It’s been deer central at Casa River lately.
With upwards of 14 at a time.
Lots of repeat visitors from past years, and though they might all look the same to you…. we recognize and call quite a few of them by name.
Alright… Pregnant, the Buck, Little Guy and Dark Doe aren’t so much names as designations. But still.
Our resident buck’s antlers are starting to grow back….
Which always makes me think of Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia’s doughnut hairdo.
They’re all currently blowing winter coats and the lawn is full of hair clumps.
Which the birds, chipmunks and squirrels scoop up for their spring nests.
Mother Nature is a wonderful thing.
River's world..... 
Mark was reading something the other day that said, if I recall correctly, that deer antlers have some kind of similarity with tumors. Or skin cancer. He didn’t share the link with me, just told me in passing, but I’ll see if he can find it if you’re interested.
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Tumors? Well, yeah.
I need to read that!
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https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/cancer-genes-help-deer-antlers-grow
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Now that’s bizarre.
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I think of Princess Leia’s hairstyle as being cinnamon rolls. Donuts? Are you sure?
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I stand corrected. Cinnabons for sure…
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Hey! Your avatar is different. Very snazzy. Same chicken, different background color?
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Had to update to some spring colors….Slightly different bird as well.
😉
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I like it. Eye-catching.
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It’s still early…
Let there be sno—
OW!
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Mention snow around here and you will get an owie for sure!
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Well…
Let it be known; I was going for “snorkeling”. People still do that, right?
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I never said that “other” word.
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Nice try.
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Yeah, squirrels will use about anything for a nest… though I’d never thought of deer fur before. On a tip from someone else, I once threw out a bunch of my dryer lint for them, but my squirrels must have better taste than to use it since it just sat in my yard…
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Dryer lint is usually a hot commodity. Perhaps you used the wrong fabric softener scent?
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I only buy the finest off brand stuff on the market…
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Oh deer! I guess they don’t know about social distancing! Thank God some things haven’t changed! Mona
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What was in the pan? Was it meant for the deer?
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Right!
My pigs will eat pork but won’t touch chicken.
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You have piggies?
🐖❣️🐖
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We do have a pot belly pig.
She is more “belly” than piggy AND she’ll never go in a pot.
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Awww. I’m jealous! I’ve always wanted one.
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Yes, we feed them a nutritionally balanced deer grain.
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Awwww, aren’t you kind 🙂
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I try.
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Such a peaceful, pretty scene. Love deer.
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We do as well.
Hence the pans of grain and nightly apple wedges.
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Mother Nature is THE best!!!
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She truly is….
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I just realized something: if you ever grow tired of looking at the deer in your yard and they no longer charm you, you’ll have developed “herd immunity!” Ha ha!
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I’ve nothing flippant to says to this, I need more nature in my life – Bangkok has small gecko type things and mosquitos, the end!
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Geckos are nice. Skeeters not so much.
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There are probably 30 carcasses between home and work. They need to cross more quickly. Can you teach this bunch to do that? Maybe they’ll pass the word……
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Ours are well fed and happy. No reason to cross.
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