Barbara Lawlor, Nederland. Guess who’s coming to dinner?

In the past few weeks, a herd of young elk have discovered that dining on a haystack is easy pickings. Every evening, about six or seven of them would show up at a Magnolia house to munch . Finally, Spirit, the horse in residence, decided to protect her dinner and stood her ground between the elk and the hay. The elk dispersed after awhile except for one who was allowed to stay and nibble with Spirit. She stayed, that is, until the homeowner, waving a manure rake and screaming like a banshee, shushed her off, back to her herd.