it’s cold and windy this morning, and i went out to put food in the birdhouse feeder and kept the screened porch door open cause i thought lester had gone in…but then he darted outside, and then i went to close the inside door, and there dashed chester, and i knew it wasn’t going to be a peaceful morning.
luckily chester didn’t go far; he skittered around on the deck, just out of reach. lester, meanwhile, took up his post under the deck. i called kevin to come upstairs and he helped…he scooped up chester, then he whistled for les.
mollie was very excited about it all.
we thought we had him, but then lester burst out from under the deck and bolted down the lawn toward his favorite hollow tree. i headed one way, kevin headed the other, in an attempt to keep him from heading for the woods, which would make it more arduous to capture the wild kitten cause of all the little scrub trees and branches.
but luckily for us, he was suddenly content to chew on a little stick, and i snuck up behind him and grabbed him.
a speedy way to wake up this fine tuesday morning.
meanwhile…last week we took a walk at almost dusk, and the deer were starting to gather. not the massive herds like kevin sees at 5:30, we didn’t see 50 deer, but there were plenty.
but first, FLOWERS!
a few deer were peering at us through the trees as we crossed the spencer house yard.
we walked into the woods and i looked up and realized that there’s a good view of the lake. the path goes right down to a little part of lake, but you can see the villa grove inlet through the trees. we’ve walked on this path for a few years now, and we’ve never realized this before.
not very observant. this picture doesn’t do it justice. i will say in my defense that the view is obscured by trees in the summer, and probably when we’re walking in winter i have my head down cause it’s so cold.
but that’s a very lame excuse. it’s never as cold in the woods because it’s sheltered from the wind.
kevin and mollie, both camouflaged, down by the water. camouflaged except for the bright blue.
we came out of the woods and this big deer was on top of the hill waiting to greet us.
he was probably alertiong the other deer to our emergence from the woods. they probably had a plan to rush us.
and then, he took off.
they just kept coming out of the trees as we watched them. there are lots of them over on the left behind the trees.
there’s always one way in front, watching us.
the sky was beautiful.
i managed to get really close.
we’ll have to go out again a little later in the day so i can get a shot of a huge group of them, sipping their cocktails. that’s what we’ve decided they do, they congregate in the field for happy hour.
and that’s all the deer for the day. maybe there will be some cats later.
yesterday we got a real, handwritten letter from one of our friends in england, mary. it was such a joy to get a real letter, and fun to read, and it makes me want to sit down and write letters. type them, that is, because me handwriting is lousy at best and quickly turns into an undecipherable scrawl.
ok then, have a good tuesday.
mrs. h.
p.s. tomorrow is the LAST DAY of february; can you believe it?