Can You Spot The Deer?

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When my sis picked me up for our outing to the "country" we set out with a few ideas but nothing concrete except to have a bit of fun, take some pictures but not be pressured, maybe see some deer and oh, of course, have lunch in a quaint place. Seemed simple enough. We were on our way, though in a slightly annoying rain, we were anxious for our little adventure.

It was mid-day and the roads were almost completely deserted. About eight miles from home the road took us past a few houses with sweeping lawns alternating with thick stands of 100 foot tall Douglas fir trees. When we came up over the crest of a small rise and rounded the corner, we came across the home above. Sis said, "Look at the deer statue!"

"It's moving! Look there's two more! Wait! Stop the car!!"

She did, lowered the window and whispered. "OK. Take the picture."

"No, you're closer, you take it."

"I can't get all three of them in one shot."

"Back up the car."

"We're on a curve, but ok," and she slowly backed up, then snapped a few shots. We still didn't get all three in one shot. Can you spot the deer? Here's another one:

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These regal creatures didn't bat an eyelash, or raise their heads from grazing. The one in the driveway continued to slurp up the material under the tree. [We wondered if those items were nuggets of commercial food scattered there by the homeowner or small fruits or seeds dropped from the tree.] We were parked slightly off the road, about twenty feet away from them. These three deer were either does or a doe and her two grown fawns. Beautiful! And a rather rare daylight sighting. We felt pretty smug we'd sighted deer within the first half hour of our trip.

After all the driving around we did following this incident, we saw no additional deer. It was on our list to see and do, we saw, we took the pictures, we moved on. A lot like life -- in the "been there done that" mode. We had our hopes up the rest of the trip that we would see more, since these three had presented themselves so sweetly not long after we had begun the quest. We thought there would be more along the way. But like many opportunities in life, we only had this one chance encounter and then there were no more. When we arrived back at my home hours later, it was the deer sighting in the first half hour of our adventure that had impressed us the most. We had taken that opportunity and enjoyed the moment.

Life can be like that.

More tomorrow. Thanks for visiting today.

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