DEER "TAILS..."

Between deer invasions and other interesting visitors, I did manage to get a “grandmother’s blanket” woven for my friend Lorraine Christensen who is having her 1st grandchild soon.   I hope you enjoy  the photos I took one morning of “The Herd of 8”.  They are becoming frequent visitors and I often see them lounging around in the sun and shade, depending upon the time of day.    We also have a pair of rabbits hopping around - could mean trouble next year...and a pair of blue jays have a nest in a bush right outside my computer room window.  The babies hatched a few days ago and we can see open beaks thru the leaves.  No photos yet, but I haven't given up.  Don't want to disturb the frequent feedings!!!

Our next "wander" is a long one and we hope you will stop by occasionally, for a quick look,  as we travel by car, plane, and ship on our 38 day adventure of the Pacific Northwest with a special side trip to Sitka AK, Glacier Bay (via small cruise ship with only 76 passengers) and Juneau AK.  Another exciting part of our trip will take place from Vancouver Island as we board a small 12 passenger excursion boat  which will take us to a Grizzly sanctuary in Knight Inlet BC to photograph moms and hopefully a few cubs!  Yes, this is a non-5th wheel trip as we will do most of our traveling in my Red Hyundai Santa Fe SUV.  We leave home June 4th after I attend the 2 and one-half -day Conference of Northern California Handweavers in beautiful Squaw Valley CA.   Get ready for even more photos as we continue to wander free!!!!

Other visitors...rest on the shed
A Polyphemus Moth (males have these
outrageous "fluffy" antenna).  One
of our largest moths - wingspan up to 6".

  

About 10 inches away,
a Gypsy Moth.  Made the trip to the shed
that morning very interesting.

Threading the loom

Winding the warp (cotton yarn) on the loom

The finished piece

Deer Tails... "What are you looking at"?

"Glad you didn't get your weeding finished"

"Oh My...this Gerbera Daisy is even better" 

"And, this St John's Wort looks tempting"

"Don't you have something better to do?

"For a young buck you're pretty funny" 

Friends gather to the East in the morning sun

while the rest of the herd prefers the northerly shade
as they check out the recent pruning 

"Nice butt shot"!!!

"Boy this stuff is really good and easy to get".

"Hey what are you doing over there?"

"Getting eaten by mosquitos".

"Hey, now there after me"!!!

"Quiet...I'm eating"

"Look what I see over there..."

As you can tell,I enjoyed taking pictures this morning, but
when they came this close I ran out the door yelling and
screaming so they
bounded away...
only to return later after I filled the birdbath.