… deer who live in the woods behind our house, I cannot resist scenes like this one. Two beautiful fawns, leaping about only a few feet from our deck.
I watched them just now – eight o’clock on a still-light summer evening.
Fireflies made a golden corona around them, and they moved to the music of the wood thrush.
June 30th, 2011 at 7:19AM
don’t get sucked in it’s all part of their nefarious plans
July 1st, 2011 at 8:32AM
Yes. My deer have eaten two tomato plants — through cages — and have razed the hosta to the roots. But the other day, I sat on my deck and, just feet away from me, a fawn bounded up to its mother, locked on, and commenced nursing while the doe contentedly grazed.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:04AM
Erin: Through cages! But yes – at these moments, everything is forgiven.
July 4th, 2011 at 10:50PM
… forgiven until a deer tick that dropped off the fawn gives you Lyme disease. Cute deer are the deadliest animal in the US.