We did have an interesting episode this Spring:

Lee was walking down by the river one afternoon, and heard a buzzing sound. He looked around and finally located the source: a swarm of honey bees was hanging out high up in one of the cedar trees that line our property. He called the local farmer from whom we buy our honey, who put us in touch with the local beekeeper. This gentleman came out that evening with his son to rescue the swarm and take it back to his farm.

After locating the swarm and realizing a ladder and branch cutters were needed, the son climbed the tree and was able to secure the swarm and hand it down to his dad.

They had a hive all ready to accept the bees, which dropped into the hive when the beekeeper shook the branch which housed the swarm. A few bees were left behind on the trunk of the tree, and around the outside of the hive. Some smoking coaxed most of the strays to enter the hive. The rest, they said, would find the hive before nightfall, at which time the beekeeper would come back and retrieve the hive.

A few days later, a large container of honey was seen outside our garage door. Dot thought Lee had put it there for some reason, and Lee was perplexed as to why Dot would leave a jar of honey outside. We both finally realized that the beeman had left it there as a thank-you to us! Yummy honey! MMMMMMMM!!!
Of course, Spring always brings a new crop of baby deer, and this year was no exception. We had one doe with one fawn and one doe with three fawns. We're not sure, but we think that one of the three fawns was killed on Wacousta Road because for the rest of the Summer and Fall, we only saw two fawns. The doe with one fawn also both seemed to disappear as the Summer wore on.

Even though Lee calls them "hooved locusts" because they love to eat Dot's perennials and anything else they can find, we both love to watch them. Whenever one of us sees deer in our yard (which is nearly every day), he/she will call out to the other "Deer Alert!" -- which always bring us to the window to watch their antics.

In this cold weather, we wonder how the deer are able to withstand the freezing temperatures and blowing snow. Of course, in the Summer, we also feel sorry for them as they are hounded by pesky mosquitoes and deer flies, who seem to never leave them alone and are always in abundance.