Tag Archives: Deer

Visitors to our back yard and trees are changing and fall activities!

Posted on September 29, 2026 by jjspina

It was nice to see our latest visitors to our back yard – two grateful and beautiful deer. I enjoy seeing them every time and never tire of their visits. My husband snapped these two photos recently before they ran … Continue reading →

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Latest visitor to our back deck!

Posted on September 16, 2026 by jjspina

We were surprised and shocked to see a new visitor to our back deck. This time it was a young bobcat! I could tell it wasn’t an ordinary cat by its stubby tale and pointy ears. It appeared to be … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin eaters!

Posted on October 6, 2025 by jjspina

We recently put two pumpkins out on our front steps. We are keeping an eye on them for any critters who love to eat pumpkins. There are little teeth marks already on them. We sprayed them with vinegar but they … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin going, going, soon will be gone!

Posted on October 11, 2024 by jjspina

I recently posted about our pumpkin outside our front deck. It has been eaten by some hungry critters who like pumpkin seeds. I snapped a photo today and noticed that they finally got inside the pumpkin and ate all the … Continue reading →

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A Winged Visitor today!

Posted on August 21, 2024 by jjspina

We had a surprise visitor to our back deck today at dinner time. We were enjoying watching the birds avidly eating at the feeders we have. Suddenly John saw a large bird fly by our window causing all the birds … Continue reading →

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Visitors and a disappearing pumpkin!

Posted on October 11, 2023 by jjspina

Recently we had some visitors and a pumpkin that slowly disappeared! Let me share first about the disappearing pumpkin, a groundhog and some deer. In our backyard there is a pond and plenty of trees and water behind the trees … Continue reading →

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Animal Prints in the Snow!

Posted on March 10, 2022 by jjspina

When we have a snowstorm in New Hampshire, it is always exciting to look out the next morning to see what traveled around our yard. The footprints in the snow are proof that there are a lot of animals in … Continue reading →

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Warm Weather & Rain Bring More Flowers!

Posted on June 5, 2021 by jjspina

We had a whole weekend of rain for Memorial Day. It wasn’t a fun time for those who wanted to finally get large groups together for cookouts. We had a cook in. The day after the long weekend the weather, … Continue reading →

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Snow, Snow, and More Snow and Soup too!

Posted on January 4, 2018 by jjspina

A couple of days ago these deer were outside my front window on the right and in my backyard on the left. It hadn’t even gotten dark yet. They always wait after dusk to roam around out in the open … Continue reading →

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