Nancy lives on a busy
thoroughfare in Colorado Springs, but that doesn’t mean there’s no wildlife in
her yard. Three years ago while I was visiting, we planted a Lodi apple tree,
but the tree has made little progress, thanks to continual pruning by deer.
Yesterday we were eating
our evening meal when Nancy shouted, “No!” and ran out the back door waving her
arms at a young doe munching the new growth on the apple tree. Not alarmed, the
deer took one more bite before moving on to the compost heap, where she
devoured slices of an over-ripe cantaloupe. Even when I approached her with the
camera, she was unafraid, and seemed to strike a pose.
This morning another doe
appeared and polished off all but the one tall branch of the apple tree.
When she was finished she
jumped the chain link fence and trotted down the busy street. Nancy says she
has given up hope of ever harvesting an apple in her back yard. It doesn’t seem
fair that I live in the country with a large deer population, but have been
lucky enough to bring three apple trees to maturity.
Copyright
2014 by Shirley Domer
1 comment:
You're right, Shirley, it's NOT fair!
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