bears on the loose

It’s rainy. It’s cold and wet and there are plenty of bears roaming through the city. Bears – black bears that can run very fast. Last week we drove to a cottage for a barbeque and a swim and then drove back. There were nine bears enroute including a mother with three cubs. Of course on the way back we took our garbage to the dump, and there were a couple feeding there. You are practically guaranteed to see bears at the dumps. The city dump is an informal tourist site for people who want to see the bears. Bears have been dumping on my lawn, so I know that they are around. The Ministry; of Natural Resources have posted a warning on my door. Here it is just part of the life. The city cemetery has signs posted warning about the bears. I sometimes take burials in the cemetery. A service has been cut short when the undertaker started to wave frantically. A bear was ambling through; so the committal, short prayer and the benediction and then advising the grieving family to get into their cars with due haste. The bears were here first. This spring took the first crop of berries so they are hungry and are in town looking for food. When the blueberries ripen they should disappear again into the woods.