Okay, that all sounds like a fairy tale, in a way. :D I'll admit to being very curious about "fiddleheads" (and can google them for the sake of Kiffie's lj), btw, and your Grampy sounds positively charming! (Maybe he really was Ol' Saint Nick in disguise as a Disney Princess--and MY, doesn't THAT conjure up an interesting image).

I sort of bumped into a smallish black bear one time, up in the Minnesota area, and he/she was happily munching away at a birdfeeder.

(Yay about friending back. Eep! about killing the dial-up dedder'n a door nail. Sorry, Kiffie!)