A deer little community

I just love the area around the House of Goodwill.  There are beautiful lake views, lots of trees and all kinds of birds to observe.  One of my very favorite things here?  All the deer!

There are deer EVERYWHERE.

And another interesting thing about small communities and neighborhoods without “real” HOAs – they can be a little quirky.  This can go different ways, but I think it’s often much more good than bad.  When people have the land and yard space to really show off their personalities – it can be fun.  As long as your potentially junky neighbor is an acre away, who cares, right?

One day this summer after taking a wrong turn home from the public beach here, we were driving through a “neighborhood” when we passed a house that was definitely on the awesome end of the quirky country living spectrum.

I LOVE this house.  And now, I go out of my way to drive by it all the time.

The first thing you notice as you pass this little house is, about a million deer.  Surrounding this house on all sides are deer.  As you begin to wonder why all the deer seem to adore this particular yard, you notice “Deer Crossing” signs on the side of the road.  Then behind all the real deer, you notice all the statues of deer throughout the yard.

The deer house sits on a corner lot, and as you round the bend you learn why a million deer love this place: you see the giant feeding troughs right on the corner by the road.

Clearly, these people love deer.  Even more than I do.

Whenever I can swing by this house, I do.  I have never seen less than one deer in the yard (feeding time must have ended), and I’ve seen up to ten.  Standing, sleeping, eating, relaxing.  The deer know where they belong.  

I've seen an older gentleman and an older woman out working in the yard a few times.  The deer are obviously comfortable with their presence, peacefully grazing while the humans go about their business.

Don't you just love houses - and people - with personality?

At the House of Goodwill, we love our ducks.  But now you know the buck stops here too.

Sorry.  I had to doe it.