creekbound critters and smokes in the night 
~tffb
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Almost wanted to add another word - this works

I was standing on my balcony, next to the drainage "creek", a
concrete thing running to the *actual* creek 100 yards from my
apartment - during rain I watch the mini river flow to the "main"
waterway, so entertaining it is damn near a feature of this
residence.

No rain last night, just some glowing eyes of some kind in the
grated "main" creekway 10 feet from where I stood.

I smoked, my porch light off, as always, and watched them waddle
and "grumble" to their destination. Beaver, racoons? I do not know.

I figure there would be marcupials through there eventually - not
the first time, but the first time *I* saw them, and it certainly
will not be the last.

Black bear spotted downtown (aka three blocks from here) twice in
the past month, so maybe I should consider a fixed blade for the
nightly smoke sessions.