Whoever wrote Doris's death notice the other day took pains to let the world know that Dodie collected red birds. This doesn't strike me as odd, for I know someone who has a bedroom devoted to hundreds of teddy bears, most of them purple.And I know I promised not to send any more bulletins about the weather hereabouts, but this was exciting -- I just saw a deer for the first time in a couple of months. I've been worried about them. This one found a narrow green patch that just opened up-- just as well it doesn't know we're promised
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more snow over the weekend.
The snow's been so deep this winter that the rabbits have been much more of a presence in my garden than the deer have. (Rabbits can just hop along through it; deer have been in danger of breaking their long legs.) The remnants of last year's kale plants are surrounded by such a deep layer of bunny poop that I shouldn't have to apply any additional compost to those beds this spring.
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