Friday 27 Sept Baby Raccoons

Hey, baby. Hey, I felt that. Uh-oh. You're big. You just put it down. Hi. Hey, Woody. You got the baby, teeny tiny one. Little bits right there. Here comes two more. Right there? Hey, be nice. Stumbalina under here. Huh? Stumbalina under here. Underneath you, yeah. Hang on, Stumbalina. She's got two, she's got a hot dog there. Oh. Oh, that baby is... Somebody got too close. The baby went after one of the big ones. This water here, I'm going to change that. Yeah. Hey, Stumbalina, did she go after you? There's a baby there. Hello. Hey, Jay. Goodness. Who's fighting? I have no idea. Hey, Stumbalina. Oh, your cat's up in the tree. Is she? Yeah, she's there whenever we need her. You know, she's our cat. Yeah, I like you saying your cat. I know. I heard thunder again. Huh? I heard thunder again. Yeah. Hello. Hi, baby. I'm coming. Hi. Who are you? Do you hear it? That sounds like a plane. Yeah. Is it? It's a jet. Well, it was lightning and thundering. There's another one. Come on up. Come on. Ah-ah. You be nice. It's okay, baby. Have some grapes. Yeah. There you go. Throw him a hot dog. He's full of air. What's he eating? Cookies. You know that's got to hurt when you get bit. I know it does. Yeah. You got bit by a scooter this year. Yeah. The teeth are sharp. You guys get up here. Stumbalina. Come on. Hey, baby girl. We got orders for you to be here. They're not coming. I know. They're not doing what they're told. No. He's coming. Oh, he's grabbing a piece of a cookie. And tonight we had ice cream and cake. Yep. Yeah. Richard and Vickie's. Vickie's just had her birthday. Where'd mama go? Boy, that thing ever go flying. Huh? That thing ever go flying. I know. She was watching it, too. Yep. What's the little one doing just sitting there? Yep. Want some more dry food. I'm going to get her some more dry food once everybody gets to the house. And she likes seeds, too. Yeah, I saw that. Hey, baby. She spent two hours here this afternoon. Come on out. Come on. She said no. You coming out? Come on. I think she's going to go to sleep. Look at her. Yeah. She's full. Yeah. Wind's blowing again. Hurricane Helen. No. It's not even coming near here. I know. I'm out of cookies. Sorry. Want a hot dog? No. Want a hot dog? I'm out of grapes, too. Still have to do the marshmallows. For you all. They're not eating the grapes at all, are they? No, Thumbelina ate a few. I can do that, too. I was going to change that. She says no, not today. I'm going to change that as you get out of it. Let me get marshmallows. It's wet out here. Huh? It's wet. Yeah. Listen. I know you're eating your cookie, but I want to change that water. They don't care. They drink out of mud puddles and everything else. You're going to have that cookie area. Knock that one over. You big horse. Yes, get out of that water. Huh? I've seen them get out of that water. Out of the wet. I don't think he's walked down here. Garden party going on down there. And we got another card in the mail, didn't we? Yeah. From California? Debbie Badger sent us a card. Yeah. And then Valerie from the U.K. sent us a card also. Yeah. Well, that made them run. Yeah. Everybody run. I see eyes in the firewoods there. Oh, there's the baby there. There's the baby. Yep. Can you scoot up a little and I'll grab that water. Yeah. Dump it out the other side. I will. Yep. Do you want some grapes? I've offered her some. It's up under the... baby there. That's a new baby. It's a new baby. Yes, you are. She was here all by herself. Yeah, she was here all by herself, weren't ya? Yeah. I think she's tired. She's going to sleep, huh? Yeah, huh? She's going to sleep. That's how they... the little ones sleep. They put their head down. Your belly's full. That's how the little ones sleep. There's nothing left in the feeders. They were cleaned out today. She's going to sleep. Look at her. Huh? I just got that water clean. I got one more to do. She's gone to sleep. Yeah. Look at her. It's little. And you actually said that last night. What? That she's little. Yeah. She's a little bitty thing. I wonder where her parents are. I have no idea. She knows to come here to eat. Yeah, she's here... at four o'clock. Yeah. See how they sleep with their head down again? Oh, no. They put their head flat on the platform. I thought about naming her Rosie. Rosie? Yes. Rosie the Riveter. Little Rosie. Rosie what? The Riveter. I've never heard of that. Well, you guys made it up in the States. I didn't make it up. Well, it's... She was famous in World War II. Oh. Way before I was even thought about. I wonder if I can get over there. There's so much food here in the way. Oh, dear. There's so much food. If I can get over there. There. Look at that. She's sound asleep. She just woke up. Did you wake up? Oh, you've gone back to sleep. You don't need to worry about me. You're as safe as a church up here. Yes, you are. She lifted her head and looked at me and put it back down again. Well, at least she's not afraid of us now. No. Siblings are. What is it that she likes? Hi, precious. What's she like to eat? Um, she likes to eat cookies. She ate some hot dogs. Hi, honey. What is it? She's your belly full. She likes dry food. You like dry food? That's what you're eating today. Yes, you were. Here you go. I'll get you some dry food. Want some dry food? Here you go. No, you don't have to worry about me. Oh, shoot. Shoot. She all right? I don't see her. You okay? Yeah, she's fine. What'd she do, run? She's running right now. She's very skittish. Where'd she go? In the woods? Yeah, she went down that way. Towards the brook. She'll be back. Yeah. I did not mean to do that. I felt bad. I felt like I needed to go look for her. She didn't hurt herself anyway. No. When they're little like that. Now, I'm going to get my... in here. Do they land on their feet like cats? Yeah. They do. Oh. They must have been eating, were they? Yeah. Huh? Yeah. Conner cat. Where's Charlotte? Huh? Where's Charlotte? She did go in here. There she is. It feels so good. All right. I'll go down the stairs now. Oh. What are you doing, Charlotte? What? You doing, Charlotte? What? Charlotte? What are you doing? What? What is it? Now, I don't know. We got lights on here. Oh, she's not... She's not up in the... I'll sit in the chair here. She'll come right out. Oh. Hey, Sylvie. There you are. She comes out when I call her now. Don't you? Somebody is growling and said that she was in the dark. But we have... We got night lights here. See? That's on 24-7. Sylvie. Where are you at? I can't keep... Oh, there she is. I can't keep track of her. I can't keep track of you. No. Okay. We're going to say goodnight then. And... We shall see you again tomorrow. But it was heavy, heavy rain today. My front ditch is just full of water. Say goodbye. Sylvie. Say goodbye. Huh.