Early morning visitors.

[rose_cat]

I'm sitting here at the computer with the window open. I can hear rustling and chittering and the occasional squeal from the tree just outside.

When it first started up about twenty minutes ago, I thought it might be opossums (really hoping it wasn't rats). I tried looking with a flashlight, but the blinds are down and I couldn't really see properly through the slats. I didn't want to scare them off by pulling the blinds up, so I went outside. (No, Missy, you are not coming out.)

When I shone the light up into the tree, two bright pairs of eyes looked back. Raccoons! One of them scampered higher, the other down the tree and over the fence.

I really do need to get a working flash for my camera.

Comments

[i-want-2.livejournal.com]

Coons really serve no purpose. I don't even know why we created them...I mean, I don't know why they evolved. Yeah, evolved. It's not like my people created all life on this planet for our amusement. No. That would be silly. Yeah, silly.

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Well, if raccoons didn't exist, somebody would have to invent them.

[i-want-2.livejournal.com]

Not really. We could do without raccoons.

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Aw, c'mon.

[i-want-2.livejournal.com]

Moriarty is a Raccoon.

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Shit, you weren't kidding!

(They are a major rabies vector -- not to mention canine distemper -- in this country, but that's hardly their fault.)

[i-want-2.livejournal.com]

He is John's Alpha. Sherlock would be a good Alpha, but Sherlock's way too busy with his own intrigues for such trivialities as mating and bonding. Poor John, if he can't have his sea otter, at least he has his raccoon.

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

OK...so Sherlock's an otter and Moriarty's a raccoon. What's John then?

[i-want-2.livejournal.com]

Well, Lestrade is a Badger. I can't really picture John as anything, maybe a golden retriever, but I don't think he'd be that dumb/limited intellectually.

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, I was already thinking "hedgehog" before I found this.

[i-want-2.livejournal.com]

Perfect!

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Good :)

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

...although, why not a golden retriever? They're smart, connect emotionally and are very protective of their loved ones.

[i-want-2.livejournal.com]

Because John is small and blue-eyed. He's intuitive and what we've done to dogs intelligence is terrible.

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Dogs can be intuitive too, though. It depends on the dog -- what traits it's been bred for, and how it's raised.

Which reminds me, you might like this: Dogs Decoded I watched it (in repeat) on PBS a couple of days ago. If you have access to it -- it's available on iTunes, if you want to go that route -- I highly recommend it.

Can John be a golden retriever -- or other applicable dog -- on the inside and a hedgehog on the outside? Although the hedgehog needs to have blue eyes. (Fanart ball's in your court!)