Beautiful Creatures

Now don't fall out of your chair in a dead faint. Yes, I'm going to write on my blog. I have been meaning to do this for sometime but I've been pretty busy and this really had a low priority. For those of you that have had the "honor" of visiting Betty and I here in Florida, you know that we have a deck off our back-porch with a ramp for Betty's scooter and wheelchair. You also most likely know, the ramp from the lower deck to the upper one was just too steep for her to use. So, to rectify that situation, I removed that ramp and I am now building another small deck off the upper right corner of the large deck. I also am extending the lower deck so I will be able to have a more gentle incline up to the main deck. I know this sounds confusing so I'll post photos when I'm done.

In the meantime, I want to share with you some photos I recently took in our backyard. This year we have two does that are living in the bushes directly in back of that house. Normally, you don't see many deer in the daytime, but these does, and sometimes their fawns, can be seen many days eating the grass. In fact, last Saturday night, I had let Kujo out and when I opened the door to call her back in, there was the biggest doe standing maybe 20 feet front our front door, eating. When I called Kujo, the doe just lifted her head and stared at me until Kujo came into the house and I started to shut the door. Even before I shut the door, she went back to eating. And of course I didn't have my camera. I think she knows she, or her fawns are in no danger from us. Below are some photos I have taken of them.

Isn't she beautiful. So majestic.

She just came out of her den, behind her to the right.


One of her fawns is right behind her.

Both of her fawns as she heads for home.

What beautiful animals these creatures are. I haven't been able to get any photos of the other doe and her fawn as she is more "skittish". I just sit on the porch, or deck, and watch them. It can't get any better than that.