This has nothing to do with cancer or my health, except that it makes me feel really good and I wanted to share it with you.
This past week I have seen several momma deer and their new babies in the area that I live. Of course I never have my camera with me, but I get so excited to see these cute little things. And I mean little, the one's I've been seeing are not very old and are only maybe 2 feet tall at the shoulders.
We have deer go through our property on a regular basis and one female that is a loner, has been a regular at our place for over a year now. I was able to get a photo of her under an apple tree by my barn last June and have seen her several times recently.
The babies that I've seen have been a ways up the road from us and/or a mile or more away and I was telling my husband that I would love if it a momma and baby would come through our place.
Then yesterday I was leaving for an appointment and as I was pulling out of the drive way I saw a momma and baby crossing the street!! They came from the tall grass just the other side of our chain link fence. I got pretty excited to see them. Those little guys are so dang cute and they are afraid of everything and run really fast!! They headed into the trees, a little forest if you will, across the street from us.
I've been thinking of how I might be able to get some photos of these little one's . . . like take a chair and my camera and just sit in the trees and hope something comes along and I can get photos.
Well this evening I let the dogs out and instead of putting them in their regular kennel area I let them out in a small pasture I close off from the horses, so the grass can grow and then periodically let the horses in to eat the grass. Anyway . . . my dog Hank who is a cow dog , or would be, if we had cows, is very, very aware if there is ever another animal of any kind, in our vicinity. I noticed that he kept running up and down the fence line. At first I thought it might be because of the neighbors cat, but after a while I decided to go look and see if I could see anything over there. Secretly I was hoping I might see a deer or maybe even a baby deer, as this was the area where I saw the mom and baby just the day before.
I walked up and down the 6 foot high chain link fence, stepping on anything available to try and see over all the bushes and into the tall grass on the other side. I finally got to the end of the fence and stood on a tree stump, up on my toes and looked and looked and then all of the sudden I saw it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This tiny baby deer was laying in the tall grass and I could barely make out it's head and ears. I was so excited and I ran into the house and told my daughter and grabbed my camera. She came out and looked at it also and I was able to get the below photos!!!!! Because of the bushes and some wood fence panels I have against the chain link fence, the baby could not see us coming or anything else except maybe our heads as we peaked over the fence. He stood up and walked a few feet, looked around a little and then laid back down. I don't know where it's mom was, but I now wonder if she was the deer I saw this morning around 8:30am go into my horses pasture and then she headed back over the tall grass. I also wonder if this could be the same deer that's been coming through our place for a while??
I didn't mean to write a mini book about this, but wanted to share the story and photos with you. I hope you enjoy them!!
Keep Smilin'
Wendy
