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[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "😲 You know I love the outdoors!!!"

🤣 Yes I do! I mean don't be so sure you don't have any bears!"

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[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Black bears are rarely seen in Indiana. In 2015, a black bear entered the state from Michigan, becoming the first black bear confirmed in Indiana since the 1870s, DNR said. Since 2015, the state agency has confirmed three black bears in the Hoosier state.

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[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Black bears are rarely seen in Indiana. In 2015, a black bear entered the state from Michigan, becoming the first black bear confirmed in Indiana since the 1870s, DNR said. Since 2015, the state ag..."

Yep, they're a-comin' back to get you! 🤣🤣🤣

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

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[Joanna]

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[Joanna]

We have 23,000 bears!!

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "We have 23,000 bears!!"

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I can't find an emoji of a man falling over dead from shock.

[Joanna]

And 75,000 moose, and 1,000 lynx!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "And 75,000 moose, and 1,000 lynx!!! 🤣🤣🤣"

😳😳 Maine is officially coming off my want to visit state...

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

But you know what WE have??? 😏😏😏

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

...I'm picturing you doing research right now...🤣🤣🤣

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "But you know what WE have??? 😏😏😏"

SPIDERS! 😱

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "But you know what WE have??? 😏😏😏"

SPIDERS! 😱"

YEP!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Joanna]

That's why I stay here! 😳

[Joanna]

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "That's why I stay here! 😳"

🙄 Oh good grief...YOU HAVE SPIDERS TOO!!!!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "That's why I stay here! 😳"

🙄 Oh good grief...YOU HAVE SPIDERS TOO!!!!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️"

🤣🤣🤣 Honestly I would gladly take bears, alligators, snakes, ANYTHING, over that spider!!! And I would not be standing there with a container trying to catch it. THOSE THINGS JUMP!!!!! I think I'd SHOOT it!!!

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "That's why I stay here! 😳"

🙄 Oh good grief...YOU HAVE SPIDERS TOO!!!!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️"

🤣🤣🤣 Honestly I would gladly take bears, alligators, snakes, ANYTHING, over that s..."

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[Joanna]

From my walk this morning. We are the same temperature as Miami today!!! 😳 The snow is basically all gone now...

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "From my walk this morning. We are the same temperature as Miami today!!! 😳 The snow is basically all gone now...



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Wow! Has that happened before?

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "
Wow! Has that happened before?"

😂 Yeah we usually have a major thaw sometime in December or January, but we usually have a lot more snow when it happens so we still have some left when it's over! I don't think I've ever seen this much bare ground this late!

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "
Wow! Has that happened before?"

😂 Yeah we usually have a major thaw sometime in December or January, but we usually have a lot more snow when it happens so we still have some left wh..."

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[Joanna]

I just put together my year in review, if anybody is up to looking at hundreds of pictures! 😵😂

http://yeflowerlovers.blogspot.com/20...

[Al]

Where the air hurts your face!?!? 🤣

[Joanna]

Al wrote: "Where the air hurts your face!?!? 🤣"

🤣🤣 Well, sometimes it does, but it's better than spiders! 😳

[Al]

Meg wrote: "Al wrote: "Where the air hurts your face!?!? 🤣"

🤣🤣 Well, sometimes it does, but it's better than spiders! 😳"

So I want to know the funny story about the moose skull that you referred to in your blog post.....Hmmmm?🤪

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

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[Joanna]

🤣🤣 You wanna tell this story, Emma? 🙈

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "🤣🤣 You wanna tell this story, Emma? 🙈"

I don't think you want me to tell it...you know how my stories go...😏🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "🤣🤣 You wanna tell this story, Emma? 🙈"

I don't think you want me to tell it...you know how my stories go...😏🤣🤣🤣🤣"

You're right, perhaps I'd better... 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "🤣🤣 You wanna tell this story, Emma? 🙈"

I don't think you want me to tell it...you know how my stories go...😏🤣🤣🤣🤣"

You're right, perhaps I'd better... 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣"

Yes, you'd better tell it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'll fill in on the details you're bound to forget...😏🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Joanna]

So I was walking in the woods one afternoon early last summer, and the woods are so thick that time of year, it's easy to get disoriented if you're paying more attention to the plants than where you're walking. And that's what happened to me...suddenly I had NO idea where I was! I just kept heading north as best as I could tell (the sun was almost directly overhead) and along the way, I came across the moose skull. I was in such a hurry to get home before my family started worrying, I just snapped a picture, grabbed it, and kept going. I finally came out of the woods, but into a field I'd never seen before. While I was walking around trying to get my bearings, a man on a dirt bike rode up. So there I was holding a camera and a moose skull, and I was so desperate I flagged him down, said where I lived and asked if he knew how I could get home? 🙈 🤣 It turned out to be quite simple, but I somehow had managed to get at least a mile out of my usual path! I still can't figure that out!

[Al]

Meg wrote: "So I was walking in the woods one afternoon early last summer, and the woods are so thick that time of year, it's easy to get disoriented if you're paying more attention to the plants than where yo..."

Sounds like the beginning of a Stephen King book. 😉🤣

So how far away from your house did you end up? Did the guy say anything about you carrying an animal skull? 🤣

[Joanna]

I was probably a mile and a half behind our house. He didn't ask any questions, but I saw him give it a rather curious look! 🤣🤣

[Pamela]

Emma wrote: "Black bears are rarely seen in Indiana. In 2015, a black bear entered the state from Michigan, becoming the first black bear confirmed in Indiana since the 1870s, DNR said. Since 2015, the state ag..."

I just read an article from the Pennsylvania Game Commission stating there are at least 20,000 black bears in PA. Add to that the increasing number of bears from New Jersey who swim across the Delaware River to get to PA, I would guess the number is growing. I don't blame the poor Jersey bears for fleeing! We never used to have bears in southeast PA, but now they are aften found in my area. I've had many bear encounters in my lifetime. They really are fascinating animals. My very favorite PA wild animal is the Whitetail Deer. We have about 1.5 million in the state~an average of 30 deer per sqare mile. There are many in the wooded area behind my house. Very beautiful animals!
Pammy Jo

[Pamela]

I forgot to add that you can often smell a black bear before you see it, at least in PA. They enjoy swimming in swamps, thus the lovely fragrance. 🤭🤭🤭😝 Nevertheless, they are pretty animals in general. The cubs are especially cute!

[Joanna]

I think that's great that they are making a comeback, Pammy Jo! They are beautiful animals and I love the cubs! 😁

Wow, you have A LOT more deer than we do! Maine's population is only 300,000. The deep snows take a toll on them, from what I've heard. It's hard for them to find enough to eat. Our neighbor feeds them and usually has a whole herd in his yard!

[Joanna]

Pamela wrote: "I forgot to add that you can often smell a black bear before you see it, at least in PA. They enjoy swimming in swamps, thus the lovely fragrance. 🤭🤭🤭😝 Nevertheless, they are pretty animals in gene..."

🤣🤣 Yeah, I've heard that! There've been a few times in the woods that I smelled something a little strange and wondered if a bear was nearby...

[Pamela]

Meg wrote: "I think that's great that they are making a comeback, Pammy Jo! They are beautiful animals and I love the cubs! 😁

Wow, you have A LOT more deer than we do! Maine's population is only 300,000. The ..."

While bears will roam far and wide, deer spend their entire lives in a 3/4 to 1 square mile area. When we had our vacation home in the Poconos, a doe became so tame that she would eat crackers out of our hands. One day, she came out of the woods, looked at us, returned to the woods and then came back into our yard, nudging her two fawns over to us. She showed them she didn't fear us. After the doe ate from our hands, she somehow communicated to her fawns that they were safe, and they ate from our hands, too! This went on for years, as each generation of deer continued to visit our yard, feeling safe with us. We never fed them lots, just a few crackers. We knew they had to know how to survive on their own in the woods. It was amazing!🙂 Only the does did this. Never any bucks. They are known to be quite aggressive. We have many family movies, which my grandmother took, of the deer taking the crackers from us!

[Joanna]

Awww, that is so sweet!! 💗

[Joanna]

Here ya go, Emma! 😏🤣🤣

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BX3Pd...

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Here ya go, Emma! 😏🤣🤣

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BX3Pd..."

😳😳😳 I turned that off as soon as I could. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Joanna]

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[Pamela]

Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Here ya go, Emma! 😏🤣🤣

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BX3Pd..."

😳😳😳 I turned that off as soon as I could. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

Oh my! I just watched the video. My cat, Clara, started running around the room, eyes big and ears back, and looked under the furniture and behind the curtains. She thought the big cats were in our house! Lesson learned...I need to turn down the volume before playing animal videos! LOL!!!😂🤣😃😄😅😆😊😳
Pammy Jo

[Joanna]

Ooooh I'm sorry, I scared your kitty!! 🙊 Guess I should've posted some kind of warning, but I had to scare Emma! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Lily Rose]

Meg wrote: "Ooooh I'm sorry, I scared your kitty!! 🙊 Guess I should've posted some kind of warning, but I had to scare Emma! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

So cruel!

[Joanna]

Dorothy wrote: "So cruel!"

YOU have no room to talk! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "So cruel!"

YOU have no room to talk! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

Don't blame poor Dorry for that!! 🥺🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "So cruel!"

YOU have no room to talk! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

Don't blame poor Dorry for that!! 🥺🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

It was all her idea!!! 😇🤣🤣🤣

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "So cruel!"

YOU have no room to talk! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

Don't blame poor Dorry for that!! 🥺🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

It was all her idea!!! 😇🤣🤣🤣"

I wasn't talking about that...but that too!!!! 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣