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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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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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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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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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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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We’ve had some super bright moons this month which makes for better backyard deer photos.
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Until said deer spots you through the window and runs.
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It’s amazing how much they play, running, roughhousing and even kicking each other.
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Maybe it was a full moon influence.
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And no, we don’t live on Tatooine…
It’s just a triple moon reflection on the window.
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Our backyard herd is growing.
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We started with two, then five…
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Now there are ten, sometimes eleven.
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*Note to self- buy more deer grain*
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It’s that time of year!
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Temperatures have dropped and the ground is covered in snow.
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The deer are back…
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And they’re hungry.
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Such beauties.
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We love them.
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❤️
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We have a few nice bucks visiting this fall.
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Sometimes with a companion skunk.
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As long as stinky doesn’t get too close the buck doesn’t seem to mind.
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It’s hunting season so I’m always worried about these guys, even though our property and our neighbors is posted.
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A deer’s home range is usually one square mile and while our neighbor’s properties on both sides are 4 times bigger than ours… that still leaves us about 600 acres short of a safe from bullets zone.
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The skunks beat the fox.
Now the raccoons are beating the skunks.
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It’s first come first serve at River’s critter buffet.
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Though the deer are lucky… as no one else wants their grain.
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Three deer and three raccoons.
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All are welcome.
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But I really enjoy watching these little devils tussle and push each other out of the way for the best spots.
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❤️
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River's world..... 