Evening in the Yard

Last evening Blondie went out for one last bit of "salad."  I was at the computer when suddenly I heard the distinctive sound of a deer - "snorting" to get the scent of another.  I looked out and there was the brave deer trying to determine just what the little "fur ball" in the yard was.  After all, Blondie was in the middle of the best grazing area.

I had to get a closer look and one not impeded by the sliding screen.  To anyone who came along, I am certain it was quite a sight.  I was lying on my stomach with the screen parted so I could get a clear aim at the encounter.

 Blondie remained her cool self.  She looked at the deer (there were five including one fawn), and then calmly sauntered to the deck and inside.  But then, she went back outside before I could stop her (Buddy had been observing the meeting from the deck and came inside when the deer appeared to be too close).


Blondie then casually wandered over to the bush in the back yard, ignoring the deer.  The deer kept huffing and stomping as she timidly approached Blondie.  Then our darling Blondie decided it was time to relieve herself - in the midst of the deer grazing area.  What a hoot!

Trying to get Blondie back in was another challenge.   She wandered over to the middle of the yard, stayed while the group approached, and then put her tail in the air and ambled toward the garage.  I dashed through the house, opened the door in the garage, and managed to convince her it was time to come inside.  The deer wandered off, to be replaced as the light faded further by a young buck and another doe.  I really enjoy evenings like this.

"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will."  ~James Stephens, The Crock of Gold