So I'm standing in the little strip of woods between our lot and our next door neighbor's a few minutes ago, maybe 15 feet away from the house and 10 or so from the flowerbed with the daffodils in it - in other words, very much in our yard, walking the dog on a retractable lead, and what strolls by, 20 feet away at the most?
A bear.
Seriously. A black bear, on his way up the hill.
Makes a change from the deer, at least.....
