Live in this part of the world and you get used to it. There's a large thud on the roof followed by scurrying overhead. At times I feel like we live on Possum Parade, a well worn path between the street and the gully behind. Borrowing from Australian children's author Mem Fox, there's a little bit of magic about possums. Of course, it is a completely different story if the possum is in the roof cavity and running across the ceiling not the iron. I clearly remember the battle we had to get one out of the roof when I was growing up and then to find and seal the hole where it had entered.
A possum in the ceiling equals very disrupted sleep. I can still picture my Dad and neighbour John, hessian sack, noose and torch in hand climbing through the man hole for the great possum removal mission. Eventually the neighbours prevailed. Eventually.
Thankfully we don't have possums in the ceiling but on very wet nights like last night, the possums do favour a little spot sheltered on a beam on the corner of the deck. This little fellow arrived just after 9pm and made himself at home. This photo was taken just after midnight just so it could be "today's" photo
I am hoping with all my heart that it's the one from my roof. Beautiful creatures in the right environment. We often have a family of 3 in the palms next to our patio...
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Thanks for sharing this photo because tbh, I don't think I've ever seen one before.
ReplyDeleteThey look so cute though! We have the book Possum Magic which I bought for my nieces years ago after a visit to Oz and that has now been handed down to us!
ReplyDeleteHe looks so cute, though I am not sure I would want him on the loose in the house, bad enough when the pet hamster gets out!
ReplyDeleteWow that is amazing! We have a similar problem with squirrels where we live and it is a nightmare although he looks a bit bigger than the average squirrel!
ReplyDeleteWow a real life possum I Di. Think I have ever seen one up close before! Great photo x
ReplyDeleteWhat big eyes and ears he has. Not sure I've really taken in what a possum looked like before.
ReplyDeleteOooh you can almost see it nose twitch!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's something I don't see around here! Fab shot :)
ReplyDeleteohh I've never seen one either.. great photogrqaph :)
ReplyDeleteWe don't get anything like that over here. However, we stayed in a log cabin in woodland once and there was scurrying across the roof all night long. Freaked me out until I realised it was a squirrel!
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