This pretty little doe was cooling off in the pond this afternoon. She looks pregnant, doesn't she?
Deer are so pretty, but they are also the reason we had to build a seven foot fence around the orchard garden. Worse than gophers!
In this pic the doe is standing in front of the giant Gray Pine that was felled this spring during a tremendous wind storm. She certainly does a fine job of giving scale to the size of the tree.
Frogpond Updates
The ducks: I counted bills this morning, and all ducks are present and accounted for. I'm still trying to come up with a solution of what to do with about 20 of them. Let me know how many you'd like me to pack up and send to you. Just kidding (sort of).
The tower: Still standing up there on Gopher Ridge without its head. No doubt all sorts of nefarious things are going on with it just below the treeline.
The gophers: The wonder of it all -- Multipass, our little princess cat, has taken to gophering like, well, like a duck takes to water. Most mornings there are two, and sometimes three gophers' mortal remains strewn about the place. Granted, we still have multitudes of gophers, but the population is dwindling and my morning glories are hanging on to their stems. Happy day!
The spiders: Busily spinning new webs.
The wasps: Still in residence under the eaves. Bruce will get to them...eventually.
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