As I stepped onto the front deck with my camera, I saw mom and the kids down on the bottom part of the lawn. The twin fawns are growing and have now lost their spots. I see them on most days, but it has been difficult to get good pictures. This time they were there, and I had the camera. The more intrepid of the youngsters had run on ahead and was hidden from my sight by the cattails.
I recently looked out the window and saw Sylvia weeding in the garden. While her attention was on her work, the doe and stepped out of the tall grass and brush and onto the lawn. Sylvia continued to pull weeds. Then the two fawn followed their mom. Hesitant at first, they were soon running back and forth. One with happy little bounds (probably a male) and the other with a more dignified gait (I’m guessing female, even if it means I’m in trouble with you dear reader). Sylvia’s attention never wavered. I wanted to open a window and alert my wife to the scene. It wouldn’t work. They would be gone before I could pass the word.
That part of the lawn is becoming a hay field. My neighbor needs more hay to feed his beef cattle and my grass will do just fine. He feeds his livestock and I rest my mower. That’s a Win-Win situation if there ever was one. Don’t you agree?