We had our first real snowflakes today. This evening at feed time the deer were ready to eat!


I've made a deal with the deer "they stay out of my flowerbeds this winter and I'll feed them grain" I hope this year they hold up their end of the bargain better than they did last year.

We don't expect much accumulation of the snow tonight. But the wind chill will be cold, the wind is BLOWING. The temps are predicted to be in the low 30's, which means we will probably be in the 20's here. Winter has arrived!

At least there won't be any rattlesnakes out and about here - although there was a fox watching my chicks and ducks this evening. I think they'll all stay locked up tomorrow.

Opps! I did something wrong - here's my deer

Oh MK. It does look cold. Great photo of the deer. They are so pretty, aren't they? How fun that you have them so tame that they come up to eat. Hope you got the poultry secured for the night. Would hate for the fox to have duck for dinner. We winterized the poultry's night time pen today, so should be in pretty good shape for winter weather should it arrive. Stay warm!

How wonderful to see you with them ...
"MK, The Deer Whisperer"
Do they always come to the same spot?

About that weather - we still have butterflies flitting about and the last straggling hummingbirds are still passing through for a last feed at our flower diner.
I'll try to remember your Oct snow next summer, when I've surpassed my heat tolerance

For goodness sake MK get that coat fastened, I'm freezing just looking at the photo. Love the "summer house" too. ;)

First time I met MK and her farm, I thought I'd like to make one of MK's barns my summer house, writing room or even better -- retirement home (if she's there to continue doing all that she does
And, you know what Terry - I thought the very same thing about buttoning the coat!! Must have been a throwback reaction from having walked miles in wet foggy weather ;-)