Critter Park

Interesting that yesterday I mentioned seeing creatures . . .

Last night I was sitting on the front steps, listening to the last of the fireworks from the ball park, drinking a Kentucky Ale, and considering my front yard garden and the best way to enlarge it for next year. Very content.

I heard a rustling and around the corner came a small animal, which I thought would be a squirrel or maybe a possum. Turned out that it was a young skunk, which I barely got a look at because I was out of there. My neighbor across the street saw it also, as it took off running. He said he's been a hunter for years but had never spotted a skunk before.

We have a lot of deer in the neighborhood, at least we did last year, but a skunk? I live in the city, there's a great skyline view a block over. Only thing I can figure is, there's a city park a block away, pretty much unused, just green space. Even the playground equipment, such as it was, has been taken out and the ball field isn't used. I can picture critters having a home there and venturing out at night, especially the young ones who want to see what the rest of the world looks like.