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Wow! It’s been a long time since my last post, and this being spring, things in the Hollow have changed a lot. You can see how the view of the river has changed:
And if you want to see it day by day (missing a few days occasionally and a week in early May):
The deer are changing, too. Last year’s fawns are skinny; the does would be, too, if they weren’t pregnant. (I usually first see a fawn in mid-June.) And they’ve all shed their winter coats. I was gone for a week and had a hard time recognizing some of them—even Friendly!
They are finding more to eat in the woods and fields, but I often see a crowd waiting for breakfast. The “interlopers” that live in the woods across our road are very skittish and usually run off if I approach them but usually return to the meadow as soon as I head back up the hill.
Well, this has taken a lot longer than I had planned. The app I use for making videos from photos quit working. It turns out that it’s no longer compatible with the iOS upgrade I installed after the last post (although the app worked yesterday). I used another app for the deer video but have a lot to learn. So I’m leaving the flora and other fauna photos and discussion for another day (maybe tomorrow?) and getting a glass of wine. Until then, here’s another before-and-after and the closing video.
French Broad Hollow Ramble 