Where the wild things are

I just LOVE living where we live, right in the middle of forested north Idaho. We don't see as many animals since moving into this house but every once in awhile we have a day that makes up for it. Last Monday was one of those days. On the way to VBS, my son and I saw a mama moose and her baby crossing the road in front of us. On the way home we saw a young buck in velvet just off the side of the road. Later on the two of us were in my sewing room and I was fitting some fabric to my son to fashion a cape for a costume we saw the teeniest spotted fawn out in the backyard. Well my camera was upstairs and I didn't get a photo then but I got my camera and then watched and watched all day for him to come out again. In the afternoon something caught my eye and I looked up expecting to see the fawn but was surprised to see a bear instead! It was a bit bigger than our Golden Retriever. I ran to the sliding glass door to get a picture and it was gone. Weird. I ran up the stairs and looked out the windows - no bear. I went out on the deck and looked all around - no bear. Hmph. Then I saw my son out by the front porch signaling me. I went out front and this is what I saw;



The structure on the left is our house and that is the neighbor's driveway that the bear is walking up. We were so excited to see him (yeah I know the picture isn't great but I wanted to show it to you anyway) in addition to all the other animals we had seen that day.

Praise - that the young men from Chile, that visited us this weekend, had a wonderful time and that the injuries they got in an ATV incident were not worse. 15 stitches were required but it could have been worse. I thank God for guardian angels.

Prayers - for the prospective buyer of our house. The showing fell through today but we are hopeful that it will happen this week.