In an account of the author's involuntary and highly entertaining encounters with the wildlife in her backyard she lets the reader in on the funny characters of the wild. Comical situations dominate the stories Bea W Meyer tells about squirrels, skunks, raccoons, otters, cougars, and bears coming for a visit or a quick walk-through of her backyard in a rural area of the Canadian West Coast. Living in bear country to her means a privilege. Her funniest encounters with furry and fuzzy critters of the wild are being told in this book.