It's cooler, but they still like the bath

We can look out onto the catio day or night and see some creature bathing or drinking or both. It had been a few years since we'd kept water out there in pans or trays, but the heat of the summer prompted doing it and maybe they'll stay filled all winter long. There seem to be plenty of people who don't keep water, or at least untippable water, out or replenished for their cats, just for example. In addition to the customary raccoons, opossums, and gray foxes, people have been reporting seeing armadillos in town for the first time in ages, plus one or more chaparrals. Those we haven't seen since we used to out Bee Cave way to Griffin's westernwear. Probably the last time they were reliably seen was when Las Palomas was first opened. I can remember going for a spit out that way for bean soup, with KTXS tejano on the radio.