Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Life as a mother bear.

WE went down to our favourite spot..the bear watching place. I anticipated a no sightings night. Now that the blueberries are pretty much gone all of the black beauties have began to drift elsewhere. Of course sometimes when you anticipate the worst, the opposite happens. Off in the distance we saw the great black lady, and her two young charges all balancing on the limbs of some sort of fruit tree. You have to give these great creatures a lot of credit... teaching her youngster initiative (finding food sources beyond their horizons), self-assurance (teaching them they are capable), insight (knowing that the winter is long... better eat all you can now), adaptability (foraging is fun in trees, go with the flow), to be cautious (awareness of others presence, and the impact it may make on yourself), take note of a good teacher (and learn from their experiences and teachings). Hats off to all the mother bears out there.

2 comments:

Chastity said...

It's going to be sad when they go away to sleep for the winter...no more bear stories...try to fit a few in before then OK??

gemmak said...

have I missed something here? Real bears?? Like real big furry dangerous bear things??? You see em for real???? lol.