You, Me, the Birds, and Bees

Living among nature, you understand the value of life.

In the morning fog, I can still hear her, slowly wading from the island to the tall grasses along the lake’s bank. I know, from past years, the doe has given birth on the island, and somewhere amongst the overgrowth and brush, a fawn hides there, surrounded by a protective moat of water.

Unless predators want to go for a swim, the fawn is safe — at leas…