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I forgot to post these last week but…
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It finally happened.
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Can you see?
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Our resident buck lost an antler.
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One side only.
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But it’s a start…
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Finally!
Tag Archives: deer
A few leftover snowy pics. Critters and sunrises…
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Our snow has melted but I had these kicking around the photo files and thought I’d share.
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Squirrelly sentries.
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I know there are people who dislike them, but we welcome our harmless grays.
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They’re acrobatic and quite entertaining.
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Mornings have been beautiful of late.
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With lovely sunrises …
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And colorful skies.
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Buck up!
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Our weirdo resident buck never lost his antlers this winter.
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And in all the decades we’ve been hosting backyard deer, that’s never happened.
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Makes me wonder why…
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And hope nothing is wrong.
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It looks rather painful.
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They stomp at us all the time.
I’ve spoken deer for years…
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A most welcome visitor.
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Looking out the kitchen window while doing dishes last week… I saw an owl.
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We hardly ever spot them so I was tickled to get a photograph, even if it was only of his back.
Then… about 10 minutes later?
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There he was!
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A beautiful barred owl perched on our back deck railing.
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Sitting pretty and letting me snap some much better pics.
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He didn’t even mind the deer showing up for dinner.
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My husband and I were like little kids at the zoo and clicked photos like mad.
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He was so beautiful!
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❤️🩷❤️
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Deer me.
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In the middle of a snow storm?
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Deer, looking for the food we don’t put out in inclement weather because if it gets wet? It’s ruined.
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Didn’t stop the herd from lining up in position to search.
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Even the buck looked up at us through the windows as if to say, what gives?
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Sorry guys.
Come back tomorrow…
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Deer. And yes, more deer…
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We have a herd every night.
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And they’re always a joy to watch.
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The clunk that makes them scatter in this video was a male cardinal slamming into the glass on our kitchen porch.
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Thankfully he was just dazed and flew off shortly after.
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The harem master.
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Dusted with snow during a storm.
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Sadly the little plum tree we planted two years ago is tasty.
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And loses a lot of lower branches in the winter.
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Cabbage knees, chicken soup and lickable elements.
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Fat shaming is wrong.
Even if it’s directed towards those of feline persuasion.
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Poor Fred.
I feel you buddy.
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Since I posted about my knee troubles two weeks ago? I’ve been inundated with ads for bamboo wraps, pain creams and Velcro braces.
But yesterday?
Things went a little south..
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For the record I won’t be wrapping myself in cabbage… no matter how blog worthy the photos might be.
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Our buck, having dinner.
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He still has his rack, which is rather odd.
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But it does make him easier to identify.
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Posted for those who have always wondered.
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After too many awful internet crock pot recipes to count, I finally found a good one. This was easy and quite tasty, though I had to leave out the red pepper flakes for my spice averse spouse. When I make it again I’m going to halve the amount of chicken, once shredded it was a little too meaty for me.
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In case you didn’t realize.
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Young bones, deer and Guy Lombardo.
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I’m officially old.
I must be, because I can’t see any other reason why my doctor would send me for a bone density scan.
At first I wasn’t going to have the test, but then I figured if my skeleton was about to crumble to dust I should probably be informed.
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I was unaware these things are scored by percentages of youth. But if I’m 114% of a young adult? That’s good enough for me.
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Yay for good bones.
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A few pictures of our resident buck.
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And a video.
Which I hope you can view…
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I had to laugh at this notice posted by a local water district.
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A sense of bureaucratic humor is a beautiful thing.
And speaking of senses of humor, it’s a good thing I have one because my husband went to the dump the other day and came home with this –
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I know, you’re jealous.
Guy Lombardo is the autograph you’ve always wanted to add to your collection… but my husband beat you to it.
Better luck next time.
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Smile, and the world smiles with you.
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Our snow melted for a while this month and it made a nice background for portraits of our resident buck.
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He’s a big fella with a nice size and shape.
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Though his rack is a little squirrelly.
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It’s hard to tell if he’s an 8 or 9 pointer as his angles are all over the place.
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But I love his little white striped feet.
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And his smile of course.
We can all use more of those these days.
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Hello big fella.
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We have a nice big buck who thankfully survived hunting season this year.
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His rack is a little strange, but he’s a big impressive boy.
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When he comes to feed, his harem backs off.
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And he’ll chase off the youngsters until he eats his fill
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In the deer world, size does matter.
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