This and That goes online Oct. 2009

There is much happening to this city girl moved to the country! Just as an introduction, I moved from a town of about 80,000 people to a small township without a posted population. The nearest town is Clark Fork with a population of 530 people. I would guess that there are about 40 people in my new "town" in the country. We have no gas station, no store, but we do have a post office and a very small library. I heard that the library had to be closed all last week, because someone checked out the book. (Sorry about my sense of humor but you'll get used to it). The biggest occurrence (of interest) is that I have a bear that visits my yard every day. He comes while it is dark out to eat fruit from the trees in my yard. I have seen him at 5 am and at 9:15 pm, and I see his calling card that he leaves in my yard daily. If you think it is terrible to clean up after your German shepherd, try cleaning up after Yogi the bear. Yes, I call him Yogi. It seemed appropriate. Other interesting wildlife around here are; moose (I haven't seen one at my house yet but I did see one in a large field on a back road), elk (I saw three just a few days ago along side of the Hwy), deer (lots of them everywhere), I heard an elk in the woods (making a bugle sound - his mating call). I have also heard coyotes yipping, a wolf howl, lots of birds (both day and night birds). It is very quiet here, except when the wind blows hard. The electricity seems to go out most every day at least for a little while. I definitely need to get a battery powered alarm clock.