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Hopalong:
An injured bear (got hit by a car) is running through a neighborhood near me today, poor thing.

 :(

Hops

lighter:
I'm sorry to hear about the bear suffering, Hops.  That's very sad.  How likely is it that they'll be able to find and capture that bear, dart it, then take it in for medical treatment? 

This is the second day of a 2 day fast.  DD15 did splendidly, though she'd pipe up with hunger pains as mine were receding, and so begin them again. 

I had approx 55 calories of organic chicken broth, one cup of that with slivered fresh mushrooms.  25 calories more than I was entitled to.  DD had zero, and was very disappointed in me.  She'd wrestled the mushrooms from me earlier in the day, and felt she'd nipped that in the bud. 
 :shock:
::shaking head::.

If 500 calories in a day is a type of fasting, then 55 is super duper turbo charged fasting.  I had too much sodium, but I found a way to get through it.  It sux.

Had a dream about organizing customers, and contractors. Very jumpy dream, and full of stress.  The dream ended with me trying to clean windows in a center kitchen island, that looked more like a boat, and the wood around the windows broke away, like paper, as I cleaned the underside.  Someone had carefully done their best to set up the island to appear stable, but it wasn't at all, in any small way, stable.

Hmmm.... I wonder what that dream was about.

Lighte

sKePTiKal:
Hops, keep that pooch close until the all-clear is announced. A dog will bark and while black bears are generally pretty docile (and majestic) animals, injury or cubs to protect brings out their fierce side. Then, they attack. I'm constantly told there are bears here. But have yet to see one.

My solitary doe cleared up the mystery why she wasn't in a group: she brought her spotted fawn up in the yard to show her off. And the turkey hen who visited the porch (downstairs, until I stood up) had two babies in tow that same night. I always thought it was Mike that was the pied piper for animals... oh yeah, and my fox pair brought their kit up the driveway too. Veritable "wild kingdom" around here.

As long as you're not back-country camping off the beaten trail and have no food close to you... (hmmm, helpful?)... I don't think the bears will bother you Lighter. But the idea of the possibility IS scary. I haven't been primitive camping in a long long time. And I tend to be the kind who picks out a good spot semi-close to the privy (and water) and spends her time making "base camp". LOL.

lighter:
We had a mama bear and 2 cubs come through our neighborhood... maybe last year, or the year before.  The mama startled a neighbor lady, who sprayed the bear in the face with a hose, which sent the bear crashing through the hedge into another neighbor's yard. 

That neighbor was sitting peacefully smoking a cigar, with his large black dog beside him. The dog attacked the bear, who tried to attack the neighbor. The neighbor punched the bear, and the entire neighborhood went nuts about bear and human rights for a while with reports of animal cruelty, a visit from the police, and message board foolishness back and forth. 

I like the leaders of both factions, and it was very tense for a while, bc they all walk through my yard to get to the forest, and they all told their own version of events with very high expectations of being believed. 

The moral of the story,
for me,
 is....
don't startle the bears. 

It's raining again, and very overcast.... looks like nightfall. 

Another day in the house.     

Amber, you don't have chickens so the idea of baby foxes sounds as nice as the baby doe, and turkey chicks. 

You might see bear cubs yets; )

lighter:
We have a big male bear in the area, and it pleased me to no end when DD15 pinned a little bell to the back of her pants before going for her run. 

She'll start a cleanse tomorrow... not sure what it's about, but she put sweet potatoes, and apples on the shopping list.  Protein powders figure large in the plan, I'm told.

I'm waiting on a fluffy happy batch of Cloud bread to finish in the oven.  Definitely vinegar is the way to go.  Decided to try garlic salt this time.  Will see.

It should rain tomorrow, and I'm feeling like neatening up overgrown hemlocks, and pans of yet to be planted moss.... there are several if I look.  I'm so ready for this rain to end.   

Lighter

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