Urban deer part one

The greatest surprise we found when we moved here was the abnormally large deer population. We live in the city, on a main road. Our house is a good way off the road, though still clearly visible. We have a neighbor that lives a nice little walk behind us, about .3 mile. She has lived here for over 40 years, and has one of the does trained to eat out of her hand. She has a LARGE yard that is very secluded. Jay was at her house a few weeks ago fixing something for her and said as they stood out on the porch talking they were watching some of the does in the lower yard running around like they were playing. Last year we had three fawns by two mothers. Each morning they would come in the back yard to eat and I would watch them play and chase each other having the best time. It is truly amazing to me, God's creation of these beautiful creatures. Yes, we are a hunting family, but that doesn't negate the appreciation of their beauty and grace.

On my birthday the herd showed back up! We've seen a doe here and there through the year, but during season, we have counted up to 14 in our back yard at one time. The one buck we've seen, and he was a BEAUTY, large, strong, awesome rack, was hit by a car last year :( We have two bucks this year! Apparently two of the three babes from last year were bucks. We also have a fawn in this bunch. I expect we're going to see a good deal more as it gets cooler and into the fall. I love my new camera and was able to catch some beautiful pictures through the back door:

This is the view from my back door. I had thrown some old tomatoes out there on the hill where the satellite is. That's where a good deal of my small fresh scraps go cause I like to watch the squirrels.

This is Jay's friend. He had an encounter with her last week. Deer have so much personality! She is very aware when someone is watching her. I thought about naming her "Moe" for her mohawk.

Here's "Bucky Jr". Isn't he gorgeous?!

Simply breathtaking. This was my greatest birthday surprise, actually being able to catch these photos of this beautiful magnificent creature.

I have more to post, but that's all for now! If you want to see more deer photos go to my Facebook page linked in the left sidebar. You'll find an album containing pictures you won't see here on the blog. Good stuff!

He left nothing undone

Joshua 11:15
"As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses."

How many of us can say that? What was the last thing the Lord told you to do, that you left undone?

Obama on SCOTUS and Constitution

Quote from President Obama concerning the Supreme Court and the Constitution as said in a Chicago radio interview in '01:

"The Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society. And to that extent as radical as I think people trid to characterize the Warren court, it wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers and the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted. Warren court interpreted itin the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you. But it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf...

And that hasn't shifted, and one of them I think the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court focused I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change, and in some ways we still suffer from that."

(source)

Still in the same interview:

A caller then helpfully asks: “The gentleman made the point that the Warren Court wasn’t terribly radical. My question is (with economic changes)… my question is, is it too late for that kind of reparative work, economically, and is that the appropriate place for reparative economic work to change place?”

Obama replies:

"You know, I’m not optimistic about bringing about major redistributive change through the courts. The institution just isn’t structured that way. [snip] You start getting into all sorts of separation of powers issues, you know, in terms of the court monitoring or engaging in a process that essentially is administrative and takes a lot of time. You know, the court is just not very good at it, and politically, it’s just very hard to legitimize opinions from the court in that regard.

So I think that, although you can craft theoretical justifications for it, legally, you know, I think any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing about economic change through the courts.”

(source)

"Separation of powers issues"- maybe that's why he is wanting to bypass Congress and possibly the courts through the use of more Czars (36 and counting) than Communist Russia had? How can America support someone who clearly believes America is a bad country?

Are you concerned yet? This man is our President!