I was sitting on my front porch here in town recently and just taking in all that surrounds me every day of my retired life. My little dog was on my lap, and the two big dogs were stretched out on the cool concrete next to my chair. Several squirrels were doing their best to gobble up the bird seed before the birds got their share. I gave up on the squirrel battle several years ago. Two whitetail fawns were bedded down right outside the front gate while their momma was in the yard grazing under another one of our bird feeders. My ...