Tuesday Night Raccoon Diner

James Blackwood
141 followers
Oct 29, 2025
WE TRIED TO HAVE A GOOD CROWD BUT THE NEIGHBORS INSISTING OF HAMMERING AND BANGING ALL NIGHT AND SCARING THEM OFF
What are you doing?
What are you doing? Huh?
I trimmed your bib a little bit, didn't
I?
Yeah, we had to cut your bib a little
bit. You got to do your back feet.
Yes, I do. You do your back feet. You
see the big raccoon? Look at that
raccoon out there.
It's a raccoon out there with mommy.
>> You see him? Huh?
>> He had a hash brown with me for supper.
>> You stay there. Lay down.
You stay there.
No,
don't trust him.
How you doing, big fella?
Any more here?
>> There was two more. Furby was here.
>> They all left.
>> Yeah, because of the banging.
>> Is he banging there again tonight?
Yeah.
>> Why didn't he do it through the day?
Maybe he works.
>> I was going to ask you. These guys
wouldn't be scared of the weasel, would
they?
>> No.
>> No.
>> No.
No, weasel's not big enough to bother
them.
Our neighbor lost some chickens.
>> Dawn.
>> Yeah, Donnie.
>> He lost five.
>> Five chickens.
Weasel killed them.
>> That's what he thinks.
>> Yeah,
>> it's the only thing that could have fit
in there.
>> Well, these fellas wouldn't fit. No,
>> they wouldn't go after chicken.
>> He knows it wasn't a raccoon.
>> No. Well, they would these fellas are uh
they're too well paid to go fight for
food.
>> And he said a rat wouldn't kill a
chicken either.
>> No.
Where you going, bud?
>> Say, I'm out of here.
>> He's leaving.
>> Well, there's one standing down there by
the woods. Here comes somebody. No, it's
two. Come on, guys.
>> Come on up.
We may have to drop cookies.
Did you bring them out?
>> They're right here.
>> That seems to draw attention.
>> Huh?
>> That seems to get their attention.
>> He's keeping an eye on that door.
>> Yeah.
>> Here.
>> God, it's cold out. It is cold.
>> I spent the whole day in bed today till
5:00. Here's one coming now.
>> There we go.
>> There he is.
>> Hello.
>> Come on, get a cookie.
>> You coming?
>> Come get a cookie.
>> You want some?
>> That's cookie. That is cookie. Hey,
cookie. What you doing, baby girl?
And in the water goes.
>> Yeah.
She's a cookie monster,
>> aren't you?
She's The rest of them are losing out.
>> Yeah.
>> Say yes.
>> The video I took last night, I took it
inside.
They were all out here cleaning up the
shells of the cookies.
>> Were they?
>> Yeah.
>> It was right after I went to bed, wasn't
it?
>> Yeah.
Yeah.
And I get up today and I was right sick
to my stomach and went back to bed and I
never get up till 5:00.
>> Yeah. You went to bed at what 4
a.m.?
>> Yes. I watched that stupid ball game
which I'll never do again. I'm all done
with Toronto.
>> What a bunch of losers.
>> Hey, nice.
>> You know the all the big money they
spent for the those big hitters. They're
not doing anything.
>> Team has better pitching.
>> The pitching is terrible.
Now, I can see why uh the Dodgers won
the World Series last year. They're
going to win it again this year.
>> They got the team to do it.
>> Really?
>> Oh, yeah. Very well disciplined.
>> Yeah. We spent all that money for
Guerrera. I mean, millions and millions
of dollars. And uh
I mean, all he does is pop out or hit
down to the
at the fir the first game that the first
with the Yankees he did really well, but
after that he didn't you wasn't much
with the Mariners.
We had three times we had bases loaded
with two out and to be a no hitter get
up and of course he'd either strike out
or ground out. So much for the bases
loaded.
>> Hi you guys.
>> They just can't do it.
>> Hello precious.
They're coming. I see them
now. Don't growl. She growled.
>> He growled. She ground.
>> Who's she growling with? That other
raccoon.
>> Cuz there's two coming up the path. Come
on, you guys. Come on.
>> Come on. We got cookies.
>> Come on.
>> There you go. Come on, everybody.
You get over here and eat your cookies.
Come on.
>> Hello. That's a baby.
>> Well, this is Look at the size of her.
>> Hello.
>> Look at the size of her.
>> She's gotten big, hasn't she?
>> Oh, she's full grown. Yeah.
Yeah. She's full grown.
>> That's Elsa.
Come on. I see you guys standing down
there. Are y'all going to come or not?
>> They're not going to come.
There's just
>> He will. He'll stay here.
>> Cookie, you be nice.
You want hot dogs or You want cookie?
No. You want a hot dog?
No, he doesn't know what he wants
>> there. She wants to get it off the
floor. She didn't want me to hand it to
her.
>> No.
>> Look at him peeling them open.
>> Come on.
>> Baby, you're not a baby anymore.
>> Say, yes, I am. I'm not a year old yet.
>> He's only uh would be born in April.
>> Yep. about 6 months old.
>> Yep.
>> Yeah.
>> You want some more?
>> How big? How fast they grow though?
>> I know.
I'm pulling that apart and getting the
cream.
>> Want to get you one out of there?
>> She's big.
>> Yeah. Cookie, you be nice.
>> There's another one out there in the
lawn.
>> There's two. Three.
>> Come on.
>> Come on, guys.
>> Come on.
>> They're fat, too.
>> Huh?
>> They're fat, too. Come on, guys.
>> Oh, there's a couple on the lawn.
>> There's three.
>> Oh, three.
>> And they're growling at each other.
>> Yeah.
They want to have a lawn party.
Come on up.
>> Come on, Woody. It's okay, baby girl.
Woody,
>> come on.
>> Hello.
There you go. Here.
>> She's so shy.
Bless her little heart.
>> Hello. Come on.
Well, they're all coming now.
>> Come on.
>> Yeah, I hear them over there, hammer.
>> That's what's bothering them.
>> Mhm.
>> They're running all over the lawn down
there, aren't they?
>> Yep.
Come on.
I see you, baby. I see you.
You go, sweetie.
>> She's got hot dogs.
She going to go dipping.
It's cold out here,
>> huh?
>> It's cold out here.
>> It is. Yeah. We're down to four last
night. Won't be long. We'll left the
>> Oh, I wanted to say something. Last
night you said something on your uh
video about you couldn't go down the
steps.
>> That's because of your hips.
>> Yeah, I know.
>> Somebody said I wouldn't let you go down
the steps. I wouldn't allow you in the
basement. Is that not awful? Yeah, it
is.
>> People just like to stir up.
>> If I If I was able to go down, I go
down.
>> That's right. You can come down and
visit Sylvia and me.
>> Yeah. I don't uh
>> You don't go because of your hip.
>> Well, it's all I can do to get back up.
>> When you were when you were gone that
time, I struggled
to get back up again.
>> That's why I had Donnie doing
everything.
>> I know. And I was trying to
make
>> You were trying to beat him and you
couldn't.
>> No.
That's why we you ended up saying,
"Okay, Donnie, I give up."
>> And we wanted to go to uh that Chinese
place in Turo, and I couldn't because of
the steps.
>> That's right.
>> Yeah. Too many steps going down there.
>> You do good going up and down our steps
when I take you to the doctor.
>> I know.
It's all I can do to get down.
Well, look how long it takes me to get
in the house.
>> I know.
>> Yeah.
>> You want another one?
[Applause]
Why do they run when a car goes by?
>> They're very It is a very loud car. You
didn't hear it, sweetheart.
>> Well, everybody disappeared. They're
gone.
>> They're gone.
>> They let out. Well, we'll
>> between the hammering and the cars.
>> Yeah. I'll just leave it out here for
them.
>> Yeah. They'll be out here all night long
tonight. It's not raining.
>> They eat all night.
>> Yeah,
>> there's nothing left in the morning.
>> Be careful.
>> I know it hurts.
>> Left foot. Take your left foot in first.
>> Yeah.
It's getting that left right foot in
there.
>> That's only a little step. I know.
>> Yeah. Whoever made that comment,
you should be ashamed of yourself.
If I wanted to go downstairs, I'd go
downstairs,
but I can't. So,
you know, because of the cancer,
the cancer I have,
my legs and my my hips and backs getting
worse.
Jesus.
>> Well, people got to realize that, you
know, that I'm not well and I'm never
going to be well because what I have is
not curable.
So,
I'll go check on her. I guess
she's in my bed up against the pillow, I
think. Yeah.
I didn't bother pulling the covers up
cuz I'm going right back in it
as soon as I uh
[Music]
I'm going right back in the bed again as
soon as I get get my jacket off. What
are you doing? Huh?
She slept with me all night and all day,
didn't you? Yes, you did. You stayed
with me all night, didn't you? She uh
she was up against my back.
Yes, you were.
You were up against my back, weren't
you? Yes, you were. You just love that,
don't you? Yeah.
And when I sit in the big chair, she
gets up with me.
It's a good girl.
You're a good girl,
huh?
Are you leaving?
You going to follow me out? Come on.
Come on.
[Music]
>> A new Walker came, but we didn't open
the box yet.
>> We don't know what it looks like.
[Music]
>> We're hoping it's the right walker in
it.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. It's a big box. opened it up yet?
>> Yeah, we don't.
>> We'll open it up tomorrow.
>> Open it up tomorrow.
>> Yeah.
Oh, get my
kick my shoes off.
Put my slippers back on
out there in my bare feet.
>> I got the dishes done.
Connor,
I made hash browns tonight and he had
I'm sure he ate one of them.
>> Yeah. Didn't you? And this morning
did
>> I had some cereal
and and then you want the milk?
>> I saved a little bit of milk for him
and then he uh Hang on, baby. Mommy will
get you something.
>> Then I went back to bed and that was it.
>> I went out like a light.
>> If I stayed up till 4:00, I think I'd be
going out back out like a lot.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, a waste of time. I'll never do that
again.
>> I used to do it with the Braves back in
the 90s.
>> Yeah. And and I have a
>> t-shirt you gave me. The Atlanta Braves
won the
>> World Series and I got the hat.
>> Yeah.
>> There you go. Big girl in there.
>> Are you ready to eat?
>> There you go.
>> Something been I got no appetite.
[Music]
>> All right. Well, I'm done. Charlotte,
you got
>> Let me open this mail.
>> What is it? Oh, yeah.
>> You hadn't opened it. Hang on,
Charlotte.
>> Where's that one from?
>> This one is from Farmington Hills,
Michigan.
>> I didn't know it yet.
>> Who is it from?
>> Ron and Nella.
>> Let's see here. Oh, it's an anniversary
card.
>> Oh,
>> that's sweet. Oh, and they sent us some
coins.
>> PS, you're always in our prayers, Nella
and Ron.
>> Yeah.
>> Isn't that nice? And then this is from
Deb Badger out in California. She's the
one that sent you the baseball last
year.
>> Yes.
>> I got it sitting on the uh top of the
TV.
>> And she made us a really nice wedding
book for our wedding.
>> That's uh
>> Look at that. And that's when the
Dodgers won it last year.
>> You see that?
>> Yeah.
>> Little raccoons.
>> Where do they find them at?
>> Oh, she makes cards. Scooter, Lala, and
Tabitha's
spruce. Oh, that's their little tree
that they they play in out there.
>> Oh, the color green is good for your
health. So, or for the baby. Sorry,
she's late. Oh, happy thirdy year
anniversary.
That's from Deb.
>> Oh, look at her.
>> Oh, she sent picture.
>> Yes.
There's something from California.
>> Oh, isn't that nice?
>> Thank you.
>> That's what's
>> Thank you.
>> Give me that there, too.
>> There you
There we go.
>> Yeah. That's a Volkswagen van.
>> Mhm.
>> And you know, I always wanted one of
them. And um fellow I was working with
in St. John's Newland. He had one that
was uh
>> You were just telling me about that.
>> It was a It was a camper. The camper
>> was one of those with 13 windows.
>> Yeah. But it had the top one up and made
a camper.
>> As y'all can see, I'm stashing all the
>> had pretty stove in it and had uh
water and everything.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
There's the boy.
>> Yep.
>> Conor.
>> Yep. So, this is all trick or treat,
isn't it, Connor? This is not for you.
>> Connor, did you get a treat?
>> Yes. Mama gave him some.
>> Did you get treats?
>> Yes.
>> Don't lie.
>> Do not lie.
>> Don't be lying. Did you get a treat?
>> Did you? He's smart. He understands
English. You hungry?
>> You see my little Halloween bags?
>> He knows the word hungry and he knows
knows the word treat.
The little hat.
>> Plus the little bags, is it for the
kids?
>> Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> They're cute.
>> Yeah. Got all kinds of little things.
The juice boxes, the Twinkies.
>> Are you going to get Are you going out
trick-or-treating?
>> Are you going?
>> He's listening.
>> Are you going trick-or-treating?
>> Are you listening to daddy?
>> You going to bed?
>> You going You want a seat?
>> You going to bed?
>> You want to go to bed? That's mama's
baby. really happy to have
>> you. Good boy.
>> He's mama's boy.
>> He is.
>> The baby.
>> He's just the baby.
>> Well, thanks everybody.
>> Yeah.
>> Have a good week. We appreciate it.
>> Yeah.
And here's me on the other end. Can you
hold that? There we go.
>> Yeah. There you are.
>> I got my coat on.
>> Yep.
>> Never leave home without it.
>> Yep.
Oh,
>> whoops.
>> Yeah. Byebye.
>> Bye y'all. Have a good night. Thank you.
There we
