rounding the corner from my patio I found myself face-to-face with a mother deer with her bambi close behind her
they had come right up onto the interlocking brick pathway and were 4 ft from the open doorway to my unit .. and heading towards my petunias
so mamma & I looked deep into each others eyes and I said . those petunias are mine. I love to sit with them
and I swear mamma glanced at bambi then glanced back at me and “said” doesn’t my hungry baby come first
and I thought it *is* getting a bit dry  .and . I love my petunias  .and . surely there must be greenery in the woods

so . at the moment . I still “have” my petunias
but I have never before been “confronted” by an animal mamma
suggesting that I should allow her baby to eat my flowers

kinda cute . and . a little painful at the same time
as I ask myself was I being selfish
perhaps an indication of interesting times to come