After a rah-ther long hiatus
and several more bear sightings
but, alas and alors
no bear photographing,
we finally have a picture for you
of the Bird Feeder Bear
and this time he (or she)
is wearing bling.
but, alas and alors
no bear photographing,
we finally have a picture for you
of the Bird Feeder Bear
and this time he (or she)
is wearing bling.
When I gaze upon this photo
I am reminded of the well-known
much-loved rhyme from
days of yore
that goes like this
(say it with me):
"Brown bear, brown bear
what do you see?
I see a big honkin' grizzly
lookin' at me!"
I am reminded of the well-known
much-loved rhyme from
days of yore
that goes like this
(say it with me):
"Brown bear, brown bear
what do you see?
I see a big honkin' grizzly
lookin' at me!"
Now,
to be ever true to our Dutch nature
which genetically includes
the predisposition to ponder and research and study
and debate something
to the point of ridiculousness
(Think: "How many angels can dance on the
head of a pin?" and "What does this
mean in our post millennial
pre-apocalyptical
herman hoeksema hermeneutical
nonsensical daily life?"
Please fill as many bluebooks as necessary.
Your time limit is 40 days and 40 nights.)
ahhh ... where were we ....
oh yeah ....
Dutch pedantic nature y'all ....
To be true to our Dutch nature
we must be very clear
in asserting here that the
intrepid Bird Feeder Bear
is not actually a grizzly bear
or a brown bear,
which are actually
the same thing
so,
I know
confusing confusing
but what we're looking at
is actually a black bear.
And thank you Dave & Ellen
for so helpfully taking this photo
in black and white
lest we forget.
Another easy way to recall
which bear is which
is the fact that a black bear
sports the Latin nom-de-plume
Ursus Americanus.
Just remember that we like our ursus,
americanus,
thank you very much.
We do not like our ursus,
horribilus,
like the Grizzly,
or middendorffus
like the Kodiak,
although middendorffus does have kind of a
nice Dutch ring to it!
All right everyone,
kijk es below
because we have found in the
archival wonders of all things Hofmanesque
the following historical document:
to be ever true to our Dutch nature
which genetically includes
the predisposition to ponder and research and study
and debate something
to the point of ridiculousness
(Think: "How many angels can dance on the
head of a pin?" and "What does this
mean in our post millennial
pre-apocalyptical
herman hoeksema hermeneutical
nonsensical daily life?"
Please fill as many bluebooks as necessary.
Your time limit is 40 days and 40 nights.)
ahhh ... where were we ....
oh yeah ....
Dutch pedantic nature y'all ....
To be true to our Dutch nature
we must be very clear
in asserting here that the
intrepid Bird Feeder Bear
is not actually a grizzly bear
or a brown bear,
which are actually
the same thing
so,
I know
confusing confusing
but what we're looking at
is actually a black bear.
And thank you Dave & Ellen
for so helpfully taking this photo
in black and white
lest we forget.
Another easy way to recall
which bear is which
is the fact that a black bear
sports the Latin nom-de-plume
Ursus Americanus.
Just remember that we like our ursus,
americanus,
thank you very much.
We do not like our ursus,
horribilus,
like the Grizzly,
or middendorffus
like the Kodiak,
although middendorffus does have kind of a
nice Dutch ring to it!
All right everyone,
kijk es below
because we have found in the
archival wonders of all things Hofmanesque
the following historical document:
Wow!!
Beside the fact that there are
simply so many things politically incorrect
and just plain cuh-razy
about this picture
it nevertheless illustrates
that Hofmans have this strange
affinity slash attraction
to all things flora and fauna and ursa.
Here we see another black bear
drinking what appears to be
a bottle of Country Fresh Chocolate Milk
pointedly ignoring the Dutch stoicism
of Billy Barrows, Dave VH, Tommy Barrows,
SueEllen Barrows, Steve VH and Judy VH.
Now, the astute viewer will see that
Steve VH is wearing his Davy Crockett T-shirt
in honor of the occasion.
In case you don't know the words to this song
like every other red blooded American
including the Ursus Americanus,
we will include it below for your
Survey of American Heroes pleasure:
BTW, the portrait on the you tube video
is not the real Davy Crockett.
Here is the real Davy Crockett.
