Starting yesterday, because it's as good a place as any...
At breakfast time, a medium sized young male possum turned up...
Takeaway's not one to welcome visitors, and especially not at breakfast, and the fact that she's got a young one with her doesn't make her any more welcoming of strangers... ha ha.
As the young bloke found out...
He was half way down a bridge when he decided that turning tail and heading back in the direction he'd come from was a very, Very good idea, ha ha.
Off he ran, along the bridge... Over the arch... Up the ramp and onto the roof...
Being a cheeky little bloke, he sat on the edge of the roof with his tail dangling over...
Takeaway sat on top of the arch, gave it a moment's thought, then reared up about a third of her height and brought her front paws down hard, on one of the slats that make up the top of the arch...
"Thumpp!"... That's with Two P's, for emphasis... ha ha.
He bolted... All the way to the other end of the roof...
And then down to the big table so he could have a nibble...
Did I mention that he's a cheeky one? ha ha.
And that's where I thought it had pretty much wound up...
But he's a cheeky possum...
This afternoon I noticed a black and bushy tail in the doorway of the Honey house, and I thought it was strange...
It's a warm enough day, why isn't she in the Toffee house, it's bigger, and it's cooler...?
Maybe there's someone in there...?
I dug out the inspection camera so I could have a look..
I managed to get the camera through the doorway, and I was looking at the screen, trying to work out what the big pink blotch was...
It's all raw pine in there, it should be that uniform yellowy colour...
A big pink blotch...?
Suddenly the penny dropped...
It's "somebody's" nose... ha ha.
It's somebody who's just as curious about me as I am about them...
Hello, little man, I can see why the girls aren't sleeping in here, ha ha.
So, what kind of fun and games are we going to have in a couple of hour's time, when they get up?
A brief burst of "chase the possum", then some breakfast...?
He headed onto the long ramp that goes down to the back fence...
And almost made it all the way...
Little Zoo, "The world is my adventure playground", got to the bottom of the ramp first, by using another bridge...
She was "adventuring"... I'm surprised that she doesn't skip and sing "La la - la!" as she goes along...ha ha.
He found his path blocked on one side, and his chances of retreat up the ramp diminishing rapidly as Takeaway approached, so he did the sensible thing - sized up the distance between the ramp and the fence, jumped, and disappeared off into the night, ha ha.
And now I await tomorrow to see if there shall be a further chapter...
🙂
