More bears with no reason to hibernate

Mom went through her fridge today and put all her leftovers in a bucket with plans on feeding it to the bears. She says she has six visiting her now. If I was one of those bears, I wouldn't hibernate. Why, when the local Crazy Lady is willing to feed me all winter?

What's in your freezer?

Most people store food in their freezers. Others hide jewelry or money in them. My Mom stores "neat" dead animals in them.

She found this baby weasel in the driveway. I'm not sure why she decided to keep it, possibly because she wanted to show it to all her friends.

This is so natural for her that she didn't even warn me. I opened the door, looked to my right and found myself eye to whisker with this frozen animal lying on a bag of broccoli and cauliflower. Mom just giggled and then proceeded to pick it up and show me how cool it was, along with a description of how its long body was curled up..."like this."

I'm not kidding.

Talking to Mom on the phone now...

She had another bear incident last night. Mom let one of her dogs, Boo, outside to pee when Boo ran down the road, barking. Mom jumped in her car with a gun and a rechargeable jumbo flashlight in time to see a bear chasing Boo down the road. I'd like to point out here real quick that most people wouldn't respond to a barking dog with a loaded rifle, cheap ass flashlight and a quick drive in a dented Subaru down the road. But this is my Mom here, a woman who spread rumors of a militia in her neighborhood during a taped news interview. But that is a story for another day.

Anyway, so Mom yelled, "hey hey hey" at the bear causing it to stop and run in the bushes where it sat staring at her. She heard more noise in another bush and then some woofing and a baby bear crying. It's no wonder either, I can imagine her throaty yell is quite scary to anyone, let alone a baby animal. It is somewhat blood curdling and often causes the hair to stand on my arms. After 30+ years I'm still not used to it.

I guess Mom's bro, Uncle S. is planning on making bear salami.

All attachments from Mom potentially NSFW

Though the Red Circle has its physical limitations, Mom has learned how to use email and invaded cyberspace. When it comes to the Internet, there are no boundaries. I get photos like this all the time.

I don't know why she thinks I want to see "huge bear poop." I believe her when she says there are bears in the backyard. Do I need to see their shit? Apparently so. Maybe she wanted me to see the blackberry seeds. You know, just in case I am doubting her story that she is NOT baiting them with buckets of apples. Wait, do I see apple chunks?