Love it when the camera comes in at the end of the scene. I assume this guy walked up to the bowl and ate.

Cole like to view the world from on high. Here he's leaped up to the top of the cabinet that holds the wall oven.

I looked up to see Cole sleeping in his tunnel. His face and body are hard to see, but you can't miss his legs sticking through one of the tunnel side holes.

Raccoons to the left, raccoons to the right, raccoons in the middle.

I'm playing with Chat GPT and made this meme. What do you think?

I must be some kind of psychic! Two weeks ago I booked a neck and shoulder massage for today, and what do you know, I'm stiff as a board and in desperate need of one! Go me!

View from our room at the Trade Winds in St. Pete Beach. We're here for the NINC conference..

Watering the plants while talking to my sister.

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I named the hero of my book, Midnight Obsession, coming out in January Tyler. That name now has dreadful associations. Publisher says I can change it. Do you like Titus or Travis better? Hard to change the name of a protag when you have been living w/ him for months.

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Something gouged this guy's side. Wonder what happened to him. He comes to my porch several times a day to eat.

A fox-raccoon confrontation always ends w/ the fox turning tail.

Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, the health department says.

Usually Holly is busy in the morning keeping Cole off the bed. Today I came up from downstairs chores to find Cole in the command position and very happy about it.

President Trump has warned that the US will shoot down Venezuela’s jets if they endanger US naval ships in the latest escalation of a dispute that has raised fears of military confrontation in the Caribbean

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Ground hog witing for me to fill the food bowls. Look at those teeth!

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress."

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Cole checks out a raccoon from the safety of the front hall.

Raccoon ended up chasing the fox off the porch.

Cole loves going out on the catio (screened porch). Here he is watching the activity at the bird bath.

Last night rambunctious raccoons spilled cat food all over the porch. But I wasn't worried. I knew the clean up crew would be along later.

The only way Democrats will be able to do something is if they win the midterms. So, instead of yelling at them when there is little they can do, get involved and help elect Democrats to local, state and Federal offices.

Supposedly, tourism in D.C. dropped before the National Guard came. After record highs in 2024, shortly after Trump came back, tourism fell. Before Trump nobody had to worry about museums being targeted or being forced to change to suit fragile white racists. Trump is to blame.

No cardboard left unturned.

On the bed together, but it's not exactly a play date.

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Good headline from the Baltimore Sun this morning: Voodoo sex spells, gambling binges, luxury gifts fuel $900K fraud probe into ex-Maryland PTA President

Cole sped across the catio to stalk a bird he couldn't get to through the screen. He loves it out there.

I love walking into the sun room and seeing a table full of blooming orchids. Some of these are reblooming. Others are recent purchases. I've got the perfect spot for them.

The deer got the first blooms on my tall phlox, but I'm seeing the later ones.