Okay, so some of you are staring at this rather scruffy looking thing and wondering - what the hell IS that thing?? That, my friends, is a rather large possum. Willie noticed it lumbering across our back yard this morning, so I raced outside with my camera to get a shot. It's pretty unusual to see these guys out during the day as they prefer the dark of night for their adventures. He was not at all impressed with me or my camera and continued to amble off into the woods as if he didn't have a care in the world. Nature - you gotta love it!

Willie may have a slightly different slant on the whole nature thing since he came face-to-face with a black bear over the weekend. He was doing his biathlon (run/bike/run/collapse) and was on the bike when a medium sized bear ran out of the woods about 50 feet in front of him. Willie said that both he and the bruin skidded to a halt and gave each other the eye. Fortunately, the bear conceded and ran off into the woods. Willie got that part of the biathlon done in record time.

I'll have to see what else turns up. Stay tuned...