the bear was back again last night ... our cat sensed his presence and went running to the sliding doors, staring into the blackness of the front yard, tail swishing ... i turned the outdoor floodlights on ... there was the big beast, lumbering across the front yard ... heading towards the plum trees ... he began pawing at the ground - trying to find the fallen fruit ... of course i ran for my camera, got Leo to hold the cat as i opened the slider ... but the shy bear sauntered off as soon as he heard the noise i was making ... no picture - again! sheesh!!!
the bears are extremely hungry this year - there are just too many of them and too little to eat ... i do feel sorry for them ... closer to town they are being trapped and disposed of ... people are afraid for their children, pets, themselves ... everyone is talking about the bears ...
this got me to thinking ... we all know what a powerful animal the bear is ... and in this area we also know that they can be deadly ... last month, a farmer was killed by a bear, near here (the bear was found and destroyed shortly afterwards) ... so the danger is not imagined but real ... yet the actual danger becomes magnified by fear ... people overreact and shut themselves indoors, just in case a bear might be outside ...
however, more people have died from mosquito born diseases then from bear attacks ... yet people don't go calling each other, saying "Ethel, i just saw a mosquito, you better stay indoors!"
big old bear vs. itty bitty mosquito ...
our worst fears vs. what really does trip us up, unbeknownst to us ...
what we can see and what we can’t ...
yup, i’ve been thinking a lot about bears ...
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