The Daily

Most mornings, I go out after breakfast to haul out the compost and do a few other chores.  Bear always. always accompanies me to the compost pile.  He's forever curious if I'm going to bring out something delicious. He sometimes likes banana peels, and apples, but his recent favourite find was the rind off a cantaloupe. He also sniffs around like crazy to see who else has been visiting our little goldmine.

When I go to haul out the litter and scoop up any "Bear bombs," he always chooses to stay back. He just lays down in the driveway awaiting my return.  

Next on the to do list is feeding the birds.  I'm expected to give him a handful as he just loves those sunflower seeds.  I really don't know what he gets out of them, the little seeds go straight down the hatch bypassing all those teeth and I'm sure all flavor. Sometimes he gets one stuck at the back of his throat and then takes the next minute making the most disgusting sound imaginable.

Most of the birds know the pair of us pretty well by now, and they just go on like all is normal in their world, barely sparing us a glance.