We continue to watch wildlife in what we call the “micro-woods” on the north side of the house, between the house and the parking area with the RV. We often see deer and other animals, such as the mama squirrel in our last post. We have a slider door on the north side of house, so we can get a good view of the animals. Here’s a young buck whose antlers are beginning to mature:

…and here’s a baby faun who followed its mother across our back yard area:

Our house is surrounded by many straight and tall Ponderosa Pines and Tamaracks (also called Larches):

We cleared some small trees and brush to open up the view from the house down into the valley and the canola fields. Here’s a quick video of clearing brush:

…and here’s a photo taken after the brush and small trees were gone:

The tall trees shown are not on our property, so we can’t get them out of the way. 😞

Mary scattered quite a bit of wildflower seed earlier. It hasn’t rained for over a week, so she’s been watering the area by hand. Here’s a quick video:

While burning one of the slash piles, a nearby tree was scorched and needed to be taken down. The video below shows Stan cutting the limbs off the tree and cutting it up into logs to be split later.