We were coming up the driveway yesterday, and as we neared the house, we reached an area that was shady. I looked over and a young adult deer was standing in the shade, watching us. I stopped. I was astonished to see this young deer out and about at mid-day. She must have been really hungry to be foraging when she could be seen.
Elegante Mother and I sat and watched the deer, and the deer watched us for a few moments before I put the car in gear again. The doe bounded away, and we wondered if there might have been others traveling with her.
She was a beauty. I don’t often have the chance to see our larger wildlife visitors these days, and I miss seeing families of them use our land to get from grove to grove. As this area has been built up, the government has arranged to have the herds culled because there’s no longer the habitat to support them. I suppose that was the humane choice, but I miss these lovely visitors.