A couple weeks ago a very friendly deer starting coming around our house. She seems to have very little fear of humans. One morning she walked right up on our front porch and proceeded to eat every potted plant arranged there as though it were her private buffet. As much as I enjoy opportunities to see wildlife up close, I must admit I was quite upset at the ruination of all my work. No deer had been brazen enough to walk on the porch before so I considered it a "safe" bet to garden.
This deer loves the clover by our front door and will graze for 15-20 minutes with us just standing outside and watching from no more than 30 feet away. In the video, she is about six feet from the house. I truly don't care if she munches the clover. There is plenty of it, but when she crosses the edging and starts feasting on my flower bed it is another story entirely! She seems to start early in the morning so I have started checking all the windows from the moment I get up and sometimes race outside with arms and pink, fuzzy bathrobe flapping wildly. She trots away about 50 feet, stops to look back at me and I can almost hear her say, "I'll be back!" as she twitches her white tail and flutters her wonderful eyelashes in my direction. Is that an impatiens branch hanging down below her glistening black nose?
