Whatever the Weather

Name any kind of weather and I bet you I can confirm that we've experienced it here today.

We've had rain, sleet, snow, sunshine, thunder and lightening... all accompanied with an Arctic blast of freezing wind!

The sort of wind that my Mother used to call 'a lazy wind'

The kind of wind that doesn't go around you... it just goes straight through!

I remember December was so much warmer than this.

If at any time today I looked out of the window, it definitely looked like we were in the grip of winter. 

But along with this changeable weather, we've seen some spectacular sights... from the sun kissed snow capped mountains, with dramatic stormy cumulus clouds behind them adding to the drama, to the beautiful snowflakes drifting slowly down to earth making a white magical landscape. 

But my favourite sight of the day, was to see the local roe deer sparing. 

Not quite rutting, but perhaps practicing for tougher bouts ahead. 

I think it's possibly a yearling (or young male) testing his strength against an older buck. 

The younger deer has been taunting and baiting the elder all afternoon. 

There is a doe (female) involved, but she got bored with the proceedings and after finishing eating, she wandered off to possibly take a snooze in the thick yellow flowering gorse.

Meanwhile, the boys were tearing around the field and didn't even notice her departure. 

I did think at one stage that I really should go to set up my video camera... but then I thought I'd rather watch and enjoy them, than miss it whilst searching for the camera.

Yesterday, I witnessed the female chasing off a fox, who had obviously come into her personal space.

Later this afternoon, I was rewarded by the deer coming right up to our boundary to nibble on some new shoots.

Stunning isn't he? 

I'm getting so used to them walking nearby now, so much so that I'm thinking of names for them!

They have the habit of visiting up near the house at night time too, whilst we are sleeping. 

Well we are until they set off the intruder light! 

I hope your week is going well and that you have been able to appreciate nature too in some form or another.

Today, I thought I'd link up with Our World Tuesday and Wordless (on Tuesday at image-in-ing)

I hope you enjoyed your visit here today and will come back soon.

Hopefully, I'll have some springiness to share with you.