Cow? Dog? Sheep? Bear!!!

With the holidays approaching, the past few weeks have been nice. Apart from the standard aches, pains and colds that the season brings, we've all been doing ok.  So what's happened? Well, in a nutshell, my parents have come up for the holidays, we had our office holiday party, we cut and decorated the tree, and the girls have gone caroling at the local retirement home. It's been busy, but we've been having a great time.  

This evening I took the dogs for a walk and we ran across a black bear. It was dark, and he was about 30 feet away, so all I saw at first was shadow. At first, I thought it was a small cow, and when I figured out that cows are never that small, I thought that it must be a big dog. When I figured out that dogs are never that fluffy, I thought it had to be a sheep. And when I realized that sheep don't have legs that are the diameter of small tree trunks, my mind decided that 'Bear' was the best name to assign to this creature. Fortunately, he was not interested in us, and we were allowed to pass without trouble.

I think black bears only eat fruit, anyway :)