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Last time I put up pictures of the mountain laurels, Bambi had stuck his nose into their fences and munched significant portions of the leaves. So I used portions of an old giant TV antenna to shore them up.
![mountain laurels, January 15, 2016, 4:34:00 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivterpW9arUlNTM7DKKUOJh9j0rhyphenhyphenes6Ctwt92gg6DkYmriuERg7d1unHDL0kZb52EGnfUhCcBmsFgdiUNd-eFzTDNTexJJUUa896AVz9OyJBC6pDx3LI-R0MPVqcyARy4gl2L_aHNxkQ1/s320/January+2016+e+052.jpg)
I guess Bambi took that as a challenge.
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Almost all the leaves gone on all four, along with a lot of stems and plenty of branches.
![poor chowed-on mountain laurel, Sunday, March 27, 2016, 12:47:47 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOljZyuxOtbCb-tz41QfqJnIsi8n8gREUdoExaX2ddtq55hfg_Wl_yWQiysSPeC5rYJPmePprJDdoRaq91AXZ6EINxHaSsug0W1z9WiHEhr7t0EvAmKxITOJdl856SJXjyw_NQwIt-M90/s320/March+2016+k+004.jpg)
Theda is both shocked and stunned.
![Theda, Saturday, March 26, 2016, 8:55:41 AM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EKNPcCndyGqGpmIGc5gJgLoqfTk5jnWhHxR3N4NrLVWsuG8UbZFifWjGNVSggB6dNfTJMXl0gRjDkqXFriL46kkNzsUGAj3Hxr1jve2ukcQ4jnvAjhOkLYZCoFXBGtpt-IZ4bw5pQQX6/s320/March+2016+i+033+crop.jpg)
And it's not like this was a harsh winter. Or there isn't a huge field of grass a stone's throw down the mountain.
![Theda, Saturday, March 26, 2016, 8:29:34 AM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDH9TDlnSHokiIDB1cqqZ-0uWVL_d3Si8KN2Q_h1p_qZPDB3J8FlJCecG8Hs8Uh0WvE1JSaffcH1aQ8dWQs-gU1c4yhRbibci6GTU6SolsdbaGMQc1kg2_bAXA4-_KBcpOru_ddM_KSwo/s320/March+2016+i+019.jpg)
And now for something completely different.
![Mr. and Mrs. Downy Woodpecker, Monday, March 28, 2016, 12:55:25 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEbOcsBMDCuKcYS9aSuDN0DpPzBrEYZbsSVvPPYZM7UVKfBkzQlJ42Zs3qAuvn8AhrqEwzjVz_UVp1el3Bs0hK9RT3AhehmfNLPjkwbnNbsltE6Hi68NCcwJ8Lb6kfk-7X5GJi_aj7h0_/s320/March+2016+k+080.jpg)
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