Guess who stopped by for lunch

Subtitle:  Wild, wild west

The homeowners we’re house sitting for told us there are a couple of bears who stop by, usually before 7 a.m.  For the past several mornings Jim has gotten up between 5:30 – 6 a.m., brewed his coffee, and sat at the kitchen table like he’s on Santa watch – camera ready to capture the grizzly beast.

And of course, nothing showed up.

Last night Jim headed to Chicago for a couple days (and 90+degrees) and I told him, “now you know a bear is going to show up while you’re gone”.

I should have said, “Now you know I’m going to win the lottery while you’re gone”, because my words came true!  But not at 6 a.m. – I wasn’t that eager to see the bear.

I’ve set up my “office” in the family room – it has a nice big window that looks out on the line of bird feeders and the back yard (which is basically a mountain).  Throughout the day I take a break from looking at the computer and look out at all the unusual birds.  I had my lunch on the back deck, soaked up some vitamin D and was debating whether I should water the garden or go for a walk (on the road up the mountain).  I decided I should hold off on both and get back to work.

Less than five minutes later I’m sitting at my “desk”, when I looked out the window and lo and behold a bear (at 2 p.m.!!!) comes wobbling down the mountain. Holy crap!  I ran for the camera and got just a couple of shots before I scared him off by opening the window.  Wow, that’s some Coal Creek Canyon excitement.

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So I’m sitting back at my desk about 8 p.m. writing this up.  I took a break and walked past one of the cats with his nose pressed up against the window, looking intently up the mountain.  Uh-oh, I know that look.  I glanced up and of course didn’t see anything.  By the time I sat back down at my computer the bear was in the back yard, digging up seeds that had fallen from the bird feeder.  Holy crap x 2!