As I’ve babbled previously, this winter has been a *real* winter. A fair deal of snow, lots of cold. Last winter was warm and dry; summer was *hot* and dry. As a consequence, the plants that grow in the mountains and provide winter food for the critters were pretty badly stunted. As a consequence of *that,*critters are going further afield and changing their strategies.

Around here deer pop up from time to time, but you hardly ever see them in daytime. But this winter they’ve been bolder than usual, and are shoplifting hay meant for horses… including the hay in my back yard. If only there was a way to commercialize deer poop, I’d have it made.