Not quite through visiting for the day I guess. Just at dark (7:20 p.m.) last evening the dogs started their alarm barking. We looked out the front window to see Ursa and cubs in the driveway. They must have been pretty close to the window when the dogs first saw them. They were headed across the road to the neighbor’s, so I called Kim to warn her but no one answered. I left a message anyway about the bears. About five minutes later she called me and while on the phone her dogs started barking like crazy and she said she had to call me back. Sure enough, the bears were on her doorstep! Good thing she listened to my message first and didn’t let the dogs out as soon as she got home!

I don’t much like these late visitations. During the day is one thing, but when it’s dark it’s another. I still think they haven’t adjusted to Daylight Savings time.

Plus, this morning I see that she finally managed to break the basin to my bird bath. It lies there overturned with a huge wedge broken out of it. Sigh. I guess a pottery bird bath is not a good thing to have with bears around.