deer

I've tucked the baby red winged blackbird's tiny, hollow boned features into my memory as I walk back to my SUV. I drive a short distance to another pond on the preserve before spying three deer. They're grazing grass along the embankment behind the pond. It's there I notice a  bat's aeronautics and the chorus of frogs sounding the evening. I'm watching the white tailed deer gently move into the woods. Before disappearing from my sight a doe takes one last look over her shoulder. It's as if she's tucked my five foot frame into her memory. Somewhere in the folds of darkness she's pulled away from my sight.

14 comments:

Introverted Art said...

wow, what a sight. So stunning.

Anonymous said...

I love this shot!

I put your blog on the wordpress reader. Can you see the like?

Naquillity said...

@introverted art... thanks. i thought she looked so sweet looking over her shoulder like that.

@sandy... i'm not sure i understand where to see the like. do i have to have a wordpress blog to see it? if so, i don't have one. i have a google reader... can i see it from there?

Forty Pound Sack said...

Beautiful words - and fabulous photos ~

Kay said...

This is such a lovely post of a lovely memory.

Rambling Woods said...

There is so much to enjoy about nature and so many memories to make...

ZielonaMila said...

The fantastic fast and beautiful photographs. I am greeting

Crafty Green Poet said...

lovely, so wonderful to see the deer

Anonymous said...

I didn't know what the fuss was about until I clicked on your photo. Then I saw the beautiful doe looking back at you. Great capture!

Al said...

She is looking right back at you, perfect capture. I wonder what she's thinking?

Tammie Lee said...

your writing is lovely
you took me there

♥ Łucja-Maria ♥ said...

Thank you for the congratulations sent.

It szanowć nature, she will reward us for it.
Your photos and posts are fantastic.
Lucy-Maria

Rose said...

Don't you just love going out on a ramble and seeing what you can see? It is one of life's greatest pleasures.

Caroline Gill said...

Beautiful writing to accompany a delicate image. Your observations are always special: I love the way you 'see' things!