When a Plan Comes Together

This weekend we had a special visitor --
"Tante Nadine" was visiting with her family.  This was her first visit to Bondi. She lives near Amsterdam, and was quite keen to see a Canadian Winter.

Well, the weather put on a show for her!

We certainly changed the way the resort usually looks, when her grandchildren and grand-nieces/nephews are here in the summertime!  And the weather decided to do it's very best:  from a big snowfall one day to glittery blue skies the next.  Winter? Here it is!

She particularly hoped to see some wildlife.   And, like the weather, our deer lined up to help.

There were ten in all that she was able to admire.  Three of them were helpfully posing under the shelter of some big pine trees, right by the road.  Curled up napping, when the people walked by, heads came up -- then the rest of the deer followed.

"Mom" was first on her feet.  She's got two youngsters with her. One is a young buck. You can just make out the little bumps that will later in the year become his first coveted set of antlers.

There were more deer, who co-operatively sashayed past the cottage, and wandered along the shoreline.  Several left their footprints in the driveway right by the cottage door, just pausing long enough to say hello.

And some of them even crossed the road, right by the sign that warns drivers that they need to be vigilant on rural roads, at all times.

Thank you Nicole, for sharing these photos!  We are delighted that Nadine was welcomed with great winter weather AND plenty of deer to admire!

We love it when a plan comes together like this!