A visitor

I guess we really can't call this a visitor because there are plenty of racoons to be seen around here.  On this night our dog, Allie, was going crazy as she usually does when one of these masked animals come around.  They are usually after her food if she hasn't eaten it yet.  The barking noise came from the front of the house which is unusual.  When I looked out at the dark porch it looked like a figure was on the corner of the railing.  It scared me to think that a person might be there so I flipped the porch light on and low and behold this guy stood as still as a board.  They are kind of cute but I wanted to go back to bed so I stepped outside and it scurried off the side and into the dark.