Another bloody day in paradise :)

Battling the sticker vines today. Some of them are 1/2 inch diameter with thorns 3/4 inches long. The tree's along my pool fence are heavily infested with them and the tree's are actually on my neighbors property. I spent 8 hours cutting them, up on a ladder, then pulling them down out of the tree's. Plus trimming up the limbs growing over my property and pool fence. Those things are fierce and I have punctures all over my arms and one nice gash in the forehead. Huge piles all along the fence, so I went to start dragging the vines and limbs into the back and as I came around the corner something jumped, and then I jumped. I had startled a good size doe that was munching on my pile of debris. Two other deer were a bit further away, one a pretty spotted fawn. All are food grade should the need arise :) I never come down without a deer gun, just in case.

Anyway, the vines should be manageable now. They grow back but a couple hours each spring should keep them at bay. The whole backyard was covered when I bought the place.

Well, the point of this was to post some pretty deer pictures, but I'm getting a never before seen message telling me the maximum upload size is 2mb, and the pics are around 6-7mb. Not sure resizing will get the same impact...