olio night

 Just a few random thoughts 

    People should not feed wildlife, unless they are birds.  The wildlife, not the people.

    There was a Yahoo story about a woman who fed a raccoon in her back yard.  She had to call 911 because there were about 100 of the little creatures hanging around her door.  She was afraid to go out.

    Once upon a time, friends John and Kathy and Jackie and I went out for pizza.  We went to a place near Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.

    I had seen a story somewhere about the raccoons in the cemetery.  So Kathy brought a couple of slices of bread that we planned to toss over the fence and watch some raccoons.

    Well, the plan morphed into something bigger and we cleared out a 7 11 of bread and headed back to the cemetery.  

    Standing near the fence and the sign that clearly said "Do not feed the raccoons," we made little dough balls and tossed them over the fence.

    A raccoon came.  Then another.  And another.  Pretty soon the ground was swarming with them!  You could not even see the grass, just a moving brown carpet of snarling, chirping beasts.

    John held out a ball in his hand and a paw came through the fence and grabbed it.

    Jackie got back in the car.  I said not to worry, the fence would protect us.

    Then one of us looked and here comes an army of raccoons down the sidewalk.  We tossed the bread and fled.

    It was like a scene out of a horror movie.

    Funny, but a little scary.

    Rochelle schools are having an all school fund raiser.  Kids are selling Fannie May candy.

    I was talking to a friend today and she said her neighbor 's girl came to her door to sell candy.  Friend said, "I have a child in the same school you go to.  I already bought candy."

    The sales girl said that people can always buy one more box.

    So friend relented and was filling out the order form.

    The sales girl commented,":It seems most older people buy the Mint Melt-Aways."

    Friend is in her mid to early 40s.  She bought the mints.  Is she now considered old by the salesgirl?

    By the way, I bought the mints.  But I am old.

    Who is Sabrina Carpenter and why are her concert tickets going for $500 and up to a couple of thousand?  I am not of this culture.

    Praying for Florida tonight.  Hang on tight down there.

Peace and Love