Picking up where I left off last week...

rail camFirst let me tell you about the weather. We've had a little snow, a little sunshine, lots of clouds and rain. The temperatures have been on the cool side, but not terribly cold, so no complaints about that. Lots of people are glad about the rain because the lake levels are still low from two summers of near drought conditions. Others are glad that it's not snow. So for the most part, everyone around here is happy.

Just when I said we probably wouldn't see any more bears this year, this guy strolled through here on Saturday. I was in the kitchen making supper, Jim was taking out the garbage and Molly was out in front doing her business. For some reason, I turned and looked out the window just as this guy was coming out of the brush. I went and yelled to Jim "there's a bear out there". He answers back "a deer?". "NO", I yelled back even louder, "A BLACK BEAR"! Then I called Molly in and she listened like a real good girl and trotted right back in the cabin, without ever seeing the bear. Luckily we got his picture on the trail cam.

Just before all this happened, we watched Big Mama, Little Squirt and a bunny. The little deer was stomping at the bunny and trying to act like a big shot. It didn't scare the bunny at all. The trail cam captured some good expressions on Little Squirt's face.

Sunday was a day of football and we were very happy with the outcome of the games. Yeah Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers!

This morning we were driving to one of our favorite walking spots when we saw this happy grouse displaying his feathers for the she-grouse further back off the road.

When we were heading back to the cabin after our walk, the two grouse were still hanging around in the same area. They're very lucky we aren't grouse hunters.

Like many Mondays, we went to Superior shopping this morning. On the was we saw 4 eagles in trees along the road. These two were nice enough to stay put while I took their pictures. We figured so much wildlife was out this morning for two reasons. One...it's wasn't raining and two...it's Monday and all the weekend warriors have gone home.