The day Lisa passed away, the house was full of people. Kila came in and said Dad, there’s a deer out there. That was the first time we noticed Spike. A year old spike buck. We saw him a lot that summer.

Like a memory Spike kept coming around.

Early this summer I started seeing a buck walking up the road in front of the house. His antlers weren’t developed yet but the main beams were wider than his ears. When they finally filled out he ended up with a nice eight point rack. Not a spike anymore but we still call him Spike.

There’s a young doe that comes around like Spike. Sometimes together, sometimes they come alone. She’s the only other deer that Spike seems to spend time with. We see other deer from the house but Spike has nothing to do with them.

He sees us and hears the dogs barking at him. Doesn’t seem to mind.

May had six boys and one girl on 9/1. These are the boys.

And this is the only girl puppy.

My daughter Kila and grand daughter Irene riding Raven and Bud.
Bud is a Tennessee Walking Horse that is close to 30 years old. He has been used his whole life to follow around bird dogs. Bud just walks but when he is walking he covers a lot of ground fast and doesn’t look like he is doing much. Bud loves to follow bird dogs and doesn’t need much help doing it. He neck reins and when you get off him you can just drop the reins and he won’t go anywhere. Bud was given to a young person who lost interest and neglected him. Kila was able to get Bud and now he is much loved and seems very happy with his new home.