i actually got out for a bit of a walk yesterday. first time in a few months.
three young deer ran towards me a lot more than i thought i would. the field and road i was walking along are wide open, they should have seen me a lot sooner, or so i thought, but they didn't stop running at me until about 50ft or so away. then they ran to the north. maybe they hear better than they see. i wasn't trying to walk quiet or anything. just on the road clumping along...
HVAC coming this afternoon to check on the furnace. some funky electric smell once in a while and that's the only thing down there running this time of the year. guessing fan motor getting ready to reach EOL. haven't had anyone look at it in several years so it's ok with us. hope it doesn't need anything else, but it is quite old now (almost 30 years for some of it, some things have been replaced already over the years, fan motors, control board, heat exchanger...).