Our New Friend

Our apartment complex doesn't allow animals. Which is sad because Carson and I would really like to have a dog (or two!), but kind of good because it would just be an extra expense right now. So even though we don't have a dog to walk, we have taken to enjoying a walk together in the evenings (because it's the only time you can stand to be outside in this weather) and today we stumbled on a little friend playing in the creek. It was a little otter. I've never seen an otter outside of a Zoo and it was the last thing I expected to see on our walk. We named him Ollie and we plan to visit most nights. He's very low maintenance and feeds himself. This is the closest thing we have to a pet.

Here's the only picture we were able to get. Maybe we'll get a better one another day now that we know to look for him.