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Just a pretty thing.

2007-07-11

Good morning Boys and Girls.

Last week, I think it was on the Fourth though it may have been one day either side of it, in the early morning, a young buck stood majestic on the hill behind the house, maybe seventy feet away. I'm no expert, but I'd guess he's two or three years old. His fully formed rack looks to be velvet covered as yet, and his coat is stunning; in the sunlight, it's a brilliant orange-red.

He stood there for a couple of minutes looking at the house, right at me, actually - though I can't imagine he could see me very clearly through the glass - and then he simply walked on over the hill and back onto the trail so many of the deer around here use.

I didn't see him again till last night as the sun set.

He was walking in the opposite direction last night and he didn't come down onto the side of the hill this time, he just walked along the trail and minded his own business. At one point something slightly spooked him and he took a couple of galloping leaps before settling down again and ambling off toward the apple tree seventy or eighty yards away on the neighbor's property. I'll bet he can't wait till the apples are ready for chomping.

This morning, just now, he came all the way down and used the salt block. He stayed for at least ten minutes before loping off back up the hill as though he realized he was running a tad late for an appointment.

 

So beautiful.

 

Be good to everyone.

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Barnabus (2007-07-11)
Gorgeous!!! I didn't think it would let me make a comment, when I wasn't signed in!!

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