Glenda,
Just responding to your post in "I got my First Neg" thread.....
You were commenting on how nice the golfing weather is and the deer out, etc.
Things are getting good here in Northern Ontario too. Although here, there is still scattered snow (and way too much still on my back 9 which is wooded and quite sheltered) if the weather stays as it is, I would surmise that I might have the course open in about three weeks....but alot can happen to the weather from now to then.... and remember March In Like A Lamb, Out Like A Lion and here, March definitely came in like a Lamb.
Speaking of deer, last week I spent a great deal of time on a tractor removing snow from the greens (yes at that point there was still enough snow to require a tractor), mainly to expose the ice that we received in late December early January to minimize the turf killed by ice desiccation, in any event although the tractor is noisier than the deer like, every once in a while you end up scaring a few out of the woods as you pass.... Our deer are somewhat use to the equipment running around, so they don't spook immediately, certainly not tame enough to approach, but if they feel they are at safe distance, they will watch you go by.
They are really such beautiful creatures, and although as a younger guy use to hang around a macho bunch who took pleasure in blasting bambi to bits, I have always much rather watched them in the wild then cut them with my knife and fork....
But give me a Canada Goose, and I would rather whack it with a 9 iron then look at those crapping waste of feathers.... I end up with a few hundred of them on the course every fall, and the mess they leave behind.... Guess I am going to have to get a dog....
Or....maybe I should sell them on EBay.... anyone interested in bidding on your own Canada Goose... buy one or buy the flock, just get them off my property.... (this is just a joke folks, don't alert the game wardens, I know it is illegal to sell wild game in any form... again this is just a joke....)
But I hope golf season comes soon here too!
Jeff