After the rain stopped

It was so nicely wet and drippy that I just couldn't resist. I love this flower with the two-tone petals. Isn't that a cool color combination?

A bedroom window and hosta blooms refracted in the waterdrops...
...some hosta leaves...
...and more leaves, above and below.
I just never get tired of waterdrops!

And then--after I went out and got the mail, I saw this line of prints right in front of our garage, headed toward the front door--and I do mean RIGHT in front of the garage, within 3' or less: (that's the garage in the upper left)

Yes, those are bear prints. We have a black bear (a LIMPING black bear, which means a not-happy bear) in the neighborhood, but he has usually been spotted on the other end, NOT by my house!! Now, some women are afraid of snakes. I am deathly afraid of bears; I read too many issues of "Outdoor Life" growing up with all the stories about bear maulings. So, to know this guy is lurking right outside my front door, probably waiting for me to come out in the early morning so he can mug me...WELL!! I may just spend the rest of my life inside the house! My heart still races just seeing these photos...

And below--that's my little footprint; he had the temerity to almost walk right on top of mine, but it gives you a size reference. However, any size is too big in my book!!! My DH says to relax, that at least it isn't a grizz. Gee, thanks hon!!