March 6th, 2010
Spring
Spring Anyone?
It’s supposed to be in the 50′s today. Cloudy right now, but it feels springish. I just finished shampooing my living room carpet. Melting snow has a few muddy spots in the yard and of course that’s exactly where my dog and cat tromp through. Short of stopping them at the door and wiping each muddy paw I just let them in and deal with the mess. I am so ready for warm weather and just aching to plant things. Anything. My old house had a beautiful yard with huge pine trees and perrenials coming up everywhere. I do miss the yard…not the house…just the yard. My new place is wide open spaces. One lone smallish pine tree , a couple of bushes and lots and lots of grass. I’m still debating on how to go about landscaping this place. The golf course, hole number 7 to be exact is just out my back door. And the so called city green belt runs along my property line. Sounds nice, huh? It is, but the deer are crazy about it. I’ve come home late in the evening and counted at least 15 deer grazing in my yard. Picture postcard perfect, but a real pain when it comes to all the deer poop. Not to mention the issues I’m going to have trying to plant flowers and a garden. I may be able to fence part of it, but I don’t know. I’m trying to watch my budget and fencing would take quite a chunk out of it. Honestly, we have so many deer here that you can’t drive or walk a block without seeing at least one grazing in someone’s yard. I love animals and I think the deer are beautiful, but there’s just too many to deal with. I’m looking out the window right now and yes, the deer are out there. If anyone knows of a way to discourage them camping in your yard please let me know. I’m ready for spring just not ready for the deer.