July 17, 2023 by drkottaway

No mowing

I don’t mow my second lot. We have cat/deer interactions and it’s interesting to see what plants move in. I am cutting down lots of blackberries but welcome the Oregon Grape. I hope not too much of this moves in.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

July 16, 2023 by drkottaway

Happy rose

Last year this rose put out one bloom. I had a cage over it but it kept growing through the cage and the deer kept eating it.

This year I put a better fence around it and it is so happy! It has been in my yard since before I moved here and has never bloomed like this!

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

July 15, 2023 by drkottaway

deer proof

I am encouraging parsley in all the edges of my yard. The deer don’t like it and I do. It’s in the front yard and the back and I am happy with it all over.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

July 14, 2023 by drkottaway

Daisy

My daisies are really enjoying July.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

July 13, 2023 by drkottaway

Hidden fruit

The hazelnut in my yard.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

July 12, 2023 by drkottaway

Hidden rose

I lived in my house for 12 years before I saw this rose. The deer razed it every year until I put up a fence in the front. That spring, all sorts of flowers and plants showed up that I had never seen! (Did they sneak inside the fence as we built it or were they there all along?)

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

July 11, 2023 by drkottaway

Meeting

I took pictures of this cutie out my back window. I got my Canon and cracked the back door. Sol Duc ran right out! But, mother deer is paying close attention.

Mother is nearly on my back porch and Sol Duc reverses direction very quickly and climbs.

An interaction between four sentient beings, though I stay in the house. I am photographing through a grubby window so as not to spook anyone else. Sol Duc immediately pretends nonchalance.