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From bluesky🦋 Newsom to 🦊 (Original Post) Figarosmom Aug 2025 OP
Bravo! SheltieLover Aug 2025 #1
Must hurt like .... usonian Aug 2025 #2
It's 12:30 a.m., I have all my windows open because it's stinking hot here. Dem2theMax Aug 2025 #3
Last night, windows open, a badger or more roaming the countryside. usonian Aug 2025 #4
Lol! I live in a rural area, so I know what you are talking about. Dem2theMax Aug 2025 #8
Neighbor says it's more likely raccoons. usonian Aug 2025 #9
Laughing at the tomato juice bill! Dem2theMax Aug 2025 #10
Yes, Fox & MAGA have Newsom Derangement Syndrome. Emile Aug 2025 #5
Throwing back their mocking and ridicule is making them squirm. Nixie Aug 2025 #6
Thank you, Gov. Newsom. republianmushroom Aug 2025 #7

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
3. It's 12:30 a.m., I have all my windows open because it's stinking hot here.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 03:32 AM
Aug 2025

And now my neighbors are hearing me pig snort with laughter from looking at that! If they get mad at me for waking them up, I'm blaming it on you.

usonian

(26,596 posts)
4. Last night, windows open, a badger or more roaming the countryside.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:44 AM
Aug 2025

Getting all the neighbor's dogs in an uproar with their screaming. Never a dull moment.

Thanks!

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
8. Lol! I live in a rural area, so I know what you are talking about.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:55 PM
Aug 2025

Lately, I've had a great horned owl in the trees right behind my house. He, or she, starts up at about 9:00 p.m., and doesn't let up until dawn. If it's not the owl, it's the coyotes howling like crazy. The worst of all?

Skunk.

Midnight, windows and doors open, and all of a sudden the smell of skunk. You've never seen someone move so fast to close up the house and turn on every fan in the place. Then pray the smell dissipates.

usonian

(26,596 posts)
9. Neighbor says it's more likely raccoons.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:02 PM
Aug 2025

I didn't see, and a sound byte I found online matched it pretty well.

No matter. I look forward to owls, because they eat rodents, but all have been pretty far away.

No recent coyote sounds.

At my old family home, a neighbor had a (not so smart) dog who would repeatedly chase skunks. Got the whole neighborhood in on the action. I can imagine their tomato juice bill.

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
10. Laughing at the tomato juice bill!
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:05 PM
Aug 2025

I've never had to do that, and I hope I get all the way through life without ever having to wash a dog once they've been skunked.

I'm so happy to have the owls here, even if they do keep me awake half the night. Used to have barn owls, and they would hoot, quietly, back and forth for a couple of hours a night. Since the great horned owl moved in, no more barn owls. As long as they're eating the rodents, they can keep me awake.

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