Watching Wildlife Melts Stress

by Dora
(Texas)

I live in the Texas Hill Country on a small ranch. Watching wildlife melts stress for me. I like to sit out on the deck and watch the various birds, squirrels, deer, and turkeys as they come and go. We put out feed for all of these creatures and it is so exciting to watch them come near throughout the day. We have no close neighbors and not much traffic down our dirt road so we get a lot of animal visitors. It is so quiet.

The joy of watching the creatures is so great that I forget about the stresses of everyday life, kids, work, bills....

I photograph and video them some days. We have bird houses and a squirrel house in the trees near our home. Deer and turkeys come to our driveway to eat early each morning. Such a pleasure.