TEARY TUESDAY
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 4:23 amGOOD MORNING TO ALL!
Cool morning and a cool night for great sleeping in the trailer with all windows and door open. It was in the mid 80s here yesterday, and totally WONDERFUL to feel heat at long last! The older I get, the more I appreciate being warm, through and through. Today is predicted to be even warmer than yesterday, so I guess I'll have to wear even cooler clothes for school. I wore just a thin denim jacket yesterday rather than one of my fleecy ones with several layers underneath that I have been wearing all winter. This is perfect summer weather for me. It's 45 outside now, so I have the doors here in the house open to add cool air which will stay in here all day while it warms up outside.....my own air conditioning process!
Very sad bear site update last night, as it seems the heavy rains Ely has had while Lily has been absent from little Hope have erased her scent for Lily to find. She searched most of yesterday morning and the night before around the big red pine where they were last seen together, but no signs of Hope anywhere. People have been notified and human search teams have been covering the woods for some sign of the 4-month old cub, but no signs at all. It's not a good sign that her mother appears to have given up after many hours of finding no scent trail. It's awful to get so involved with a wild creature as Nature is not always the benevolent force we humans wish it would be. It is what it is, and all we can do is wonder. Sue and Lynn, the biologists, are at their wits' end, trying to figure out this strange bear behavior. They need to find Hope's body if she's dead to try to figure out more in the puzzle. It's been an interesting study and an emotional several months for me. I am still happy to have learned so much about bear behavior through this site, despite the seemingly tragic outcome. Even more amazing is the comments from people on the Lily Facebook site as they struggle with their own emotions----that is a study of human nature all in itself! We are all so delicate when it comes right down to trying to be involved in a subjective study, devoid of human interference, only to discover we have a piece of us vested in the whole thing. I am sick at heart, but realize that, as my mother always told me, "Life is tough."
Off I go to pay some bills, get dressed, and head off to see what today brings in my classroom. Stop by for some coffee, and tell us what's going on in your piece of the universe.
Cool morning and a cool night for great sleeping in the trailer with all windows and door open. It was in the mid 80s here yesterday, and totally WONDERFUL to feel heat at long last! The older I get, the more I appreciate being warm, through and through. Today is predicted to be even warmer than yesterday, so I guess I'll have to wear even cooler clothes for school. I wore just a thin denim jacket yesterday rather than one of my fleecy ones with several layers underneath that I have been wearing all winter. This is perfect summer weather for me. It's 45 outside now, so I have the doors here in the house open to add cool air which will stay in here all day while it warms up outside.....my own air conditioning process!
Very sad bear site update last night, as it seems the heavy rains Ely has had while Lily has been absent from little Hope have erased her scent for Lily to find. She searched most of yesterday morning and the night before around the big red pine where they were last seen together, but no signs of Hope anywhere. People have been notified and human search teams have been covering the woods for some sign of the 4-month old cub, but no signs at all. It's not a good sign that her mother appears to have given up after many hours of finding no scent trail. It's awful to get so involved with a wild creature as Nature is not always the benevolent force we humans wish it would be. It is what it is, and all we can do is wonder. Sue and Lynn, the biologists, are at their wits' end, trying to figure out this strange bear behavior. They need to find Hope's body if she's dead to try to figure out more in the puzzle. It's been an interesting study and an emotional several months for me. I am still happy to have learned so much about bear behavior through this site, despite the seemingly tragic outcome. Even more amazing is the comments from people on the Lily Facebook site as they struggle with their own emotions----that is a study of human nature all in itself! We are all so delicate when it comes right down to trying to be involved in a subjective study, devoid of human interference, only to discover we have a piece of us vested in the whole thing. I am sick at heart, but realize that, as my mother always told me, "Life is tough."
Off I go to pay some bills, get dressed, and head off to see what today brings in my classroom. Stop by for some coffee, and tell us what's going on in your piece of the universe.
Seems like forever since I've posted on here. But then again it has been a long time. I come into work at 6am, punch in and go straight to work. Just can't seem to drag my butt in here any earlier than 5:45am and even then I punch in and start my work day. Nothing much really happening here except work. And for me that means a whole lot of dishes. 
As a matter of fact it's a huge step in the right direction! Can't pull no RV with the Blazer as it's only a 6cl. Well maybe a pop-up? But we both want and are hoping for something a little more substantial than a tent on wheels! 