Tag: deer
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy
Creepy to some …. nature’s circle of life to others. A tuft of fur, bones picked clean, a dismembered leg, signs of a deer’s death but symbols of sustaining life for others. This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Creepy” is this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further…
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Peaceful Coexistence
White-Tailed Deer are commonplace in northern Minnesota. So common that my favorite running companion hardly pays them any mind when we encounter them on paths and trails. The sides of this path are still piled with snow (although the piles have diminished in recent weeks!), but once the snow fully melts, this is not an…
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The Cure for the Extended Winter Doldrums
It snowed again. And again. That was our weekend, and our start to the week. I really shouldn’t complain, but misery loves company, and Northern Minnesota has a lot of miserable company as April continues its snowy reign. Because my faithful four-legged friend was short-changed for exercise this week, between work and family activity schedules…
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Leaving Cares Behind on the Trail
Another perfect early fall day, another run on the trails at the end of the day! I try to remind myself never to take for granted the beautiful surroundings in which I live in northern Minnesota. I even wore a fanny pack this time so I could take my Canon point-and-shoot rather than just the…
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Not a friend of the garden, but how can you resist twins?!
Deer can be so destructive in the garden — another year of no tulips or Asiatic lilies for me! But, when you glance out the window to see a cute pair of spotted fawns ambling into the woods with their mother, it’s hard to stay upset for too long. In Minnesota, unfortunately, the overpopulation of deer…
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