About the bear, and the water heater

The bear I mentioned was in the news recently, yet another hunting story. Now, I'm passionately against bear hunting, which usually means humans have built houses in the bears' territory then got all in in their feelings when bears are still there.

Who needs bear meat? very few people need wild meat, and it's not about  poverty. What with the cost of firearms, ammunition, licence, truck to carry the animal, if you can afford that, you could buy meat. I know a couple of local deer hunters who really do eat their kill and share it, not just a trophy. 

But around here bears are trophy kills. I  am on team bear.

Anyway, this latest one: couple of hunters, not here, somewhere middle West, out bear hunting, bear scrambles up a tree to escape, one fires, bear falls out of tree, on the other hunter, crushing him. Karma, fast delivery.

When we lived in Wisconsin we noted many hunting mishaps, from hunters firing on each other, to falling out of those tree platform things, and quite often alcohol was involved.  The Darwin effect was definitely in play.

Thursday is about waiting home for two inspections for the water heater, installed back in October, and finally the plumber got around to the paperwork. 

One electric, one plumbing, some time today. On the off chance that they came early, I dressed much earlier than usual, which probably ensures they'll be here very late this afternoon. The window is 8.30 to 3.30.  

Late edit: one inspector did both, no problems, around noon. 

Meanwhile I've got plenty to be doing.  Stitching, knitting, crocheting, Misfitting, figuring out what to eat, no end of things. Not free cycling though, not a good time, people too busy and looking for new rather than recycled. 

Here's Haleem bringing the food home

Then the reveal. Peas for Christmas, mushrooms already in the freezer, sweet potatoes already in house, honey for more granola and cordial, the cheese spread is a good flavoring for all kinds of purposes, like a peppery sauce. The coffee is a good example of Misfits rescue -- only thing wrong is the packaging. It's ground, and packaged in bags saying whole bean. So they can't sell it, truth in labeling, at the regular price, and I got a good discount. 

As usual everything looks fine, and I'm about to check on tofu ideas again.

I baked the sweet potatoes, beat them with butter, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. They'll be in the freezer ready to heat up for Christmas.  

Happy day everyone, don't chase bears up trees, it may not end well.