Buck: Painted With the Sun's Rays
Against the morning sky, the buck stood guard. Lord of the light, he gazed down on me For a time, even the sunrise Dared not rise above his majesty.
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Against the morning sky, the buck stood guard. Lord of the light, he gazed down on me For a time, even the sunrise Dared not rise above his majesty.
Read moreCountry road with deer and fog.
Read moreSleek and fat, the local bucks are ready for winter. Bet you there will be a sweet crop of fawns next year.
Read moreLooking Fawn-dly Frequent Photo They looked as if they had been born that morning.
Read moreDoe Upclose Daily Photo When the wild comes close, our family calls it a Three Bobcat day after a wonderful afternoon when we chanced upon three different bobcats in a few short hours. Today, the Untamed skittered through the edge of my morning. First, a beautiful woodpecker scampering over the tree outside my window at sunrise hinted at the conjunction
Read moreDoe Daily Photo A Doe Her neck arcs Against our autumn’s afternoon. Winter, a hunter, watches. Summer dies too soon.
Read moreFawn Daily Photo Over at Archie’s he reminisces about the five scariest scenes in children’s movies. He mentions several really terrifying moments (the childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is bone chilling) but he didn’t mention my most frightening scene–the one where Bambi’s mom is killed. I took this photo above just after the doe bounded across the road and
Read moreDeer Hiding Daily Photo I haven’t been hiding. The reason I haven’t been posting is that my hard drive bit the dust. Thanks to the guys at Emerald Technologies for getting it back to me so quickly! AND recovering my data! It is good to be back.
Read morePhoto taken near Salmon Creek Schoolhouse Do wildfires still burning throughout California pose a serious threat to the animals that live in those lands? The image of a frightened Bambi racing through flaming forestlands has been seared into our hearts as children. Smoky the Bear comic books handed out by forest rangers in classrooms across the nation have just added
Read moreThe Fires cost us Deer-ly ? Daily Photo What is the effect on wildlife with the hundreds of fires raging in Northern California?
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