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Many Evergreeners commute. It's been described as a commuter community. Accurate. So there is an etiquette to commuting. The first rule: Leave early. Even if you depart for a 9 to five job at 6:30 a.m., you will not be alone. If you like being alone on the highway, go to Montana. The second rule: Leave early If you don't get off til 5 p.m., take a book on tape, because you will be sitting in traffic near Federal and 6th, and entertainment of any kind is helpful. There are polite drivers, like me, who let others sneak in, especially in merge lanes. I try. You probably do too. The one thing I have decided that will not happen to me is that I will not be mangled in a car wreck on 6th Avenue or I-70 in either direction. What do you do to keep this promise to yourself?

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I'm just a little baby deer, who is old enough now to NOT have my adorable spots any longer, which means I was much cuter a couple of weeks ago. Now, I'm just eating your yard.

This story is under the travel category because that's what I wish all the adult, adolescent and infant wildlife would do. I am so pissed off at all of them, but it's hard to get mad at a baby.

At least, for me it's hard to get mad at a baby.
A couple of days ago, I drive in and find a whole family of elk in the yard, The bushes shredded, and as I walk to the front door, poop all over the deck.

Oh, and the Hostas, that had so lovingly regenerated after the last assault?
Gone. chewed off at the ground.

I didn't even look at the little blue pot with the purple pansies in it that had revived after a rain.
But as my husband pointed out while he was shoveling the mess off the porch,
"Look, they got your flowers."

I know I have said this before, but this is it.
I am not going to spend another dime on annuals.
I am very tempted, however to plant some thorny bushes all along the fence line.
Thick big thorns. Would they eat those?

The only other answer is a big fat thorny fence taller than the Chrysler Building.
So, that's why mountain people dole out bucks every year for the geraniums, pansies, petunias, johnny jump ups, need I go on.

Because a fence as high as the Chrysler Building, well, it's just out of our budget.
And what would Jeffco commissioners say?
There's probably a law against it.

So here are some pictures of the growing herd.
The arrow is to point out the brother, or sister of the one who wasn't lolling.
This is their new den, lounge area, nap room.

Great, come on in kids. Let's see, here's some snacks for you. Would you like some milk and cookies?

Get out, I say get out. Just as I had them herded up ready to cross the street to the neighbor's yard, I hear a car come rolling down the street. It's okay, nothing bad happened, but wouldn't''t that be my luck. Chase the critters out of my yard into oncoming traffic.
I swear, I can't win.

OT have spots any longer, which means he was much cuter a couple of weeks ago.

This story is under the travel category because that's what I wish all the adult, adolescent and infant wildlife would do. I am so pissed off at all of them, but it's hard to get mad at a baby.

At least, for me it's hard to get mad at a baby.
A couple of days ago, I drive in and find a whole family of elk in the yard, The bushes shredded, and as I walk to the front door, poop all over the deck.

Oh, and the Hostas, that had so lovingly regenerated after the last assault?
Gone. chewed off at the ground.

I didn't even look at the little blue pot with the purple pansies in it that had revived after a rain.
But as my husband pointed out while he was shoveling the mess off the porch,
"Look, they got your flowers."

I know I have said this before, but this is it.
I am not going to spend another dime on annuals.
I am very tempted, however to plant some thorny bushes all along the fence line.
Thick big thorns. Would they eat those?

The only other answer is a big fat thorny fence taller than the Chrysler Building.
So, that's why mountain people dole out bucks every year for the geraniums, pansies, petunias, johnny jump ups, need I go on.

Becase a fence as high as the Chrysler Building, well, it's just out of our budget.
And what would Jeffco commissioners say?
There's probably a law against it.

So here are some pictures of the growing herd.
The arrow is to point out the brother, or sister of the one who wasn't lolling.
This is their new den, lounge area, nap room.

Great, come on in kids. Let's see, here's some snacks for you. Would you like some milk and cookies?

Get out, I say get out. Just as I had them herded up ready to cross the street to the neighbor's yard, I hear a car come rolling down the street. It's okay, nothing bad happened, but wouldn''t that be my luck. Chase the critters out of my yard into oncoming traffic.
I swear, I can't win.

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