Watch Out for Mountain Lions!

I'm sorry it's been a few weeks since I wrote last.  Between writer's block and other complications, I haven't gotten back here for a while. 

Truth be told, it's been kind of busy...between planting our gardens, helping with the rummage sale, and spending some days helping with projects at our provincial house in Hankinson.

While I was down there, I was grateful to have evening walks with one of my fellow Sisters just about every night.  It was so nice! 

One morning at breakfast, though, we were informed that there seemed to be a mountain lion in the vicinity.  People had heard it screaming.  A day or two later, the report was confirmed. 

We weren't too worried, and continued our evening walks, though avoiding the pasture area where we thought the feline would be more likely to roam. 

We had been advised that, if we saw it, we should raise up our arms so as to appear bigger, and slowly back away from it.  I also heard that mountain lions aren't prone to attack people.

The whole thing reminded me of the scene in the original Parent Trap, where the twins trick their dad's fiancee into making a fool of herself by knocking sticks together as she walked.

It became a little joke throughout my days there, as we reminded each other about danger of the potential intruder.

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