The view early this morning from my back deck. So cute. Even cuter was to see their little white puffball tails as they caught sight of me and delicately "turned tail" and ran. Deer ( photo / image / picture from Ronni's Garden )
Thanks toni, we are very lucky. We chose this house in part because of the park-like quality to the back yard. No fence, no neighbors fences, the houses back up to a county land complete with dense foliage and a river, and it won't ever get built on back there. It's pretty idyllic. It's not the greatest picture, you don't actually see much of the deer. But I had a tiny window of time to get any kind of shot at all. I've tried several times to shoot the livestock.......no, that's not the right word .....man don't ya hate these senior moments? ........um.............oh!! Yeah, wildlife! Doh! Anywaaaaay.... I've tried several times to take pictures of the wildlife in the back garden, of which there is an abundance. I'll see them through the window or the sliding glass door that leads out onto the back deck, and I'll be as quiet and as unobtrusive as I can as I gently slide the door open and step out. 9 times out of 10, any movement at all startles them and they go bounding/flying/jumping away, and I wave bye-bye to yet another failed photo op! So even though the photo isn't great composition-wise, I was grateful to get anything at all!
I'd like that sort of scenery too-not sure my dogs would though but on the other hand they might The joy of taking pics of wildlife...they just never stay where you want them too Better luck next time.
My Mom tells me she saw a deer close to their house about 2 years back. I believe her of course but I still find it hard to imagine!
Lovely to see them so close to your house Ronni,..though many people are driven to despair as they eat the garden plants and shrubs,..but its nice to see the wildlife up close.
I lived on the other side of town for several years with one of my best friends, in her large house with a lovely garden. We would routinely get invaded by deer who were brazen enough to trot up her driveway and go round the back, to nibble on her hostas. They LOVED those hostas! It was so sad to see the dozen or more very large, mature plants nibbled down to little stubby nubs. She tried many repellants, some expensive, but nothing worked until a friend told her to put down mothballs. Lo and behold, no more nubby stubs!
It is nice to see deer like that. I can't comprehend what it is like to have deer as a menace in the garden. So the other side of Nashville was worse, in terms deer invasion. Which side was that? What made it worse for deer?
I get deer visiting here all year 'round. Just saw 4 of them in the neighbors pasture before the sun went down. They have gotten into the veggie garden, but thankfully haven't developed a taste for flowers.
I used to live on the southeast side of Nashville, somewhat further away from town, but moved to the southwest side, and a lot closer in. If you want to look it up on a map, I used to live in Smyrna, but now live in Bellevue. In Smyrna, we lived a half a mile away from a Marina with lots of park land and walking trails around it. Plus it's further away from town so it's in a different county. Smyrna isn't as urban as some suburbs closer in. Lots and lots of land, a lake, An Army National Guard facility too, so lots of land attached to that, as well. The subdivision we lived in was between the lake area and the Army National guard area, so with all undeveloped land around us, it wasn't surprising that we saw a lot of wildlife. Loads of wild turkey, too.
We used to be able to see deer, partridge, pheasants hares etc around here. Sadly most of the area is now built on and the wildlife has reduced dramatically. I'm so glad you still have wildlife in your area Ronni. Wildlife is a real pleasure to watch.
Pretty livestock indeed. We've got both deer and roe deer here. We once had a buck and two does in our garden. My husband wasn't too pleased about that. They eat everything in my mother's garden every year, and she has also tried zillions of remedies to keep them out. This year they picked all her gooseberries too.
