The trap is set

A friend dropped off a live trap last night so we can take care of our raccoon problem. (See "Call in Hercule Poirot" and "More destruction" posts.)

Not wanting to deal with relocating a live raccoon before teaching summer school this morning, my husband waited to set the trap until tonight. Just minutes ago, he was outside baiting the trap.

He laid the trap on the bench of our pergola. Our fear is that if we place it on the ground, we'll trap one of our seven skunks.(See "Stop thieves!" post.) And that could involve a rather stinky relocation, not to mention breaking up a family.

Of course, we could end up with a friendly squirrel or the crow that eats breakfast in our birdbath every morning.

We'll let you know how it goes.