The deer stopped by again this afternoon, to look over what they evidently consider the lunch buffet in the yard. I was in the postponement stage of writing the final draft of the Ethics paper due tomorrow, so it was nice to see them. It's been a cloudy, dark afternoon; with the lights on in the dining room, they could see me, too.
The herd had a message. A doe grazed the terraced flower beds, and then walked up to the window to make sure I got it: they want more nasturtiums, and they want them now.
I never knew that deer were such picky eaters. And so demanding!
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Turn Around
Last night this blog was going to be about effective training of new employees: due to a number of miscues, I was toting leftovers and setting tables until 9:30. A lot of that was my fault, since I should have asked my supervisor for a phone number I could call if I couldn't remember things like where the fresh fruit is stored overnight.
Then this morning, I wanted to write about the friends one loses by relocating, but the whining was starting to bother me, so I stopped. Really, I've lost a couple of friends who prefer just about anything to an hour on the freeway, but I've gained a lot more.
At about 11:30 this morning, I was driving back to the house after buying groceries. As I turned the corner onto our street, a two-point buck looked up from his pruning of the neighbor's landscaping. He stared at me very solemnly, so I stopped the car and stared back. I realized I was interrupting his lunch, so I drove away, very slowly.
If the deer herd here was just a little more aggressive, we could say we have security deer.
I pulled into the driveway and parked, and opened the door of the car, just as a Cooper's Hawk flew past my windshield and landed within arm's reach on the fence. My jaw dropped -- I'd never been so close to a hawk of any kind before. He stared, I stared, and then he took off.
Let's see: Blue herons, hummingbirds, sea stars, geoducks, deer galore and a hawk . . . sorry, Seattle-bound friends, but I don't miss you quite as much as I did this morning.
Then this morning, I wanted to write about the friends one loses by relocating, but the whining was starting to bother me, so I stopped. Really, I've lost a couple of friends who prefer just about anything to an hour on the freeway, but I've gained a lot more.
At about 11:30 this morning, I was driving back to the house after buying groceries. As I turned the corner onto our street, a two-point buck looked up from his pruning of the neighbor's landscaping. He stared at me very solemnly, so I stopped the car and stared back. I realized I was interrupting his lunch, so I drove away, very slowly.
If the deer herd here was just a little more aggressive, we could say we have security deer.
I pulled into the driveway and parked, and opened the door of the car, just as a Cooper's Hawk flew past my windshield and landed within arm's reach on the fence. My jaw dropped -- I'd never been so close to a hawk of any kind before. He stared, I stared, and then he took off.
Let's see: Blue herons, hummingbirds, sea stars, geoducks, deer galore and a hawk . . . sorry, Seattle-bound friends, but I don't miss you quite as much as I did this morning.
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