Garbage day

I did not hear any train whistle this morning. I usually like hearing the whistle early, if the train is up and running. There is a track that goes up and down the East Coast and it seems only freight trains run on the track. The new neighbors across the street place their garbage out on the curb yesterday. I opened up the front door and saw their light on outside. However, I did not see the garbage scattered all over the neighborhood. There is a friendly big raccoon which is a night feeder on garbage. This raccoon makes it almost impossible to place garbage out at night without securing the can with bicycle ties. I have seen the raccoon traveling across the street at night. The coon looks like a big cat with a large hump in the middle of it's back. The coon never seems to come out during the day. I think it fears exposure. Last nights dinner was chili so there shouldn't be any food smells coming from our trash can. Today, when the sun comes up the garbage goes out to be picked up.