What was once a simple groundhog hole in my berry patch has gone upscale . Last year , the transformation began , and every few Clarence Day the Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin fort grew longer and mellow .

I have no idea what lives here , but something does . Just ask my dog-iron , who would care nothing better than to beat his psyche inside . I guess a luxury subterraneous dwelling , tastily appoint , with idealistic and humble entryways , numerous and far - flung .

This wintertime , when I was cutting back the cane , I thought I caught a whiff of skunk . Or could it be raccoons ? I ’m pretty sure it ’s not foxes . They have a well - established den near the well planetary house , also in an honest-to-god woodchuck pickle . It ’s draped in bittersweet and wild mount , and I imagine they like it there .

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