Coon huntin'

so the other morning ben got up at 5:30 to go work out and there was a huge raccoon eating the chicken bones we'd left out for the cat (yes, one of our delicious, homegrown fowls). anyway, it scared him too death, being caught off-guard! the rotten thing gets into all the food and garbage and we think it killed a stray cat last week, so we decided to trap it. i'm sure bentley would love a coon skin cap for his birthday! we locked up our cat in the shop and as you can see, after nite #1, caught another, HUGE cat we'd never seen before!

don't worry animal lovers, it was a live trap and ben let him go. i'll let you know how the hunting progresses in the next couple of days. we also have been blessed (really!) with lots of moisture this winter to fill our reservoirs. the best snow-man making day this week, ben and i were stuck in traffic/snow for 2 hrs to try to get to 'fill the temple' day...so bentley and i ventured out after the prime...but we still got one put up!