You may be saying, “Awww, what a sweet little deer,” as you look at this photo of a young deer in its winter coat. And I might, too, if the deer weren’t in a neighbor’s garden, along with seven of its friends, out for an evening of culinary browsing.

So what you and I see may be different. I see a marauder, a cute one, but a marauder all the same. The deer are a menace to my garden, and I do not wish them well.

A friend out walking her dog scattered the herd recently and then saw me. “So much for having any flowers this summer,” she said, with sadness in her voice. We have other neighbors who toss apples in their yard to encourage the deer to visit (as if they needed any encouragement at all). I suppose this is a fine example of “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

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