Spy central:

So these are the facts:

The black bears are out and about... cruising through the neighbourhoods like they have been here all along. (which they have, but they haven't).

These are the reports:

Two RCMP officers escorted two bears down the road the other day. (Most likely yearlings if they were together).

Another report from a fellow that he was out delivering his newspapers and he ended up being two feet away from one.

Pictures on the front of the local paper with a couple that had played with someone's clothesline.

Last night it was reported to me (from my bear watching station) that the GVRD closed roadway down at the local park because they had 19 bears on the road at one time. (With people stuck in the middle).

Where was I: NO WERE to be found.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! (This isn't a wine, it's more like a scream, but in a whisper, and my hands fly up, in exasperation). Whew. That was hard.

In other things that are challenging:

I read a story the other day. The girl wrote it. It was a cute story, and revealed the events of her summer. Clearly she spent her summer in CODE. I think out of the full page of squeagy but cute printing, there were about ten words spelled right. OK, I lie, make it eleven. And to think that I wanted her to go to Rocket Science School. ON that note... she did tell me that she now thinks that spelling is important, and she wishes to change her ways.... so she is thinking of reading more now. She indicated this morning that she was tired of getting 3 out of 20's on her spelling tests, oh wait that was last year. She has improved over the summer, this week she got 3 out of 10. Oh my PIP... so much to do, and so much blond hair to do it with. I maintain my statement of "as long as you raise them good common sense, with a little mix of humour, and they are good people to themselves & others.. the rest is gravy".

In the meantime time... I suggested to my PIP that although she wasn't assigned homework, perhaps the words themselves could be her homework... since it's going to be some HOME WORK to get her to learn how to spell her words.

It's walking day.. time to get my poles ready!