It's 7:16 AM, I'm making myself get up at the right time, because my system is all out of whack. Changing the time has really messed me up. I stay up too late, or go to bed earlier than usual and can't get up at the sunrise ( Read more... )

I fed the deer little while ago, filling 8 bowls with three scoops of Deer feed. The deer showed up quite soon afterwards, first one then another with one still over the edge of the hillside They were very skittish; the one over the hillside looked very young with the short nose and very puffy cheeks I thought they might be able to see me so I ( Read more... )

I wrote all about the deer that came, 8 of them. I studied them and filmed them with my zoomy camera, even.

They ate three scoops.

I wrote all about them on my ipod with the microphone and then went through and edited it. But the ipod turned off and it was forever lost! How tragic!

I got up for my mid-sleep stroll/stumble to the facilities and as I usually do, glanced out into the darkenss. The white snow makes a wonderful backdrop for spying on those furry legged critters we feed. Sure enough, instincts and chance being what they are, Underbite and a small deer were silhouetted against the whiteness ( Read more... )

A lovey large deer has arrived porch side. Wolf is coming up behind now. Wolf's twin is also on his way up to the porch. I'm being pretty daring here watching them this close to the door ( Read more... )

6:30 pm ( Read more... )

They must still be hungry, cos these deer came right back after I fed them. there were five of them, but the food was being hogged by two large ones who would kick the others to make them leave ( Read more... )

I am glad I went to church, but I think I was too tired to go. I really need to take my own car when I go, anyway, so I don't have to be there so early for Willem's meetings and stay so late while he does the finances ( Read more... )

I think I turned off the lights at 11:30, then woke up at midnight to unplug the clock and plug it back in. I slept well, but at six, woke up intent on seeing the deer again. During the night, they came and ate over half a bucket of feed ( Read more... )

The house was warm when we got home, leaving those heaters on, the one in the living room, the ones in the bathrooms were enough to make the house all very liveable ( Read more... )