Mommy - a bear!!

We were getting all loaded into the car this morning to head to VBS when Gretchen said, "Mommy, there's a bear!" I just shook my head at her - there couldn't possibly be a bear. But I looked up towards our bunny barn that she was pointing to, and would you believe, there really was a bear! A black bear, between the ages of 2 and 4, was peering into my bunny cages, probably giving them all heart attacks, wondering which one of them were going to be bear breakfast that day. Thank goodness that all the kids, including our neighbor boy, were all buckled safely into the van. Not 10 minutes earlier, the kids had been up at the bunny barn, checking on them before we left. And thank goodness my camera was handy right next to me. I quickly grabbed it, put on my zoom lens, and began snapping photos.

Standing Tall - probably between 5 and 6 feet tall

Can you see the bolt in the blue siding? 
The top one is at about 3 feet high.

He has got the biggest feet!

The sunlight hit his back, and he is so gorgeous! 
And big!

 

I feel so blessed to live out in the country where we get to see things like this.  And all my neighbors are jealous - they have lived out here from between 15-35 years, and this is the first time they have seen a bear. They didn't get to actually see it like I did, but my pictures proved it! And luckily, he didn't snack on any of our bunnies!