4.7.12

可爱的猫头鹰

超可爱的猫头鹰。。。。。。。

25.6.12

伤痛会过去


上个星期五下班后驾车去油站为轮胎进风,像平时一样下车顺手把车门关上。可是不知道为什么这次却不小心夹到左手的拇指。夹到的那一霎那拇指并不痛。过后回到家,手指就开始痛了。瘀血慢慢的在指甲中显现出来。一天一点,到了第三天,瘀血流满了半个拇指,就好像钟无艳一样。这三天里,疼痛并没减少过。不管吃饭、冲凉、工作或睡觉,每一分每一秒都在痛着。而且整个拇指也肿了起来。这种痛就好像痛进心坎里,无法形容。甚至半夜也会痛醒。可是日子还是要过,天天都度日如年。

三天过后,痛楚开始减少了。肿也消了一点。可是瘀血还在。不过感觉好多了。这件事过后得到了一些领悟。伤痛或痛苦一定会过去,可是伤痕和疤痕却会留下来陪着我们走下去。为我们的人生添加了一些回忆和体验。



(写于岁在壬辰端午晚间)

20.6.12

Teton Tales story


TETON TALES
                  Volume XVII, Issue # 2, June 16, 2012

Update on the Teton Bears!!
Like a soap opera, these Teton bears are!!  On the walk to lunch the other day, I spotted one of our Wildlife Brigade Volunteers and asked her for an update on the bear activity.  WOW!!!  Ready for some gossip??  Okay!

#399 has again not been seen in two to three weeks.  Bear management assumes that she is okay, but you never know!  However, now that her cubs are off on their own, perhaps #399 is taking a much needed vacation!! J

http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110627-grizzly-bear-no-610-hmed-7a.grid-6x2.jpgVisitors are still being thrilled, however, as #399’s daughter, #610 has taken center stage, with her two yearlings and her adopted yearling (one of #399’s cubs).  They keep busy foraging in the sage south of Colter Bay and were recently seen feeding on an elk carcass.  Jim was fortunate to see #610 in her “educator” role.  She placed her back against a telephone pole and began giving herself a great backrub.  But the best part was seeing each of the three cubs also sidling up to the pole, in turn, doing the same thing.

Another yearling cub, fending for itself, wasn’t as fortunate to have a mother-educator.  This young bear was successful in taking down an elk calf, but finally killing it took a long time.  One of our volunteers witnessed the happening using binoculars.  The calf cried and cried as the bear continued to feast on it, while at the same time the mother elk was just frantically racing to and fro.  Gruesome, yes; nature isn’t all beauty and light.
'Blondie' Grizzly Bear of Grand Teton National Park
Meanwhile, Blondie, a grizzly so named last year because of her color, has two boars courting her, each hoping to become the successful suitor.  And finally, Jim called me at the trailer earlier today suggesting I take bear spray with me if I decided to walk down to the Visitor Center.  A bear had been seen wandering around the employee area!!!

I recently read the following (about bears) in a news article, something that might be of interest to women everywhere:  There is always the threat of male bears trying to kill her (the female’s) family.  They know she won’t go into heat again as long as her cubs are with her.  ( Meaning, I suppose, that when the kids are gone, she is willing to become pregnant again!!)  I am going to learn more about the physiology of bears.  In the meantime, however, I am glad that our Creator saw fit to structure human females very differently!!!
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       Virginia McCall, Park Ranger
           Grand Teton National Park

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