Labor Day Raccoons at the Diner

James Blackwood
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Angie and I both sitting on the bench with the raccoons
There's Bandit. How you doing, little
girl?
>> Come on,
>> Bandit.
>> Hi. Hello, baby.
>> Hey,
>> who's grandma? Oh, there's one down.
>> Well, that's there's Scooter going to
the tree, isn't it?
>> Not sure.
>> Well, they're all coming. We come out
here and there was nobody here. Look.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Seven.
>> I came out here and started calling
them.
>> Yeah. Eight. Nine. There's Oh, there's
more coming from the woods.
>> They must have heard me.
>> Yeah.
What are you doing? Are you eating?
Huh?
>> Lucy. Hello.
>> Are you eating hot dogs?
>> You want hot dog?
>> Here you go.
Yes, we are.
>> And Donnie and uh Laura are home.
>> Mhm.
>> Look at that crew.
>> I did yard work today.
>> Yeah, she was out cutting grass.
We got We have four out here. Five.
There's five. There you go.
>> So, do I need to put hot dogs out there?
>> Huh?
>> They're peaches.
>> They're getting hot dogs. Are they?
>> Yeah.
>> Throw them down there. A whole bunch of
them down there. There they go.
They're all running. One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven. A couple of them
are heading for the woods.
Oh, they're just eating at the edge of
the woods. So you'd be private.
Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> You're feeling better tonight?
>> Yeah.
Yeah. Feeling a lot better. Hi. What are
you doing? Huh? What are you doing?
Hang on, Peaches. There you go, baby.
>> There you go.
I'll put this on the stand.
It's a fat fella here.
>> And we had Adele Seir over visit us
today.
>> Yep.
>> That's James cousin.
>> Yeah. First cousin.
>> Yep.
She's such a sweet lady.
>> Yes, she is. Yeah.
Like my jacket.
>> Yes. Where'd you get that?
>> Huh?
>> Where'd you get that?
>> Sounded he sent it to me.
>> That's nice.
>> What's on the back of it?
>> Says Boston Bruins.
>> Is it?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. I couldn't fit into it. back in
now.
>> Yep.
>> She said I lost a lot of weight.
>> Yeah, you have.
>> Yeah.
>> Here
my hand.
>> This thing was
going to bite my foot
>> here.
>> All right.
There we go.
>> How's that? You good?
>> Yeah, I'm good.
>> Okay.
Get you some cookies
cuz you know they love cookies.
>> Yeah, they won't eat. They know you got
cookies. They won't eat the hot dogs.
>> Peaches, you got to talk to daddy.
>> You want a cookie? Here, come get a
cookie. There you go.
>> She's walking on too,
>> huh?
>> She's just walking like a little human.
>> There you go.
They're all eating hot dogs down there,
are they?
>> Mhm.
>> He wants a cookie.
>> You want a cookie?
>> That's Zora.
Did
>> you get Oh, somebody grabbed my leg.
>> Yeah, they got my leg, too.
>> Here.
That's a baby.
That's a baby down here. Yes, it is.
All right. Well, tell daddy you want a
cookie.
>> Look,
>> there's bandit.
>> They're like little trick-or-treaters.
>> Yeah.
My god, she's pretty. What's she doing?
>> She giving me a love bite.
>> Oh, was she?
>> Yeah.
>> Want another one here?
>> Yeah.
>> That's peaches.
>> They're very tame.
>> She's just looking around,
>> huh? What are y'all weary of tonight?
[Music]
It took me around five minutes calling
them to get them to come.
>> I mean, there was nobody out here.
>> No.
>> Ow.
>> And we were like, what's been going on?
You know,
>> you grabbed me from the rear end.
>> We didn't know what had been going on.
Hi, sweet pea. What's he doing?
>> He's being bad. What he's doing
>> here?
I put a cookie on your back.
>> He's coming back around.
>> I got your bum.
I got your bum. Look here.
>> Here comes Bandit.
>> Here, Bandit. Here you go, girl.
That's a good girl.
>> Zoro over here wants some. That's a
little boy.
>> Yeah.
>> So, he's he's been accepted into the
group.
>> Yeah.
The mas aren't being mean to him at all.
>> No.
>> Well, they all have to board together.
>> Yep. And you were telling me today,
>> what are they going to do come November?
>> Yeah. They'll be all be friends.
>> Everybody's going to be friends.
>> Yeah.
>> Cuz they're all going to be roommates
for months.
>> There'll be two or three families to
board up together.
>> Yep.
You want the cookies with the
>> the cream?
>> The cream in them.
>> Of course. I got I had two packs of
cookies in there.
>> What you do, sweetheart? Here.
>> There's some more.
>> What a good girl.
What a good girl. Aren't you?
>> They're getting their chicken. Huh?
>> They're getting all their chicken. Is
that you, Sammy?
That Sammy over there.
Hey, Sammy.
What are you doing? Yep. You're Sammy.
Here.
Bandit. Do you want another one?
Want a fresh one? Here. Look.
My god, you got a pretty face.
>> Yep.
Honey, I don't have any cookies. You got
to get daddy to give you one.
>> Here.
>> There you go.
>> Even the babies know how to take them.
>> Yep. There you go, Lucy. That's Lucy.
There's Peaches.
No, they love you, daddy.
>> I wouldn't give him the cookies. Got
cookies down there.
>> Bandit, you want another one? There you
go. She don't turn them down.
>> Nope. There you go, guys. There's some
more.
>> This the last of the cookies. And I've
only got a few hot dogs left. I'll go
get some marshmallows.
There we go.
It is kind of quiet out here, isn't it?
>> Yeah. Nobody's saying boo.
>> No,
>> there's no booze.
>> Hello, Connor.
>> What you doing, babe? I give you all the
cookies. Yes, I did. Girl,
she's coming with more. Here, look.
>> Marshmallow.
>> She's going to have a drink.
>> Here, I'll give her
>> one of these. Have that one here. Thank
you. Here. Where'd she go? Your bandit.
Here you go, girl. Here's you some
marshmallows.
>> Yeah.
Who wants marshmallows?
>> I'm glad that jacket fits you now. Is it
keeping you warm?
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Okay, good.
>> It's got a hood on it.
>> Good.
Hey,
>> Bubby.
We going to get to the garden party.
>> Yep.
>> I didn't mean to do that.
It didn't scare too many off.
>> Standard. You're going to have a
marshmallow.
>> Garden party's out there eating.
>> No, she's uh
she's going to eat some uh
she's licking the rest of the cream off
the cookies.
>> Yeah. See that?
All right. He's mobile.
We got to watch him.
>> Recycle the plastic.
>> Yep.
>> Hey, little lady.
>> Now, this got a hood on it. See, now
>> look at that.
>> Yeah.
>> Wow. How long you had that?
>> Couple of years.
>> Yeah.
>> I just noticed it in the closet there.
So,
>> yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Well, you look all snug as a bug in a
rug.
Yes.
I love you.
>> You're funny.
>> Yeah. Good out there driving the lawn
tractor.
>> Did I? Hey everybody. What are y'all
doing?
>> Are they all eating?
>> They're getting there.
>> We're losing them up here. We only got
two left.
>> Yep.
Say hi, Daddy.
>> Bandit. Oh, there's another one coming.
You are the hot dog.
I feel somebody on my
>> talking about the the Westful boys. I
watched a video there the other day
of when I released them.
>> Yep.
>> Down way down back. And uh
>> you and Bud, you and Bud, right?
>> They took off in the woods and then they
I think it was a night or two later they
landed here. Spent a couple of years
almost three years here.
>> Yep. They did. Yeah,
they stayed together though. That's one
good thing. They were pretty close.
>> Yep.
>> They were out in a a place uh in Westful
there. Uh this guy wanted to shoot them
and uh my buddy Bud, he trapped them and
took them out here.
So,
>> two more lives were saved.
>> Yep.
Hi, Connor. Cat, what are you doing?
>> Yeah. You know what Connor made me do
last night? I had to pull down the
blankets
so he could get on the sheets.
>> Really?
>> Yeah. And he slept there all night.
>> Hey, Connor.
>> And then he got back in this morning.
>> Yep.
>> Yeah.
>> Hey, Daddy.
You going to let us in?
Are you hungry? Are you hungry?
>> Yeah.
>> You need help?
>> Oh, I'm up.
>> Okay,
>> I'm up.
>> All right, I got to get him back.
>> All right, get
get.
>> I'll shut the oven door here.
>> Get away from that door. You hungry?
there.
>> Let's get you something to eat.
>> We don't want to eat a bag over there,
do we?
>> No.
>> I'll lock the door.
>> You want to say hi to everybody? Say
hello. Say hi.
Where's Charlotte?
>> Where's your Charlotte friend?
>> In the bedroom.
>> Charlotte's leg went to sleep on her
today.
>> Yes, it did.
She she took an extra long nap today and
her leg went to sleep and she got up and
she she just wasn't walking right and
then she got all right once she got got
to got the sleep out of it the tingling
then she was okay kind of worried us
there at first but yeah
she got all right.
Let me go see if I can find that
precious little girl. Is she in the bed?
Oh,
>> Charlotte.
>> Yep. Nope.
>> Nope. Not there.
>> Is she in the window?
>> Uh, yeah.
>> Okay. Turn the light on.
Shut the fan off.
>> Okay.
There she is. She's taking a bath.
>> Hey, Google. What's the temperature?
>> Say hello.
You want to say hi?
>> Temperature in Eureka right now is 14°.
>> 14°.
>> 14. She was down to 13 last night.
>> Say hi. You going to say hello,
Charlotte?
>> Good girl.
>> Hello.
Hey, baby girl.
Oh, yeah.
You're a sweet little lady. Yes, you
are.
Yep. Well, we're about to go.
Everybody's got to go back to work
tomorrow. Yep. Even me.
>> Even me.
>> So, say good night.
>> Good night. Now,
>> we'll see you later. Thank you. Bye-bye.
