Junk in the Trunk

Watching Dada saw down trees and shrubs in front of the house is keeping Mojo and me pretty entertained.  It was hot today (11/23/10) so we were happy to be inside watching from the back of the couch out the picture window.  The big tree on the side of the house was all cut down and a big mess so Mama was out there dragging brush to a big pile so the garbage guys could come pick it up.

Well there was also a big tree trunk in the middle of the front yard.  We found out from a neighbor that a hurricane in 2005 broke that tree in half so the previous homeowner decided to leave it up and put some red plastic flowers on the top.  There was all kinds of overgrown bushes around the fake flower tree. So Dada decided to saw that down next.  The wood was just rotten and the trunk was about 6 feet high with rope wrapped around it. It was extremely ugly and we all hated it.

So he's sawing and sawing and Mama is dragging brush around and all of a sudden this gray piece of fur jumps out the trunk he is sawing down.  Well I haven't seen Mama move that fast ever.  Dada starts chasing this gray thing around the yard with a running chain saw and Mama is screaming and jumping around.  We thought maybe Mama found a coupon for Hardees or something in her pocket she was so excited.

So Dada finally chased the gray thing down the street with the chain saw with Mama running behind yelling something about a picture for the blog.  We thought it was a big fat rat but Dada  said it was a possum living in the dead tree trunk. We were sniffing that just the other day!!!  YUCK.  I have never met a possum that I liked.

Long story short, Mama ran across the possum taking a nap just down the street this morning (11/24/10).  I guess homeless possum just sleep anywhere but its pretty strange it just lays there without moving.  Happy tails, DeDe