First I want to remind you to enter the draw, if you haven’t already, for a paper copy of the book by Erik Weibel. The Adventures of Tomato and Pea is a good one for that special child in your life.
Now I want to tell you about something fun. Today I glanced out the window and was surprised and delighted to see a young deer! She was making her way through the snow on the far side of Dad’s lawn, following the brook to the back of the property. Upon reaching a bend in the brook she stepped in and took a long drink of cold water. Having enough, she raised her head, looked around and crossed the stream to climb the hill on the other side. Soon after the deer had ventured by, a cock pheasant hurried along the brook and also made his way up the hill.
It’s always interesting here at my dad’s. One never knows what will appear in the brook or on the lawn, at or near the feeders, or just passing through. Besides deer and cock pheasants and their hens we have watched ducks, a fox, raccoons, hawks, many other birds including cardinals, a kingfisher, and grey herons.
The images I’m including were not taken from today’s sightings, but they are my own pictures. The first photo is one I took of a young deer in my own driveway one winter. The others were taken at Dad’s last summer.
I just wanted to share this since I hadn’t been able to post over the weekend.
A final memory jog … the draw for The Adventures of Tomato and Pea is tonight, Tuesday, March 11 at 6:00 EST. Please encourage a new author and leave a comment on the interview.
What wonderful sightings have you had this season?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
Polilla Writes 
Awesome! We don’t get excited about seeing deer around here. They’re every where. 😉
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Wonderful! The fact that this deer had to cross a fairly busy street and come down over another road, then cross this property was the surprise since we hadn’t seen any here in awhile. There used to be deer visiting Dad’s garden but not as many here the last couple of years with more housing having been built. At my own house it isn’t unusual to see deer come out into the field across the road from us. They are such graceful animals.
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