10.05.14

Busy Day
"Buster" was back for some tomatoes and a short visit this AM. Enjoyed a round of golf at Beardance...front nine MUCH more than the back nine. Enjoyed watching the Broncos' victory and finished the demo for our hardwoods going in tomorrow.

07.20.14

Beautiful Morning
We are usually fortunate with the weather early in the morning, but there are just certain days that are better then others. Today was one of those days...so beautiful, so calm.

07.02.14

Backyard Visitor
We've had several of the bucks come through the yard in the fall and winter, but not too many in the summer. This one stopped over just before 5 today. He started checking out the bird feeder, but decided sunflower seeds were not his thing. He then moved on to pear tree and quickly made his way over to the dogwoods. He munched on them for a good 5-7 minutes. I was a little torn...get the photos or save the bushes...picked the photos!

02.05.14

Oh Deer(s)!
Well, on Friday I was a little pre-occupied with my nacho cupcakes. :) I also didn't take any of these pics with my phone, so there was a little more leg-work involved...another reason I didn't post the pics on Friday.

Anyway...we had two bucks in the back that hung around all day - from when I went to work to when I got home. In the afternoon there was even a third! 


The "track" picture was actually taken on Saturday morning. I got up around 4AM and noticed a weird dark spot in the backyard. After shining the mag light on the spot, I quickly realized it was a deer sleeping in the backyard. His "pad" is next to the juniper bush. You'll also notice that there are a large number of tracks, from more than just the one buck, meandering around the yard. Fortunately no trees were "nuzzled" during the deer's adventure.

01.10.13

 Visitor
We have started a new joke that the squirrel who comes up to the deck is Parker's boyfriend...well he paid her a visit today. He started out in the tree outside our bedroom, went down and then came up onto the deck. Their was a lot of running from window to window for Parker, but the two never came face-to-face through the glass.

01.09.13

Deer
This morning as I was driving to work I spotted 4-5 bucks on the side of the hill...I'm guessing this is the crew that recently visited our backyard. Then, on the way home, there were two on the other side of the rode sparing with each other. I didn't get a photo of the sparing...just them looking at me.

12.31.12

Visitors...A Year Later

 Unlike last year, we were unable to see these guys traveling through the yard. There were four of them that moved from the backyard to the front - two across the driveway and two up the side stairs. I'm pretty sure that these are same four bucks that came last New Year's Eve...last year they came around 9 or 10.

11.24.12

Unlikely Visitor

Well, today had to be a multi-pic day! How many times do you have a fox that comes up on your deck (remember...we have a walk-out basement) and cuddles up for a morning nap!?!? This little fox has been seen around in the neighborhood - hope he comes back! We actually had to leave to go play golf, but we looked on the video cameras and saw that it was on the deck for about 30-45 minutes after we left.

06.06.12

Oh Deer!

Playing golf at The Ridge today. This deer was along hole #15.

01.17.11

Just Hanging Around

First, I have to admit that I took this photo yesterday...had I been outside in the backyard today I would have blown away!! Caught this little chickadee in the scrub oak out back. They are one of my favorite little birds that visit my feeders.

01.16.11

A Visitor

This afternoon I noticed a coyote along the fairway, up several houses from us. He appeared to be doing a little hunting in the snow. I grabbed my camera and captured a few shots - nothing great. As I continued to watch him, he moved up closer to the fence and headed our direction. I threw on my shoes and headed to the backyard. Just as I was coming down the stairs, he appeared around the edge of the neighbor's retaining wall. After I grabbed a couple of shots he headed back towards the golf course. I was actually glad he didn't come much closer to our place.

02.21.10

New Visitors

Late this afternoon we had several coyotes across the fairway from us. We saw one on his own and then a few minutes later there were three more headed in the same direction.

01.03.10

Golfers?

Due to the cold temperatures, the snow has remained in both our yard and on the golf course. Over the past month I have seen numerous flocks of geese fly over us, but none stopping. Finally today I saw a small group along the fringe of the green...enjoying some of the vegetation that has finally been exposed.

12.27.09

While the Kids Are Away...the Deer Will Play

This is just one of the photos I captured last night at our school. We were out driving in the new car and decided to stop by the school...there were five deer wandering, eating and playing. It was fun just watching them enjoy themselves. I think this is a herd that others have been seeing around the school. I also manged to get some video - digging in the snow for food and chasing each other around.