a scratching sound at the window. We both turn slowly toward the window with puzzled expressions but see nothing. A few minutes later the scratching turns into a clawing and tapping. We slowly get up from the table, ignoring every scary movie we've ever seen, to investigate. As we move from the dining room window to the front door we discover the source of the ominous sounds:
THERE'S A FREAKING ARMADILLO ON OUR FRONT PORCH!Despite various attempts to get it to "roll up in a ball," he completely ignored us, eventually deciding to drop off the side of the porch and into the darkness.
Comments
Some dillos are carriers of the bacterium that causes Hansen's Disease (aka Leprosy), so be careful. Mostly Texan Dillos. Florida Dillos don't
Just know your critters.
They are fascinating creatures. They only ever have identical quadruplet babies!
But I would like to see an armadillo.
(By the way, was it you who asked me a while back to describe a wood lice? I think it was you.... Well, a woodlice looks rather like a tiny version of your dillo!!)
btw, i haven't met you, but this is KelBel's friend :-)
Sarah--We have a pretty decent menagerie here: deer, turtles, turkeys, raccoons, lizards, and snakes. But I would've never guessed that we'd have an armadillo around.
Ritz--I think wild turkeys are exciting! Jay and I still point them out when we pass a field full of them.
Jenny--I would give anything to be a fly on the wall in your house when you were growing up.
Ruth--How tiny? Because there's no way I would've invited that fellow in.
Jennifer---As Laura said, "He must've taken a right when he meant to take a left." Although my dad said he's seen them in TN before (usually dead in the middle of the road)
Hi Amy--I would've freaked out, too.
TLS--Send Josh on over with his meditation. I'm dying to know. And Happy Birthday!