7:30 a.m Good Morning! I woke up this morning to my mom whispering (very loudly!) "Pamela, Pamela, come look at this!" And so I get up out of bed, head to the back door and see THIS! Very quite, slow moving creature. But we're looking to identify him. Please, post a comment or email me if you know what s/he is. PPS (p.s. Photos of Lily will be up soon!)

10:30 a.m. - We have learned that what we have here is an opossum. A great big thanks to all who answered my request for identification! More can be learned about the opossum at http://opossum.craton.net/. PPS (p.s. I'm told their not nice and should not allow Lily to befriend them. I also learned from a co-Beetonian that they are common around these parts!)