Southern California has weathered a prolonged heat wave, but that's not unusual: September is our hottest month (perhaps the trade-off for our cool and damp Junes).
This beautiful black bear found respite in a Sierra Madre swimming pool. I love swimming pools and I love bears, and both are California icons, so I'm sharing here.
Sierra Madre is a mountain-close community that sees a lot of bear visitors, but all of Los Angeles, for as urban and dense as it is, gets wildlife action thanks to the Santa Monica Mountains and Hollywood Hills cutting a natural swath through the city.
Motel Fairwil's swimming pool would probably never host a bear, but possums and raccoons have been known to frequent the Wilfair/Fairwil neighborhood.
So it would not surprise me if Monty and Gomery Overbove found a raccoon sitting on their pool's steps during a September scorcher.
But how would they get him out? And would they try? I believe the cousins would vote to let the raccoon chillax and cool off, despite the protests of guests.
