Friends

Turtle in ditch 9-1-19 – Version 2

This turtle has stayed in a puddle in the ditch along the road off and on for over a month. He sometimes goes to some unknown-to-me place for a few days, but so far he has always returned. I speak to him every time I see him (“Hello, friend! Be careful!”), and one of my biggest fears is that I will find him crushed in the road.

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My deer “friends” continue to show up, too. The herd has about six does, one little buck (last year’s fawn), and four to six fawns. I think the buck and two of the does are offspring of matriarch doe I call “Big Mama”. When she brings her 2019 twins in the morning, I usually feed them a little; one of the fawns has begun eating apples from my hand (like his mama).

Fall is on the way (and the experts are predicting a colorful one!). Despite the dry weather, fall blossoms are making showy displays of purples and yellows, the milkweed pods are drying, and some of the leaves are beginning to turn.