Three down and at least one to go. One very shifty, cleaver, slippery opponent.

Ok this is the third one that has been caught and it is now enjoying a new life at "the country home" in the forest. Reunited with siblings.

One more left. One more very crafty, illusive, determined, shifty, sneaky plotting raccoon.

I have seen it on several occasions....I think.

I know it's out there watching me.

A very large adult who does not want to be caught.

It will lie and cheat it will do whatever it takes to win.

Even Acme Corporation traps haven't seemed to help.

I now own three. Small, Real Large and one ^@!#%&*!*! Large.

The UPS guy is worn out with the deliveries.

Amazon.com now has a One Click Trap Buying button just for me.

To get some idea of what it has been like I offer the following ......... enjoy!









Road Runners and Raccoons are cousins aren't they?

For further enjoyment visit this Wikipedia entry.

This is one of my favorite quotes

Wile E. Coyote often obtains complex and ludicrous devices from a mail-order company, the fictitious Acme Corporation, which he hopes will help him catch the Road Runner. The devices invariably fail in improbable and spectacular ways. Whether this is result of operator error or faulty merchandise is debatable. The coyote usually ends up burnt to a crisp, squashed flat, or at the bottom of a canyon (some shorts show him suffering a combination of these fates). Occasionally Acme products do work quite well (e.g. the Dehydrated Boulders, Bat-Man Outfit, Rocket Sled, Jet Powered Roller Skates, or Earthquake Pills). In this case their success often works against the coyote - for example, the Dehydrated Boulder, upon hydration, becomes so large that it crushes him, or the Coyote finding out that the Earthquake Pills bottle label's fine print states that the pills aren’t effective on road runners, right after he swallows the whole bottle, thinking them duds. Other times he uses items that are implausible, such as a superhero outfit, thinking he could fly wearing it (he cannot).

The good news is

I haven't been burnt, squashed or fallen off a cliff yet........

Stay tuned....................