More fawns, more rain, more summer

The deer keep coming, especially Vee (above) and Fuzzy (below). Sometimes they eat together.

It seems that my meadow has become a fawn nursery (and maybe a birthing space). I have seen two tiny single fawns (including the one from the last post), as well as a set of twins. It’s hard to see the twins in this photo, but here are a couple of videos: Fawn meets Vee, tiny fawn and turkey I expect to see more fawns, and more of these particular fawns, in the coming days and weeks.

Summer is definitely here—the weather has been hotter than usual, and we often have thunderstorms in the afternoons. The mountains to the south (upriver) often get a lot more rain than we do, and sometimes the river runs high, even though it hasn’t rained in the Hollow.

The spring flowers have faded, and now it’s berry time! The mulberries are almost gone (and most are out of my reach!), but it looks to be a great year for blackberries.

The small blueberry bushes in my “orchard” have produced about two quarts of berries, which is about twice as many as last year. Both apple trees have apples, and there is at least one pawpaw. (I thought I had photos but can’t find them right now.)

The butterflies and other insects fly and flutter;

the lizards bask in the garden;

and the turtles come out after a rain. (Jet spotted one for me!)

So, life goes on in the Hollow. Death does, too, but I can’t bring myself to write about it. It’s that circle of life again.