Urban Jungle

[madrobins]

San Francisco is a lot closer to wilderness than New York. I mean, New York has hawks and owls and the odd coyote (not to mention the occasional bobcat or alligator brought back from vacation and stuck away in the bathroom by clueless tourists). But here...in the grassy patch across from our house (Emily's customary squeezing place) there is a skunk who comes to visit and raid the garbage can. And today, driving up to the dog park, I saw a dead possum in the middle of the road. I'd never seen a live possum before, and here I see my first one, and it's...well, it's roadkill. In New York all you see, roadkill-wise, is the odd pigeon or rat. This sure is an interesting place to live.