09-28-2026, 02:38 PM
A deer broke into my tiny orchard last year and ringbarked a couple of newly planted rare variety trees about a metre from the ground, which has set me back at least a couple more years to replace them. I like deer - they're lovely animals, but I'm not enamoured of some of their habits. I also admire wolves, but only at a distance.
"Whenever you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover" J. K. Galbraith, The Observer, 21 June 1998