Sad for them but great to watch! Maybe they like the name of your town. Well there goes the neighborhood!

Kathy, they were not sad! Nobody will shoot them here and the greens are plentiful!! Chomp chomp!!

Jim, Yes!
Please do send down your Hawks and all their extended family as well. I would like them to nest around the yard.

Would you believe the pair came back at 11:30 to taste some greenery?
I couldn't believe my eyes!! This is maybe a common occurrence in many neighborhoods, but it is a first in my street in 40 years! That Buck is HUGE!!

Lucky the orchids are safe and sound. I know this must be a thrill.

Jim

It does not look like this pair is suffering from the wasting disease that
so many deer have...they look as fat and happy as could be!

It's good your orchids are all cozy ...inside, Ursula!
Are the fish inside as well?

AH! I guess there is SOME benefit to living in the city, after all. We have deer in the hills around here, but they won't fight the traffic to get this urban. The developements in the hills are all surrounded by 8' block walls. They put "wildlife undercrossings" under the toll roads in the foothills, with water tanks for them, but unfortunately, the wildlife don't read, so many deer, bobcats, mountain lions were killed early in the developement stage. The coyotes and rabbits have learned to love those developements!
You got some great shots!

Psst, Carol, the deer don't like to hear the word shots. Pics or photos will work better.

Jim

Maybe they are superstitious and think the statues are protectors of wildlife.

Did someone say shots? As in yummy venison?
You know, as much as I love to eat venison, I don't think I could ever shoot one, they are just too beautiful! We let the hunter friends take care of that in Pennsy.... And yes, those two really look healthy and well fed.
Janice, the fish are inside since the middle of September. I need to thin them out one more time as they grow really nicely. Cleaning tanks twice a week...

As just observed with a flash light - the Deer are sleeping in our backyard!!!!

OMG!

Maybe they smell the fish?

Not likely!
I guess they really got lost. Hope they find their way back to the park/bike path along the Saddle River. I suspect that's were they came from.

I should add - Carol, this is what I am trying to say! These animals had to cross a major main street in town to make it up the road to us. There is LOTS of traffic to avoid!

Hem. 'Can't Hurry Love' decided to open today for the first time. Smaller than it will be, but gets an 'A' for Bravery!

Great color, Janice. Very nice.

I took a stroll in the garden just a few minutes ago and just had to take another picture of that cassia, now in full bloom. It is like a 12 foot yellow ball in the backyard.

Jim



I am editing this post to say that it is not letting me upload photos at all now. I've tried four times and all I get is instead of a photo address. It does the same thing in Preview mode. I'll try later.

Jim

I shut everything down and made a cup of coffee. Let's try again to post the cassia picture.

Jim

It still will not upload. How about a picture from the rose garden?


Perhaps it is just that one picture. Let's try a double hibiscus.


Here is the local bug exterminator taking a break in the sun.


The flower spike on that agave is now 5 feet tall.
This pic won't upload either.

This is strange.

I just took another picture of the cassia and the agave. Let's see what happens.

Jim





Well, the agave worked and the cassia failed yet again. Go figure. I have to get ready for choir practice.