I stayed up way too late, & then I woke up way too early! At 5am I kept hearing this gnawing & scratching sound. I also heard it last week one morning. I kept trying to go back to sleep, but finally just resigned myself to getting up. I located where I was hearing the sound, & at first I thought maybe a mouse was inside my wall, but it sounded too big, & I realized that maybe it’s something scratching around on my roof, because my room is an attic room, & it was in a roof corner kind of place.
So I banged on the wall, & it stopped for a second, then started up. I banged again, same thing. I banged a bunch & it made a weird noise. That’s when I realized it was probably a raccoon. My daughter has had 2 racoons dig out sections of roofing on their house to make a place to sleep, & the area on my roof that it was at is basically sheltered from 2 sides forming a corner, with an oak tree above it.
Lucky the coon moved on, and I’m really hoping it won’t try again. I love raccoons, & I love that there are lots of them in my neighborhood (along with foxes, hawks, etc), but I don’t want it to destroy my roof!
To hear the wierd sound the coon made, which turns out to be a ‘purr’:
http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Raccoon_Sounds_audio
So this tea has been a welcome addition to my way too early morning: bold, rich, a little sweet, & as it cools it gets a little grapey.
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The raccoon must have wanted to get at your tea stash! Hope you’ve been sleeping like a baby since the incident :)
cuz we all know how much raccoons love tea, right? :)
Tea: Giving raccoons the even-keeled energy that they need to carouse and plunder all night long since 3000 BC.
You’re a genius!
Seriously, I think I figured out why the raccoon was on my roof. It looks like there is a small hole leading into the soffit there, & I’m guessing there’s a bird nest there.
The raccoon must have wanted to get at your tea stash! Hope you’ve been sleeping like a baby since the incident :)
cuz we all know how much raccoons love tea, right? :)
Tea: Giving raccoons the even-keeled energy that they need to carouse and plunder all night long since 3000 BC.
You’re a genius!
Seriously, I think I figured out why the raccoon was on my roof. It looks like there is a small hole leading into the soffit there, & I’m guessing there’s a bird nest there.