It’s August. For the deer who visit the property, that means it’s baby time. The first doe to appear in the video must be a newcomer. She is clearly VERY uncertain about that wooden post! Over time, the doe settles down to graze on the corn and sunflower seed. Soon she is joined by her twin fawns. Shortly after, another doe appears with her fawn. They’re pretty cute with all those spots! (My apologies to all the gardeners who have never seen a deer they think is cute!)
The Menagerie
Look Who Showed Up IN The Birdbath
Let me begin with two confessions:
1) I just made a plan to blog only twice a week … here I am blowing it already.
2) I didn’t go to church Sunday. My youngest daughter asked if we could please skip church because she really needed “us” to get the bedroom fan replaced at her house. I did ask God to please forgive me – and may have also asked that I not die of electrocution.
Thoughts about the blog ran through my head on my drive back home (since I did not die of electrocution). What will I say when I run out of unique moments to blog about? Seriously. How many unique moments can there be? I turned to God – a bit embarrassed about tossing this question up to Him just hours after I failed to go to church.
Arriving home, I clicked through the footage of the cameras with the most activity this time of year. Click … Finch. Click … Finch. Click … Finches. And, then, there it was … His reminder that He is both a forgiving and gracious God.
Sorry about the long introduction – I had to say all those things because in 4 years of watching these cameras – this is a pretty cool first. (To my friend, Debbie: “No, it was not a bear!”) I remind you: The day a bear shows up, I’m packing!