One early morning

At first, I saw them when I was crossing a street.
There was a car parked on the other side of the street.
The little feet moving under it. I thought they are cats.
Some people let their cats out at night.
When I take a morning walk, I enjoy them a company here and there.
I am a cats lover.
When I got to the other side of the car.
I looked and found what all those feet belongs to.
It was a mother racoon with five babies.
I have been doing my morning walk in this area for last fifteen years.
And I saw a racoon only one other time.
It was about three month ago. A pair of adult one.
They were playing each other.
And now I see mother and five babies.
They were not afraid a human at all.
They came toward me and passed me cross the street.
I was standing there, looking at them for while.
I wished that if I have a camera I could have nice picture.
But then, it was before sun rise, not enough light for a photo.
If I use a flash, it makes animal's eyes red.
Anyway, I was happy to see those cute creatures.
I felt this is a good start for a day.
(Today's picture I created by Photoshop.)
Posted by shinia62
at 11:20 AM PDT
Updated: Tuesday, 5 August 2008 11:32 AM PDT