Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream

[Gary O']

Just building windows today (nothing really to take a pic of)

But, thought I'd capture a deer in the cemetery meadow behind our place





Heh, while I was zooming in, a couple deer ran right by me (almost knocked me over) and bounced into the meadow

These town deer have zero fear

 

[Gary O']

Oh, and atop the fixer catty corner to our place, seems a romance is forming


Lovey doves?

 

[Gary O']

So the black tails have figured out the bird feed schedule

The look out




The three amigos








A wet tongue wipes it clean


I finally shooed 'em away so my little guys could dine in peace

 

[Tommy]

Nice healthy looking critters, Gary. They appear to be well fed.

 

[Gary O']

Nice healthy looking critters, Gary. They appear to be well fed

Yeah, these town deer go from house to house (lawn to lawn)
Everbod's pets (more like sacred cows)

 

[Gary O']

I'm really enjoying feeding my little buddies

aaaaand....they're fun to caption








Then there's lonesome dove

 

[Gary O']

Still building windows and enclosing the deck

My windows are simple
Glass
Cedar fence boards
Hinges (no sliders)
I priced windows at Home Depot
They want over $250
My home built ones are less than $50
Works for me








The rest of this week will be filling in this wall.....with windows

 

[davey]

Oh, and atop the fixer catty corner to our place, seems a romance is forming


Lovey doves?

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they're not doves they're london pigeons!!

 

[Gary O']

they're not doves they're london pigeons!!

Probably, but lovey pigeons doesn't sound quite right

 

[Gary O']

We did a wonderful thing today.

Wife and I were talking
Did some praying
Our commercial fisherman son has had a pretty tough time raising his two little girls.
The eldest has Dravet Syndrome.
Not expected to see her teens.
Both girls go with him on his fishing trips
It's as rugged as it gets on the ocean

I asked him if he really wanted the cabin property, as they haven't been there for months.

He said he wanted it more than anything
Said the girls love it so much

So

After much prayer

We deeded it over to him

Ever do something that fills your soul with overflowing delight?
There's no amount of money that can do that

Our rugged, hard boiled fisherman son broke down on the phone
weeping with joy

'Twas a good day

 

[RadishRose]

Well, I got the candles
too weak

went to wallyworld and grabbed the bigger ones
that take AAA bats

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big dif

Had to make the frame deeper to accommodate the larger candle

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not unhappy

Nice little lantern!

 

[Gary O']

Nice little lantern!

Well, they're in the shops.
I'll check on 'em next month, see how they're doin'
If they do well, I'll make more this coming winter.
Right now I'm outside most waking moments
The garden and the deck have been taking up most our daylight hours

 

[Gary O']

Nice healthy looking critters, Gary. They appear to be well fed

Tween cracked corn and rose bushes, they seem to be doing OK.





Found out what my tiny feathered friends think of my avian abodes

 

[Gary O']

Almost finished on one side of the now enclosed deck

Not real fond of such dark stain, but chose to match what was already there





aaand somebody thinks the feeder is their own private gazebo

 

[Gary O']

Puttin' in garden

Couldn't help but notice the plum trees in blossom

Funny, I miss the pine trees when living in town

But

Deciduous trees have a way of holding their own

 

[Gary O']

The deer have not been present, of late


until today

lunch time

Browsing



dining



chewing

roughage is good



The reason they're called blacktail;

They have
a
black
tail

 

[Gary O']

Outside most the day
Gonna be that way all week

Building the doors for the now enclosed back deck

Noticed our dandelions are going to seed

For some, these little bright flowers are a scourge to a lawn

Not for me

After six years of mostly snow for nine/ten months, I find them quite attractive



and, after they transform..... tempting





Brings out the little guy in me



Oh, and one of the two doors is done
Just needs hardware and hanging

 

[Gary O']

Looks like I'll be hanging doors tomorrow

 

[Gary O']

Momma is gonna fawn any day now



So

I'm giving her a few extra scoops

She can really get that feeder to rockin'







Should soon be another fawn in the rose bushes
Unless she's older than I think she is
If so, there may be two

 

[Gary O']

The doors to the enclosed deck are hung
No pics
The stain (of which I really like) clashes with the darker stain
(I can't live with that)

Didn't take my lady long (about two minutes) to arrange her new enclosed deck






It's also our canning room

 

[Gary O']

The town blacktail came to eat roses today

five of 'em
So, I clicked away

two mommas

Yeah, they dined on cracked corn, but were quite intent on the roses

Of course, what goes in.....must come out

Momma's gonna fawn any day now

 

[Pepper]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RadishRose]

The town blacktail came to eat roses today

five of 'em
So, I clicked away

two mommas

Yeah, they dined on cracked corn, but were quite intent on the roses

Of course, what goes in.....must come out

Momma's gonna fawn any day now

Great shots Gary; especially the first set. I love seeing those deer so up close. They're lucky to have you as their neighbor!

 

[Gary O']

I love seeing those deer so up close

These town deer are least skittish I've ever seen
I could prolly feed 'em by hand.
I won't though.
Couple times I saw a young buck, eyeballing the fence
Thinking 'bet I could jump that'
And I doubt they'd have much trouble, even though it's six foot.
Those blacktail can jump!
But seems enough to give 'em second thoughts
They best stick to grass, bushes and trees...not the tasty morsels of our garden

If one ever does, I'd have to fill the chain link fence with something they can't see thru

Deer are generally given to not jumping over something they can't see thru

 

[RadishRose]

Deer are generally given to not jumping over something they can't see thru

I didn't know that. But then, I'm not known as a Deer Whisperer

I heard that human hair (from barber hops and salon sweepings) deter deer from plants.