Hoofed visitor

May 27, 2019

Stepping onto our front porch the other day, we spotted a shy visitor who wasn’t quite prepared to come all the way to the front door, although she was close. A doe was nosing around in the sedge lawnette, seemingly noshing on the cut “hay” from its recent trim-by-weed-whacker (the electric mower is on the fritz).

I was indignant at first — how dare the deer start eating my sedge at THIS point — but perhaps it was just the cut pieces. So I tell myself. At any rate, she moved off at a stately, I’m-not-afraid-of-you pace after posing for a few pictures taken by my daughter. So long, deer. I’m sure we’ll see you again soon.

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3 responses to “Hoofed visitor”

  1. Kris P says:

    She knows how to pose showing her best sides!

  2. jenny says:

    I this the mama of the fawn? I just caught a deer dipping into a bag of molasses out at the back. Really licking her lips. Hope it is OK for her.

  3. Lisa at Greenbow says:

    Thankfully no deer here. It is fun to see them up close. Hopefully she won’t be back to eat anything else tempting.