A Chill in the Air

Winter is coming on strong.  It's been bone-biting cold and snow is blanketing the ground in white.  Our resident family of deer joined up with others, forming a larger herd for safety and for warmth.  They bed down close together at night, keeping each other warm.  The deer coats are very thick now.  These thick fur coats make some of them look wooly.  Today, we saw a group of nine outside our windows.  The deer seem to know they are safe around our house, and they like to eat our shrubbery!  Fortunately, even though they nibble a lot of our bushes down to the nub, come spring, the bushes bounce back and will be no worse for the wear despite the deer snacking on them all winter long.