lucky orphan

This morning we had a few hosta deliveries to make. At one of the stops, the buyer was wearing a soft cotton backpack pouchy sort of thing backwards, or rather on her front.. the way a mother would carry her baby.  Hmmm... but what kind of baby?  Must be a baby in there.  The top was tied closed.. hmmm....  I asked.  OMG!  In spite of the bad rap some of the adults get, this baby is right up there on the cuteness scale.  And, if you could hear it purrrr....

If the "do you think you would be able... " question had come up, I don't think I could have said "no".  It snuggled right under my chin, and it purred.  Poor baby was found on the side of the road, alone, very wet, and very hungry.  Yesterday, it went to the vet, got it's shots and will eventually live in a wildlife preserve.  That's the plan.  For now, it's a bottle baby snuggled in a pouch.  The game warden advised that if the finder didn't want to deal with it, then just leave it there.  Nature would take care of it.  (oh, and yes.. I do know about racoons, and what they can do, and... and.. but it purred.)

Check out this book: beautiful dyeing on silk, the shibori way.

Comments

[Christina]

How cute! I want one!

That Shibori knitting book looks interesting. I have always wanted to try that, but have trouble finding the time.

[Jess]

SO. CUTE.

[Kestrel]

So cute! I have to send this post to my mom, she's always wanted to find a baby racoon on her front steps. :)

[Kim]

Oh my..........that baby is so blessed cute! We once had a racoon that would come back every year and have her racoons in the chimney of our house until we finally had it capped. We used to watch the babies waddle around in the yard, once she would move them from the chimney. They really are so cute.

GREAT BOOK!

[PJ]

growing up my 'most favorite' animal was the raccoon...perhaps it still is with that picture! By the way, I love your lace project-pattern and color..how's it going?

[Beth S.]

It's adorable, but I would have been afraid to pick it up. I remember the rabid raccoon epidemic in the '80s, and how we kids were cautioned over and over again never to go near a raccoon who was out and about in the daytime.

[Cindy D]

Wow...you are having a good time up North! I think I'd like to see this book on Shibori. Seems like you've been away for ages.

[Betsy]

O.M.G.
So sweet!

[Brandy]

Awwwwwwwwww He is sooooooo adorable. We have a family of coons living in our street sewer. They make a mess of our garbage every summer.

He really purred.....Awwwwwwwwwwww

[Laurie]

That is the BEST coon picture. What a face!

[elisa]

Oh my good lord...it purred? I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around the cuteness.

[marisa]

I also knew someone who rescued a raccoon, named Rocky. What a cute baby. Good thing you had your camera!!

[Wendy]

That is one cute baby. I know I'd not be able to resist a purring raccoon.

[julia fc]

Have I mentioned that I had a rescue pet racoon when I was 12-15? Biddy. Had to eventually give her up because she got to be too smart. Off to the children's zoo she went. Happy there for years.

[Sara]

awwwwww. My sister raised a racoon, until it got obstreperous, and had to go to wildlife rehab.

And shibori? What's next, weaving?? (I know you said it's for the dyeing, hah!).

[Carole]

What an adorable little face!

[Tamara]

Awwwwww.

[moiraeknits]

Awww. That reminds me of one of my favorite books as a kid. Frosty: A Raccoon to Remember. Great book on an orphaned raccoon!