More with the animal theme… another dear friend sent me a link to this video today. It’s almost unbelievable.

I grew up on a farm and it’s a family joke that any time Mom couldn’t find me, she’d just look for the cats, or in the barn.

  

As a newlywed, I had both an acreage and an indulgent husband so, yes, I have some experience with a variety of animals. The menagerie has ranged from cows and sheep, to rabbits and hedgehogs.

And a racoon, a Canada goose, and baby owls.

Here are some pics that my mother had in the collection I recently scanned. The back porch of our farm house was used many times as a makeshift nursery/surgery/recovery room for pets and ailing wildlife we’d find.

The racoon and dog were best buddies until the racoon got older and cranky (I can relate). They would clamp on to each other’s tails with their teeth, and run around the yard in a grand game of “shake, rattle & roll”.

 

The goose decided our back porch made a lovely summer home. If you look close, you’ll see one of the ever-present cats in the doorway, eating unfazed by it.

I was young when we found and nursed the baby owls, so I don’t remember much except that their eyes creeped me out.