A New Career

17 Jan

For nearly as long as The Squire and I have lived here we have been putting out cheap dog food for the local wildlife – foxes, possums, raccoons, and the occasional coyote. For quite a while we fed both the foxes and the raccoons on the patio, with the two groups sitting back-to-back, and pretending the other critters weren’t there. Since we understand that not everybody is as kindly intentioned toward wildlife as we are, we decided to move the dishes to the “back forty” – the mowed strip behind the barn, under the power lines.

We had snow Monday night and into Tuesday and when The Squire went out last night to put out the food, he saw enough tracks to make one thinks we have a dozen foxes back there. We have quite a few black plastic “flats” from various frozen foods, so I suggested we put out several of those, instead of putting all of the kibble in one big dish. “That way, we don’t have one fox hogging all of the food.”

The Squire just looked at me. “You know, you really should have been zoo-keeper.”

4 Responses to “A New Career”

  1. Judy Kawaja's avatar
    Judy Kawaja January 18, 2024 at 11:12 am #

    😂

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  2. thisendoftheswamp's avatar
    thisendoftheswamp January 18, 2024 at 11:37 am #

    We also have a $200 a month birdseed problem. Wouldn’t have it any other way!

  3. Garfield Hug's avatar
    Garfield Hug January 21, 2024 at 1:53 am #

    Haha…I think you both are already accomplished zoo keepers

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