We have BIG animals—BIG:
First, we have DEER!
I try to hide when I see Deer. We have big Daddy deer, called A buck, who comes trotting into the yard randomly. Sometimes bringing along his wife, called a doe. They hang out in Mom’s yard and eat all the apples and apricots and cherries and—I think you get the picture.
If we don’t get Dad and Mom deer, we will get Mom and kid deer. Remember Mom is called a doe and the baby is called a fawn. Sometimes the doe has twins.
In the winter everyone (of the Deer family (called a herd)) likes to hang out together.
Sooo come winter we can have a HUGE group of deer in the yard (MY DOMAINE) or out on the farm itself. 
In the fall hunters hunt the deer, but our deer live with us on the farm, which is private ground, therefore no hunting. Unless the hunter gets a special ‘private ground’ hunting license.
But our deer…well, our deer seem to disappear about the time the cows show up. It seems like if we have cows on the farm, the deer migrate someplace else.
Don’t ask me why I don’t know.
Then come Summer—always in Summer the deer come back and hang out in the cornfields, where they build little round beds in the middle and snack on the corn silks.
At night, when it is dark outside, then they silently slip to the yard and SNACK away!
The next big animal is the COWS! But you already know about the cows.
Since I’m not going to rehash cows, I will tell you about bears who sometimes walk on the farm.
They also like fruit and will come in—but mostly they don’t come because they have lots to eat wherever they live in the canyons. BUT they have come when the drought is so bad all the wild cherries and berries dried up and didn’t produce.
Then we get a bear or two.
Talk about SCARY! I mean S.C.A.R.Y.! Mom and Dad call the Division of Wildlife and have an officer come out to tranquilize the bear and take it back up to the Uncompahgre Plateau.
Mom said a couple of years ago (I didn’t live here then, I wasn’t even a thought in my parents’ brains, at that point.) The bear came down in droves.
Then they found the sweet cornfields.
They sent back scouts to let all their bear friends know about the fields full of CANDY!
Mom said we had many, many. One bear even tried to break into our elderly neighbor’s house.
That was a long-time ago —I don’t think I will have to worry about bear on the farm.
Dad doesn’t plant sweet corn, although our neighbors do.
OH!
I hope I don’t have to worry about the bear!
I HOPE!
Shudder! Shake! DASH TO THE HOUSE!
TLC Cai-Cai
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I enjoy all your posts from here in NW Ohio. This one was great because it was narration by the esteemed TLC Cai-Cai and included pics of animals which visit. Thank you!
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Thank you for coming to visit TLC Cai-Cai and myself! 🙂
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I also hope you never have to worry about bears, TLC Chi-Cai. Stay close to Mom and Dad if you ever hear of bears around the farm
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AND IN THE HOUSE!!! TLC Cai-Cai
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Um…BEARS??? Meow. You get bears??? Meow. Oh my! Meow. That would be very scary. Meow. We get deer in the front yard. Meow. I see them thru the bedroom window. Meow. They don’t really scare me…much. Meow. I’ve never seen a cow. Meow.
Ollie
Bears??? Good lord… Two of those photos of deer look like paintings!
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They were a tad far away for my lenses. 🙂
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Yet, they came out beautifully. 💜
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I think if I were a big animal in your neighborhood I would come straight over to your farm, too! Cherries and all kinds of yummy stuff sounds pretty good to me! Watch your back, CC. Don’t let them scare you.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Okay…I will either hide or RUN!!! TLC Cai-Cai
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Charlee: “Doe?”
Chaplin: “A deer.”
Lulu: “A female deer!”
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TRLALALALA
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The bear are scary:) Be careful!
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Mom agrees with you! TLC Cai-Cai
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My Dear CC, I thank God for your interludes. Love.
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Bowing deeply. You are welcome! TLC Cai-Cai
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Love You, CC, and Your Mama and Your Dada and Your whole family.
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Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, purrrrrrrrrrrrr TLC Cai-Cai
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Thank You, CC. That is Verry nice. Much appreciated.
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I didn’t know you had bears! 😮
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Not always, but yes, sometimes
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Gosh I hope you don’t have to worry about beers! I didn’t realise that you had so many deer at your place! Interesting that when the cows arrive they disappear ..
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They don’t like sharing with the cows 🙂
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