Yard Animals – The Haps With Herb

April 30, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: Z Is For Zoological Observation Opportunity

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22365 – 829: Here’s the haps: Colorado is home to very diverse flora and fauna and even though I have lived in this same city and state for…

Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, Osprey, Yard Animals21 Comments

April 16, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: N Is For Neighbors Nibbling

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22351 – 816: Here’s the haps: You may recall, especially if you've been around here long enough, that for being a suburb we have a lot of wildlife…

Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, Deer, My Family, My Life, Pets & Animals, Yard Animals17 Comments

November 24, 2020

Herb

Minor Plumbing Update and Please Don’t Feed The Animals

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22208 – 763: Well, the guy came and ran his scope down the pipe and there were the mud and sand. The pipe is collapsed. We're built…

Bear, Blogging, My Life, Other Repair Work21 Comments

September 12, 2020

Herb

Spam And Bears

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22135 – 706: It appears that whenever someone likes something on your blog WordPress sends out an email saying something to the effect of, "Herb liked your…

Bear, Blogging, Yard Animals bear, bear proof, spam, trashcans27 Comments

August 29, 2020

Herb

Bear Back (Not horses)

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22121-692: I purchased a couple of bearproof trashcans last year from Ace. We have a large (400 pound, maybe) male black bear and at times we have…

Bear, My Life animals, bear, bear proof14 Comments

June 23, 2020

Herb

Distract…What Was That?

I read Colin McQueen's post today about the distractions he faces while writing, called, The Way It Is. His diversions resonated with me because I find myself easily distracted, as…

Awesome, birds, My Life, Writing10 Comments

September 14, 2019

Herb

A New Visitor

Yesterday morning the crows and ravens were making a huge and raucous noise. The previous day all of the other birds had been making a lot of noise. My youngest…

Owl, Yard Animals owl, wildlife5 Comments

September 6, 2019

Herb

The Bear Returns to a New Trash Can

https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/trash-and-recycling/garbage-cans-and-recycling-bins/7331150 I broke down and bought a new, bear-proof, trashcan. I got so tired of picking up his trash that I bought this very nice one on Ace Hardware's website.…

Bear, My Family, My Life Bears, my family, My Life4 Comments

August 14, 2019

Herb

Becoming Unbearable

The first couple of times it was really kind of cool. We have a bear that lives somewhere in the neighborhood. Getting to see a bear in town, well, the…

Bear, My Life, Pets & Animals, Yard Animals Bears, pets&animals3 Comments

September 29, 2015

Herb

Bear Lee There – Again

Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Family and Nature Lovers, My question for you all today is, where does a 300+ pound bear and her cub go to eat? Anywhere they…

Bear, My Life2 Comments