If you haven't heard about Matine and her obsession with elk yet, well you must be living in a hole.  It is THE "thing" around here, and if you are around her for more than an hour you will find her making a very cute (and surprisingly real sounding) cow elk call, reading a wildlife book with her, or her dragging you by the hand to the computer to play one of her favorite YouTube elk videos.   No cartoons for this kid, just real wildlife ... elk, wolves, bears, owls... But elk are by far the favorite. 

Here's a typical morning  ... waking and communing with elk as we drink our coffee and milk.