Leaving...

I expected, when I began this blog, to be moving away in a year and created the blog to record this special, though maddening, place before I left. Well, it's taken another year and a bit but I am finally moving house; making a fresh start and glad to be doing so. But I will miss this piece of land that has sustained me through some difficult times. This will be my last posting on this blog. I'll leave it open as a commemoration of the plants, the rocks and the animals in this wonderful two and a half acres and comments will still be welcome. I thought I'd end the blog as I began it, with some photographs of my Two and a Half Acres:

Deer, deer

Photo of the Week

Thought it was time for another deer picture. Very pleased to catch these two both looking up at the same time. Usually one or the other (or both) were browsing the flowers off my roses or the blossom off my trees.

These are roe deer. You would normally expect to see them looking a duller shade of brown but in the summer their coats redden up to this rich terracotta shade. Because of this they can be mistaken for red deer at first glance.

Roe Deer Mother and Baby

This unbearably cute pair turned up in the garden a month or so ago and have made regular daily visits ever since, strolling along my paths and browsing happily from any tasty trees and shrubs within reach. The youngster has grown noticeably since I took this picture and has now taken to racing madly about the lawn at incredible speeds. I've tried to capture it on my video camera but with no results good enough to share yet - you never know, maybe tomorrow...