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Persia Spots a Deer
There seem to be a lot of deer around where I live lately. Or at least
they're showing themselves more. Well before dusk I saw about six of them just mosying across the fairway from behind my neighbors house. They meandered around, munching on stuff. I even heard dogs barking but they didn't run off. About two hours later I saw them come back, this time they were right behind my house. Persia saw me looking out the back door and went to look. It was the oddest moment, like "What the heck is that?!" LOL They had a bit of a staring contest. Apparently since the deer didn't bark at her or encroach further on her territory, she lost interest and curled up on her crackle sack. This is the young guy she spotted: http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/ji...68770.jpg.html He's just got a start on his antlers. Persia was not impressed. I love being able to see them. Jill |
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Persia Spots a Deer
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... There seem to be a lot of deer around where I live lately. Or at least they're showing themselves more. Well before dusk I saw about six of them just mosying across the fairway from behind my neighbors house. They meandered around, munching on stuff. I even heard dogs barking but they didn't run off. About two hours later I saw them come back, this time they were right behind my house. Persia saw me looking out the back door and went to look. It was the oddest moment, like "What the heck is that?!" LOL They had a bit of a staring contest. Apparently since the deer didn't bark at her or encroach further on her territory, she lost interest and curled up on her crackle sack. This is the young guy she spotted: http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/ji...68770.jpg.html He's just got a start on his antlers. Persia was not impressed. I love being able to see them. Jill ~~~~~~~~ Lovely! That is an enchanting image. MaryL |
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Persia Spots a Deer
On 5/20/2014 9:14 AM, MaryL wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... There seem to be a lot of deer around where I live lately. Or at least they're showing themselves more. Well before dusk I saw about six of them just mosying across the fairway from behind my neighbors house. They meandered around, munching on stuff. I even heard dogs barking but they didn't run off. About two hours later I saw them come back, this time they were right behind my house. Persia saw me looking out the back door and went to look. It was the oddest moment, like "What the heck is that?!" LOL They had a bit of a staring contest. Apparently since the deer didn't bark at her or encroach further on her territory, she lost interest and curled up on her crackle sack. This is the young guy she spotted: http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/ji...68770.jpg.html He's just got a start on his antlers. Persia was not impressed. I love being able to see them. Jill ~~~~~~~~ Lovely! That is an enchanting image. MaryL He's a cute "little" guy. I enjoy being able to see them come close enough to photograph. However, he was standing there for quite some time eyeing his reflection in the glass. I had visions of him trying to challenge the strange deer and winding up in my living room! Jill |
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Persia Spots a Deer
On 5/20/2014 8:28 AM, jmcquown wrote:
On 5/20/2014 9:14 AM, MaryL wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... There seem to be a lot of deer around where I live lately. Or at least they're showing themselves more. Well before dusk I saw about six of them just mosying across the fairway from behind my neighbors house. They meandered around, munching on stuff. I even heard dogs barking but they didn't run off. About two hours later I saw them come back, this time they were right behind my house. Persia saw me looking out the back door and went to look. It was the oddest moment, like "What the heck is that?!" LOL They had a bit of a staring contest. Apparently since the deer didn't bark at her or encroach further on her territory, she lost interest and curled up on her crackle sack. This is the young guy she spotted: http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/ji...68770.jpg.html He's just got a start on his antlers. Persia was not impressed. I love being able to see them. Jill ~~~~~~~~ Lovely! That is an enchanting image. MaryL He's a cute "little" guy. I enjoy being able to see them come close enough to photograph. However, he was standing there for quite some time eyeing his reflection in the glass. I had visions of him trying to challenge the strange deer and winding up in my living room! Jill I can see why that would have made you a bit nervous. It's wonderful you get to see them so close, though. My mother had a toy poodle who would bark at any other dog, no matter how big it was. However, when the deer would come into her yard, it was a different story. Her attitude was "Deer? What deer? I don't see any deer?" Joy -- Joy Unlimited Colorful Crocheted Critters Photos at http://www.PictureTrail.com/joy9 |
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Persia Spots a Deer
On 5/20/2014 1:47 PM, Joy wrote:
On 5/20/2014 8:28 AM, jmcquown wrote: On 5/20/2014 9:14 AM, MaryL wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... There seem to be a lot of deer around where I live lately. Or at least they're showing themselves more. (snipped self) This is the young guy she spotted: http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/ji...68770.jpg.html He's just got a start on his antlers. Persia was not impressed. I love being able to see them. Jill ~~~~~~~~ Lovely! That is an enchanting image. MaryL He's a cute "little" guy. I enjoy being able to see them come close enough to photograph. However, he was standing there for quite some time eyeing his reflection in the glass. I had visions of him trying to challenge the strange deer and winding up in my living room! Jill I can see why that would have made you a bit nervous. It's wonderful you get to see them so close, though. It's nice to see them, absolutely! But they are unpredictable. The deer are one reason I don't drive anywhere near dusk. They seem to be coming out even earlier lately. Knock wood I never have a deer jump in front of my little car. If I see or if I even *think* I'm going to see deer walking along the road or crossing the road here, I stop. (I seem to have some sort of built-in deer warning system that tells me uh oh, they're around.) I don't want to think about what would happen if I was involved in a deer collision. My mother had a toy poodle who would bark at any other dog, no matter how big it was. However, when the deer would come into her yard, it was a different story. Her attitude was "Deer? What deer? I don't see any deer?" Joy Very funny! "Nope, I didn't see any deer. See? I'm not barking. There are no deer." A friend suggested when Persia saw the deer she most likely thought, "Holy Cow! I can't scare that thing off! I guess I'll just go over here..." Jill |
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Persia Spots a Deer
MaryL wrote: Lovely! That is an enchanting image. MaryL Back in around 1935, the Veterans' Hospital in Minneapolis MN (where my father spent the months of his final illness) had friendly deer roaming the grounds. Unfortunately, they had to get rid of them, because people fed them cigarettes, the deer became addicted, and began attacking visitors for the tobacco in their pockets. |
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Persia Spots a Deer
On 5/20/2014 1:33 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
MaryL wrote: Lovely! That is an enchanting image. MaryL Back in around 1935, the Veterans' Hospital in Minneapolis MN (where my father spent the months of his final illness) had friendly deer roaming the grounds. Unfortunately, they had to get rid of them, because people fed them cigarettes, the deer became addicted, and began attacking visitors for the tobacco in their pockets. Oh, that is sad! Joy -- Joy Unlimited Colorful Crocheted Critters Photos at http://www.PictureTrail.com/joy9 |
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Persia Spots a Deer
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message m... MaryL wrote: Lovely! That is an enchanting image. MaryL Back in around 1935, the Veterans' Hospital in Minneapolis MN (where my father spent the months of his final illness) had friendly deer roaming the grounds. Unfortunately, they had to get rid of them, because people fed them cigarettes, the deer became addicted, and began attacking visitors for the tobacco in their pockets. ~~~~~~~~~ People do such stupid things. Years ago, when I was visiting Yellowstone with my family, one of the forest rangers told us that there had been a recent incident when a man held up half a sandwich for a *grizzly* to reach while his wife took a picture. Then he tried to hide the other half sandwich behind his back. You can probably guess what happened next. While we were on that same visit, we saw a family group (father, small toddler, and mother) holding hands and walking across the crust of soil around hot springs to look down into one of the "pots." This was despite warnings that some people accidentally break through the crust every year and end up with parboiled feet. Fortunately, this little group escaped unscathed. There were wooden walkways (*with guardrails*) in the area that gave very good views, yet people are willing to jeopardize their health (sometimes their lives) to get just a few feet closer. MaryL |
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