Here is mom and her two twins. I see these three quite frequently while walking, she isn't very nervous and I can generally walk up to about 8-10 feet away before she raises her tail to warn her twins and they all dash away. They look so gorgeous against all the snow.
"When out in the yard there arose such a clatter...." Alas, I didn't actually hear any noise at all. I put out an apple a night for the deer, there are a lot of deer that wander through the neighbourhood and while we are not supposed to feed the wild animals, they have been coming to our yard for almost 25 years now and eating my shrubs and flowers, thus I don't think that an apple a day will hurt them (as a matter of fact, you know what they say about "an apple a day") Anyhow, I never see them eating the apple, and I have always wondered if just one solitary deer walks by and takes it, or if it is indeed the doe and her babies that we often see. Anyhow, this morning, after the fresh snow fall last night, I looked outside and saw all the hoof prints...obviously it's more than one deer! I wonder if they all come at once and race for the apple, or if one deer came by first and then others check it out during the night? There is a whole community of deer living their lives in front yard when I sleep!
It is -15 outside this morning...time for the winter duds to be brought out of the closet!
It was a lovely day to walk in the woods today. The first snowfall always seems special, sort of magical. I especially enjoy it when I am the first one to walk upon the path. No footprints in front of you and you can imagine that you are going to a whole new place where no one has been before.
Rose Hips in the snow
