More about raccoon babies

So here's the thing about raccoons: They're nocturnal. Hard to get pictures of in the dark.

But our Little Mama, desperate as she is about getting enough to eat so she can feed four hungry pups, has been coming out to the food dish in the early evening. And today, after she was done eating, she decided to bring the kids out. Way out. Over the fence, actually. And getting them back 'home' was a bit of a challenge. Sort of like the first practice of a developing circus act. The High Wire.

And of course I'm standing there at the back door with my camera trying to take pictures in too little light, laughing too hard to hold the camera still...

47 pictures, and not ONE of them in focus.

I am SO disappointed. But maybe you can get the overall 'feel' of the thing anyway:

It's going to be an interesting week!