BEARS

TO DETERMINE IF BEAR IS IN TRAP, PLACE HAND INSIDE HOLE

THERE'S A BEAR AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE, NO LONGER CONSTIPATED

FIRST BEAR OF SPRING, ON WAY TO THE TEDDY BEARS'  PICNIC

YEARLING BEAR

BEAR CUB LOOKING FOR MAMA

Thursday, 8:00 AM.  15 degrees F at the ferry dock, 16 on the back porch.  Wind N, calm to light, with somwhat stronger gusts.  The sky is partly cloudy but clearing, the humidity 81%.  There's a nip in the air but it is a pretty nice morning, absent the shrieking wind.  The barometer is steady for now, at 30.27".  The week ahead is predicted to be cold, with temperatures from 0 to the teens and twenties, with mixed skies and no significant precipitation.

   Being more or less trapped inside by the fierce winds of the last several days,  my mind has been wandering even more than usual, and it stumbled upon wondering when the bears would come out of hibernation; not quite yet, I think.  That means the bird feeders are probably safe for a while.

   But I did get up the ambition to look through the archives and retrieve some bear related photos.  I think I lost one or two in the process and maybe I'll find them again and maybe not, but the above are what I have for now.

THE TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC
by Jimmy Kennedy, 1932

If you go down to the woods today 
You're sure of a big surprise 
If you go down to the woods today 
You'd better go in disguise. 
For every bear that ever there was 
Will gather there for certain, 
Because today's the day 
The Teddy Bears have their picnic. 

Picnic time for Teddy Bears 
The little Teddy Bears 
Are having a lovely time today 
Watch them, catch them unawares 
And see them picnic on their holiday. 
See them gaily gad about 
They love to play and shout; 
They never have any cares; 
At six o'clock their Mummies and Daddies, 
Will take them home to bed, 
Because they're tired little Teddy Bears. 

If you go down to the woods today 
You'd better not go alone 
It's lovely down in the woods today 
But safer to stay at home. 
For every bear that ever there was 
Will gather there for certain, 
Because today's the day 
The Teddy Bears have their picnic.