Awesome, possum!

When we were discussing bugs and lizards and turtles that we've seen in the yard/neighborhood with the neighbors a few weeks ago, they let us know they had seen an opossum in their yard.  I quickly came home to google and wikipedia search so that I knew what to be on the lookout for.  No sign of it in our yard though, so I forgot about it.

Until this week.

When I went to settle Riley back to sleep one time the other night, the little guy decided to pay us a visit.  Roy spotted him on the patio and grabbed his camera.  Battery flat.  So he grabbed his Blackberry and snapped this very convincing photo (that he is very proud to share with you all!) of it walking away.

You see it, right?!  I wish I had a video to include here of Roy explaining where exactly the possum's tail and bum are in this photo.  "Right there."  "See that line?  That's the tail."  Even with him pointing at it right in front of me, I had a hard time believing seeing it.  Same with Leighton.  Roy jokingly compares it to a photo of Big Foot.  Glad he made that comment before I had to!  If you want to have him help you spot it, leave me a comment and I will let make him respond and try to direct your eyes to the right place.  Maybe we should have him add in some arrows or something on Photoshop!

Not to worry, he had a second chance a few minutes later.  Luckily for you (and for me - I was in with Riley yet again), he got a better photo this time.  It proves the possum was outside, but Roy is still a little distraught that he didn't get a photo of the face.

We keep waiting for another opportunity to get a good photo, but so far, no luck.  A couple nights after Roy's exciting sighting, I did get to see it outside, but it scurried away quickly and never returned.  Maybe it doesn't like the paparazzi - Roy and I were both glued to the patio door with cameras and video cameras and cell phones ready to capture all its best angles :)