Why the big deal? It's not but it's a first. So we're sitting on the porch and hear a car honk down near the driveway and the next thing to happen is a lovely doe sauntering up the drive, very hot, in fact panting. She circled the house and headed for the cow water tho she didn't drink and jumped the fence and headed into the pine trees. We are thrilled but I'm glad she moved on and wasn't enticed by all our delicious flora we've worked so hard to establish. Our other country friends complain how the deer eat all their plants. John said, "I wish she could be our pet deer." There really is a deer in the back near the bush.
Last Wednesday was graduation. Yeah! After I figured out that no one would actually fail the course (after all they do need the volunteers) I sailed through my final open book exam (and still missed a few questions on fertilizers - best to just forget fertilizer and pest control and let nature handle it) and received my Certificate of Completion and name badge. Great time and I'd do it all over again. The instructor read some of our goals we had expressed at the beginning and she decided my goal of "I hate to garden so make me love it" was successful. I agreed.