Wednesday four raccoons at the Diner

James Blackwood
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Nov 6, 2025
38 degrees Fahrenheit tonight raccoons finding it cold'
A little bit out there on the step.
>> Yeah. Scooter ran.
>> Scooter ran.
>> So 20 to 7
on a Wednesday night.
>> Oh, that's a little bit. My god, he's
big.
>> Getting big.
>> Yeah. Here he comes.
>> See after Oh, he's eating hot dogs.
>> Yeah. Getting him some protein in.
>> Yeah.
What's your name?
>> Huh? What's your name?
>> My name is Connor. Yeah. And I have a
ham sandwich there. And I know he wants
it.
I got a ham sandwich.
I get I get ham.
>> He says, "When you get it out, Dad, I'll
come and eat it." And I was out and I
was out in my car today for the first
time.
>> You drove for the first time in three
months.
>> First time in three months. And I uh
Yes, you did.
>> I drove went and got my haircut and I
picked up my those funny looking pills.
What?
>> Your magnesium.
>> Magnesium.
And I went to Soies and used my new
walker.
>> Mhm. And you just were out and about.
Got the stink off of you.
>> Yeah. I got this blew the stink off me.
I even took one of the tables down to
the put it in the shed.
>> You had a burst of energy today.
>> I got one more to go. What are you
doing?
>> You're going to get some, are you?
>> No, I'm good.
>> Oh,
>> you're going to let him eat the hot dogs
first and then I'll put his cookies out.
>> Yeah.
>> He's got some Cheerios. He's already
been in those.
>> Look at you. Yes.
And I I had to uh my poor my poor bed
got all wet again today.
This morning I woke up in sweats.
>> Yep.
>> And uh Oh, there's the second one.
>> There's two there.
There's the other one coming. Oh,
there's another one down on the lawn.
>> Yes.
We're not getting too many because of
the there. You just come up off the
Which one's that one?
>> I don't know. I got to take a good look.
I got to look at the face.
>> Look at them coming.
>> That's Lucy. She's got the scar on above
her right eye.
>> Yeah. Look at the fat on her.
>> She big girl. She's full figured.
>> She's full figured.
Yeah.
I'll let you open with the cookies. Oh,
they go running.
>> I don't know. We'll see.
>> You want some cookies? Cookies? They
want some cookies? I got four here now.
>> Oh,
you want cookies?
>> It's freezing. It was only 4°. There's
four there now.
Yeah. Two on the deck and two on the
steps.
>> Do you see that? He grabbed that one.
Was rolling heading down the stairs.
>> Yeah.
He's just going to open them all up and
eat the cream.
Yeah.
And we got a new pelican today.
It's uh we're going to you if that rat
comes out, it's a it's a
looks like a
an automatic weapon, but it's not. It's
just a shoots pellets, but we got the
wrong pellets for it. The these ones are
pointed pellets, and you're not allowed
to use pointed pellets on the uh
anything has cylinder, rotating
cylinders.
And
>> this one has uh I think it was eight
shots in each end. So you get 16 shots.
>> But the mouse is out of the mouse. It's
a rat was out today.
We don't want him living around here
>> cuz he he'll try to get in the house.
>> He's just having a pet.
It's cold.
>> It is cold, isn't it?
>> Yes.
>> Yeah. It's uh
>> We're supposed to get snow flurries
tomorrow.
>> Four degrees.
>> Yep.
>> Yeah.
That'd be what? Four
40
>> around 30
>> 38
>> 38.
>> Yeah.
>> 38 Fahrenheit.
Nice little bit there. That's You see
there's one in the by the
There's one there having water and
there's another one having water. I
don't know where the fourth one went.
And there's uh Cheerios there, cookies,
hot dogs.
Look at him opening up all the cookies.
>> Yeah.
So, it was good to get out. And uh my
hair was getting long and u
my barber, he was off for 3 weeks. He
fell off his motorcycle and uh broke his
wrist. So, he wasn't he wasn't cutting
hair for a long time. And so, I was
lucky to grab a hold of him today.
And then I went to the what they call
the medicine shop and that's where I get
my uh
>> those magnesium pills I got to take at
night before I go to bed.
Well, the yellow one didn't come back.
He's just got the three there.
>> Little bit.
>> He's going through all them cookies.
>> The other fellow is eating
>> hot dogs.
We got one on the step. So we got three
here.
Oh, you better get your cookies.
There's three buckets of water out
there.
Yeah, he's putting a cookie in that one.
So, uh, I'll get my rear end over here.
This is the gun that she ordered to come
in today.
But, uh, we have to
These pellets are the wrong ones. They
got points on them.
I don't you can see them or not. Uh,
yeah.
I got little red points
and uh they get jammed in the um I was
wondering why it wasn't working. The
points get jammed in the U magazine.
So, it runs on CO2.
And this is the book on it. This is CO2
thing. I took it out. It said to keep it
out if you're not using it. And this is
the thing here. It looks like a real
gun. It's a Beretta.
Yeah. Like it looks like a real gun. And
it's heavy, too.
>> Yeah. So, I just uh
Where's that thing at here? Oh, there it
is. That's your magazine.
There's eight in one side. Then you flip
it over
and do the other side. And just just
goes in like a regular. I'll have to
wait till I have my two hands put it
back together.
Anyway,
so I got that to get rid of that rat.
>> And Charlotte.
>> Oh, she's in my bed.
>> She's in my bed.
She's in my bed. Yes, you are.
She's sleeping next to the
the raccoon with the Boston Bruins
uniform on
that was sent up to me.
>> I got two mounty bears. I got the a
polar bear and a black bear.
And that's Boston bronze bear.
Well, you get up, did you?
You get up. Uh, we'll put the the
blanket on today.
Tonight? Yeah. She likes sleeping there.
She went She slept with me last night
and he kicked her out at 3:00 this
morning.
But the uh the reason I get the cold
sweats, I don't get them all the time,
but u
it's caused from the cancer I got. So,
and then I get nose bleeds all the time.
I had another one today before I went to
get my haircut. So, anyway, um
this is my my new haircut.
It was hanging over my ears. I I hate
that, you know.
So
>> little girl,
>> little girl.
Oh my.
She's having her pizza.
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My chair is still up where I boot myself
out of it.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, that chair stands up
and it's heated.
>> I'm speechless.
>> Oh, that's jealousy.
>> Well, say good night then.
>> Good night, then.
>> See you later.
>> Yeah,
>> I I told him.
>> We'll go check on the raccoons again.
>> Oh, he's still on the tree.
Oh, there's just Oh, there's three there
still.
There's no cream left. It's all gone.
It's all gone.
Lucy,
look how big they are. Aren't they huge?
Yeah, they'll have a good winter. And
you know, uh when springtime comes, they
don't lose much fat.
But if this is if it's a nice u mild
day, they'll come out.
And I ordered a new snow joe uh to do
the deck with. It's what they call
electric snow shovel. Runs on battery.
So, um,
that'll keep the deck clear and then,
uh, if it's a mild day, they'll come up
and feed.
We got a funny looking moon tonight,
too. It's a full moon, but it's all
orangey.
Yeah.
Little bit still there. He's as big as
they are.
I don't know if we can see the moon or
not.
I saw it earlier.
Have a look out here.
>> Yeah, there it is.
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See it through the clouds. It was right
orangey earlier
full moon.
Yeah, I got a
a beautiful uh telescope in there, but
it's no good watching a full moon
because it's too bright.
Well, I'm going to have my sandwich and
and put this up on the internet.
>> Anyway, people, we'll see you later.
Bye-bye.
