Strike One

I actually caught Raccoon #2 last night—but he got out of the cage. He got out because of my trap being made to not hurt a kitty if it gets hit by the sliding door closing. Instead of the door wedging tightly, as it did for raccoon #1, the padding I put on the edge of the door left it easy to slide. So raccoon #2 ate all the food in the cage then lifted the sliding door and walked away.

Today I bought a gate latch that will lock the door tightly when it closes. If Rocky II is hungry enough to enter the cage again it should hold him. To protect the kitties I padded the edges of the door and the bottom of the cage. If the cats go in and one is under the door when it falls it will get bruised but not seriously hurt. I’ve fenced off the cage to discourage the cats from going in it. The Raccoon has only one-way in and out to the cage—I know he knows the way, he found it in the wee hours this morning.

Here’s Rocky #1 in the cage with all the clothes and things he dragged inside.

Here is the current cage set up.

I spent most of today building a 94-page photo book of our Las Vegas vacation on winkflash.com (in between I did loads of laundry). They have a one-price special going on . Any 8x10 book is only 19.95 up to 100 pages. Penny and I sat down and reviewed the pictures in the book. We had a good time remembering the trip—even though it was only a couple weeks ago.

The garden is beginning to produce green fruit. I counted a dozen tomatoes on the way, a couple squash and half-a-dozen clusters of grape tomatoes. Harvest is still a ways off but the garden is lush and green. I didn’t find any new wilt on the tomatoes. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a harvest this year. Here are some pictures.

The Garden Today

Little Maters

Tiny Squash

Bush Tomatoes