Intrusion’s clatter
peaks adrenaline – armed
I investigate
encounter winsome smile –
masked bandit, unabashed.
(For Eugi’s Causerie Weekly Prompt: winsome. Image from personal collection.)
To Catch a Thief
One Woman's Quest
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Had one of these guys at my back door in the fall. I’m pretty sure he’s the one that keeps knocking over my garbage can. 🙂
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Likely! Quite the culprits.
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“Winsome smile” makes me smile!
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Thanks Betty!
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Unabashed is right – look at that face 🙂
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At least I didn’t startle him enough to miss the shot, lol.
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Well done! 🙂
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Delightful image! Great you were armed with camera. We had one of these coming in during wee hours through the cat door (years back) and put up with a little bit of cat food loss for several weeks … till it began to wash things in the toilet (leaving me a splashy mess to clean up) … when my daughter found her shoe in the toilet, we had to start closing that cat flap at night. I was never face-to-face with our visitor!
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That’s hilarious. It was lucky I had my camera and this fellow was as curious as I it seemed.
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When we lived in Florida, our house backed up to woods. There were three raccoons that would get in our screened-in porch. They gnawed a hole in the screen. They’re fascinating to watch but menacing. Unabashed, indeed. Thank you for participating.
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They can be quite destructive. I have more than one encounter with a naughty scrounger.
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A very winsome poem! ❤
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Thanks
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I love this V.J.! Of course, part of that may be because we had a pet raccoon when I was a child. He was a wonderful pet, though he did steal things and hide them. I don’t know how many earrings my Mom lost…. He loved cheese puffs and orange soda – he’d wash the cheese puffs in the soda before he ate them. Thanks for a little trip down memory lane!
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That’s awesome, Terri. How fun!
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Very true that raccoons have no shame, hence the need for bungee cords on garbage can lids.
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Lol. True!
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🙂
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Aww…you’ve captured the raccoon attitude perfectly! 😉
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Lol. Thank you.
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Great poem, great photo. (I do wonder what you were armed with!) I love raccoons especially how they teach their kits to climb a tree. We usually see a family every spring traveling through the back yard, across the street, and into the park.
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They get up to a number of different antics. Thanks.
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Love it! 🙂
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Thanks Bette!
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