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Raccoons, Opossums & Pretty Flowers

July 3, 2024 Elizabeth

It’s been a little slow around here, but we have still seen a few things of interest.

A friend gave me an evening primrose and it’s so fun to go out every night and see if there’s a blossom! Here’s one of our first blossoms.

Each bloom only opens up once for a single night.


The flowers above are all in the garden. The clematis in the middle is planted in front of our picture window and we have it trained on a cool trellis. The garden mum/aster was a perennial we planted last year by the side porch. Hoping it spreads. The catchfly is some sort of volunteer. Probably some would call it a weed.

At night, we’ve been seeing opossums and raccoons come through. The video below shows a couple of neat interactions. Raccoon vs. Opossum and then 2 opossums together. It’s really interesting seeing them come through.

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