Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Where did all the raccoons go?

As I was basking in the fact that my grass-seed-and-TAGRO mix has grown lush lawn where the torn up raccoon-ransacked portions of my yard used to be, I looked around at my neighbors' recently-replaced-by-ASARCO-lawns and realized something.

Their lawns are perfect. I do not see them out stomping squares of sod back down. They do not tear their hair out researching raccoon deterrents. They're blissfully basking in the perfect grass greenness, the newness of it all. Watering here and there and enjoying their fresh start.

And I realize, I haven't seen a raccoon in awhile.

So I ask, where'd they go?

I was NOT imagining them ...