Actually, a funny thing happened at the condo – a Redmond listing I was showing a few weeks ago. It’s a third floor unit that backs directly to a private wooded area, and the view from one side is directly into the tree tops.
As a former biologist, whenever I peer out onto a view like that I always hold out a vague hope that I’ll chance upon something unusual - a pine marten leaping after a squirrel, perhaps, or an owl peering curiously back at me. In 8 years of showing homes the usual fare has been your run of the mill robin.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I looked out of the master bedroom window to see something moderately large and furry snoozing away in the crook of some branches about 20 feet away, right at eye level. Its back was to me, but based on its size I’m pretty sure it was a raccon. (Close-up below.)
It slept the whole time we were there, apparently oblivious of the traffic zooming by a stone’s throw away.
