As Wednesday morning came and I got ready for work, I looked out the window to check if there would be any rain in store for Toronto. The sky looked clear, and it seemed there was no threat of wet weather today. However, what definitely was in store as I looked outside was a pair …
Tag Archive: raccoons
Jul 27 2009
Rampant raccoons
We’re plagued by raccoons right now. The little buggers have a den up under our neighbours’ roof, right next to our rooftop terrace. They usually come out at dusk to begin scavenging for food—after they’ve used our terrace as their personal, conveniently-located latrine, of course. Pretty gross! Over the weekend it rained heavily, so we …
Aug 08 2008
Night of the Macaroons
One of our friends from England didn’t believe there were such things as raccoons in Toronto, when she visited us in 2007. When she finally did catch a glimpse of one through the window one dark and rainy night in November, she squealed with delight and (in her excited state) immediately nicknamed them “macaroons”. Well, …
Mar 25 2008
I hope that's a raccoon!
I was waiting for a streetcar this morning, composing myself for my second day back at the office after the Easter weekend, when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. A guy on a bicycle had stopped at a red light, getting ready to set off once it turned green. I was …
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I was born in England, spent part of my childhood in Zambia and eventually immigrated to Canada. This is a blog about the news and events in my life, my interests in politics, religion, human rights, science, reason, and the odd post here and there about my cats.
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