Early Morning Deer

Pictures by Tim Taylor

A wildlife kind of day

A lot of activity in our yard today. What I think is a barn swallow has built a nest near our front door, another bird has built a nest in our newspaper box, we saw our Groundhog with two little ones following behind her, then a fox strolled through the back yard. Right around dusk we saw 5 deer frolicking in the field beside the house.

Getting cold

Today we took a walk to collect some greens for a wreath. It's starting to get cold and we found ice starting to form around the edges of the stream.

We have a barbed wire fence between our yard and the golf course. We often see deer jumping over. Here's a bit of deer fur stuck on the barb. We have some other old fencing around parts of the property - I'd love to get it removed so the deer have more places to pass through. 

Deer

Almost every evening I can look out my window and see deer off to the northwest of our house. I just love that! I'm sure someday I will plant something that I really like and the deer will eat it and I will be frustrated, but for now, I love watching them.