DEER PHOTOS

 I haven't seen any deer in quite a while.  These are old photos from my archives. 

We were at Big Meadows on Skyline Drive, and I was looking to take photos of wildflowers. I came across her in a secluded thicket. 

We saw each other at the same time. (I am not as close as it looks as I had my camera with a zoom lens.) 

My day was made! I had not thought I would see such a sweet animal, it was so unexpected. I held my breath thinking she would take flight but no, her ears twitched a little and happily she didn't make a move. I quickly snapped these photos at the same time backing out ever so slowly, with my very special gift of the day, not just for the photos but for the very sight of her. About an hour later on the other side of the meadow I came across another much younger one, a fawn. She still had a few spots. I wasn't looking for either and yet there they were.

These old photos brought back a very special day.

One deer was exciting but two? Magical! So no, I haven't seen any deer for quite a while on our trips out, but I'm glad I have these to remind me of what a very special day that was. Maybe I should stop looking so hard for them, maybe they will just appear like that day at Big Meadows.

Thanks for looking and 

I hope your day is a great one!

WHAT DOES HE PLANT…

What does he plant who plants a tree,

He plants a friend of sun and sky,

He plants the flag of breezes free,

The shaft of beauty towering high,

He plants a home to heaven anigh,

For song and mother-croon of bird,

In hushed and happy twighlight heard,

The treble of heaven's harmony,

These things he plants who plants a tree.

What does he plant who plants a tree?

He plants cool shade and tender rain,

And years that fade and flush again;

He plants the glory of the plain;

He plants the forest's heritage;

The harvest of a coming age;

The joy that unborn eyes shall see.

These things he plants who plants a tree.

What does he plant who plants a tree?

He plants, in sap and leaf and wood.

In love of home and loyalty

And far-cast thought of civic good

His blessings on the neighborhood,

Who in the hollow of his hand

Holds all the growth of all our land

A nation's growth from sea to sea

Stirs in his heart who plants a tree.

He Who Plants a Tree

by 

~Henry Guyler Bunner~

Henry Cuyler Bunner (August 3, 1855 – May 11, 1896) was an American novelist, journalist and poet.  He is known mainly for Tower of Babel.

Bunner's works have been praised by librarians for its "technical dexterity, playfulness and smoothness of finish".