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Walk with me, on a rain drenched Sunday in the Pacific Northwest. First we trudge through my garden – have the galoshes ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are columbines, some of the early bloomers in spring, dainty as they come, and, as it turns out, a delicacy for wandering visitors. As are the apple trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are deer. They have made daily appearances in the yard for the last week, and as of Sunday afternoon, when I am writing this, there are no more columbines<\/strong>. Blossoms completely depleted. Disappeared. Digested. Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have a choice: mourn the destruction of my flora or celebrate the fact that I look out of the window to see four frolicking creatures, feeling at home, at a location that is a 15-minute ride from Portland city center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can see the remnants of the destruction of the winter storm – still a lot of windfall around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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True to form I do both, and then I go visit a friend’s wondrous garden that is carefully deer-proofed and full of spring’s signifiers: growth that is tender, soft colored, dripping with wetness and sending out tendrils and shoots to claim the next cycle of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It feels like walking through a watercolor painting when you look at the bloom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tree peonies proud like queens,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just the maple leaves show sharp, contrasting rims, but they, too, are softened by their unfocused surround, enveloping them with diffused light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They come in so many different colors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Such beauty – let it help start the week on the right note, grateful for what is, not what’s been lost. Now tell me what I should plant that the deer won’t eat…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a romantic period Ode to Spring<\/a> by composer Joachim Raff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No ode to the deer, but grudging admiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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