One of the joys...

[GiqueCee]

... of living in rural Vermont is occasionally coming nose to nose with our resident bear. I shooed him away, but as soon as I closed the door he came back to nosh on what was left in the bird feeders I'd gone out to collect. Had to give him a blast of the old bear horn. Morning will show what's left of the feeders. Whatever. Sharing 8 or 10 feet of space with a black bear does get the old heart aflutter.

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. Just be careful

[GiqueCee]

2. Always!

Thanks.

[markie]

3. Memories

One night… say 2:30, I heard the noise… so mad that my bee hive had been tipped over, I didn’t care that it was a big bear clawing for bee larva…. I ran out closer than any sane person should be and yelled at him to Get Out!!

I am not at the house now and my daughter recently texted me pictures of a baby playing in the garden…. Yes I miss the bears

[GiqueCee]

4. We've had the pleasure...

... of many visitations over the years, most of them resulting in some degree of destruction. Bird feeders are a bear magnet, so we always bring them in at dusk. Last night, thought our guest was early. Quelle surprise!

[RazorbackExpat]

5. Meanwhile in Japan,

a convenience store has installed a "monster wolf" to keep the bears away

[GiqueCee]

6. Maybe I'll build me one of those!