P H O T O E S S AY e w e k 5 # LEFT: One of the little cubs had its feet in the air while it was nursing mom and while it was feeding it would kick its feet trying to get traction... BELOW: Big, beautiful mama bear had her cubs (six weeks old now) tucked up under her on the back side of the den, on this day as she was looking out at her territory from her high vantage point of her den on the side of the ridge. RIGHT: Mama Bear is giving her cubs a bath by licking them with her tongue; at seven weeks old the cubs are getting bigger and cuter by the day. RIGHT (INSET): Mama Bear embraces one of her cubs while leaning forward crouched in the den. She has her hind legs in front of her, keeping her cubs on top of them to keep them warm, dry and off the den floor. At seven weeks old the cubs are getting more rambunctious by wanting to climb out of the den, and mama has to grab them and bring them back in. 6 60 BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COMhttp://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM