2011 October | The Road Home

Miracles

It might not look like a miracle to you.

But all of these photos were taken on Sunday.

And Bear, laid down…on his own…without a treat.

And he relaxed, and watched and sniffed.

Almost 5 months ago, when we returned from Spokane in the motorhome…Bear, 6 1/2 years old, having lost his loving person…and flown 2500 miles…then spent a night in a motorhome…travelling another 250 miles in that motorhome…to Montana and a new home with a “girl” and a cat and a woods full of new smells…and a BIG SKY!!! – it had to have been overwhelming to the extreme for him.

Our first walks were rather exciting.

I had a collar AND a harness on him and 2 leashes.

I was afraid that if there was an equipment failure he would be in the next county before he stopped.

But now…a miracle. He looks to me. He knows his house, his property – his home.

We go out and explore together.

And now we enjoy together…from the front porch…miracles!

***Bear and Bob…it progresses….slowly :)!

Sunday morning

First fire in the woodstove. Breakfast in front of it!

A morning walk.

Big sky.

A Sunday nap.

October Snow

From a late warm/hot Summer/Fall to suddenly Fall…

On the way to town this morning, the clouds were low over the mountain tops.

Last night, I looked at the Glacier National Park web cams to see if there was snow in the park. It had rained at my house all day with the temperature hovering at 45F so I thought…snow up high… I saw nothing.

But on the way home this morning, I looked to the east and was surprised to see snow under the lifting clouds!

Confirmed on the loop walk…

October Snow!

tidbits, cont’d.

It poured rain the whole live long day.

My work week was very productive, very frustrating, fun…and I’m glad it is over until Monday :)!

The woods on this rainy day was so beautiful. I walked through it when out with Bear and wished I could take photos of the rain drops on the dripping moss, the bark of the Aspen, the neon green of the lichen against the black of the decaying tree stumps… It is raining too hard to take the camera into the woods.

Watching Bear in the rain…he starts out slow with his ears down…then gets interested in his usual spots and forgets about the rain…until suddenly he is just too wet – a nose to tail tip violent shake and then a run for the door and inside. He seemed mystified that the squirrels were not in their usual places. I tried to tell him that they were in their hidey-holes warm and dry.

Bob…he spent some time outside as well even though I had heat on in his end of the house, fleece blankies scattered around…

Now, rain on the roof, against the kitchen light tube and on the floor near me…the roof leak(s) that has (have!) existed since I’ve been here despite my and several other’s inspection of the roof. This little house needs a new roof…maybe next year.

Time to call it a day. Bear and I have had our last outing and he has gone to bed. Bob waits for me. The kettle is on for a bedtime brew.