The other night, we heard some rustling around in our garbage.  I thought it was the stray cat we often see hanging around.  Our roommate, Dylan, had and look and casually said, “Oh, it’s just the hedgehog again.”  Just the hedgehog!?  I had never seen one; I wanted to see!

The hedgehog was the cutest damn little creature I have seen in recent memory.  I couldn’t get over it!  And it could have cared less that there were three people (Rus, me, and Dylan) all staring at him - and me squealing and bouncing around excitedly in the background.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t keep him (booooo), so after we took a few pictures, I grabbed Rus’s leather work gloves so he could escort the little rascal away from the garbage.  When Rus picked him up, Sonic curled into a ball with his little hands and feet all scrunched up next to his face - awwww - the cuteness scale was off the charts!  I took the opportunity to pet him, and he was definitely spiky!

I took a few more pictures and let Rus take him to chomp away on the neighbor’s garden…but I hope he comes back to visit again :)