These two wandered in at dusk.
What a spring it’s been for bird watching!
The deer have a lot to eat this year, and so far haven’t bothered the garden very much. People ask how we can grow tulips and roses with deer around, and my answer is to hide the plants they love behind the ones they don’t. I plant daffodils around the tulips, and catmint around the roses. Most years that works.
The skunk in the picture above was a visitor for a couple of weeks…during the day! It ate constantly and wasn’t at all aggressive. Sometimes they do that in the spring when they’re really hungry after the winter. We haven’t seen it for a while, and that’s probably a good thing, but while it was here we heard stories from more than one person who had rescued baby skunks when the mother was hit by a car. Xander the dog was intrigued by the skunk, but after his initial encounter he left it alone. He’s smart!
