Donald grabbed the camera and snapped some photos:
As deer go, this wasn't a very large one, I guess, but still! Right in our backyard in the middle of the afternoon. What a surprise!
Once Donald had taken his photos, I picked up Luna and held her to the window. Nothing wrong with her eyes, at least. She saw the deer immediately and set off the alarm of growling and barking.
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Today, we're enjoying our first real taste of fall weather. It's so nice. The windows are open and I ventured out with the camera.
Remember the daylily seeds we planted earlier this year? Those tiny little things growing in yogurt cups? Most of them are getting to a decent size for young plants. Here are some of the pots:
The English ivy has been growing, too. It feels like it's growing slowly, but then again, I'm not sure how quickly ivy in the shade usually grows. In any case, it's progressing:
Here's another angle, showing that there's still plenty of territory for it to conquer (and also that the box it's in needs another coat of paint):
By way of contrast, here's the passionflower vine, which has gotten huge this summer:
No flowers at the moment, but it did a good job earlier in the season, and it's been attracting Gulf fritillary butterflies, a species that depends on passionflower for part of its life-cycle.
Cosmos...
Autumn's arrival always reminds me that it won't be long before the spiders take over...
A smiling Trixie...
And a smiling Luna...
