number 17

sooo we've had a little (or big) visitor on the mountain over the past few months...

bear encounter #1: andrew, sport, and i had decided to take a little after-dinner walk down the mountain one evening.

 there's a clearing on our road where deer usually graze and as i was looking to see if one was there. i spotted something a little larger and more grizzly. a bear, my friends! by the time i could stop bumbling and actually tell andrew what i saw, it was gone (of courseee!). long story short: we got one of my neighbors with a truck to come get us and sportie.

bear encounter #2: monday we woke up to find our little friend at our HOUSE! 

we have a corn feeder in the back yard for deer, and mr. bear was trying to sneak a little snack for himself. he wandered around the house, watching us peer at him through the windows, took a peek in our bluebird house (luckily not finding anything he thought was particularly tasty!) and went on about his way. fortunately he was around long enough for us to snap a few pics!