We have just finished watching our more or less regularly scheduled episode of “Deer Theatre” this morning.
For about twenty to thirty minutes between approximately 8:30 and 9:00 AM, a few deer come out of the surrounding forest and feed around the edges of the meadow.
We stop everything and watch them graze.
Today, there was some interest in the wildflowers, which are about three feet high.
The, grazing around the north end of the meadow brought the deer within fifty feet of our cabin.
There was some foraging into the woods north of that, and then more activity in the northeast corner, and along the eastern part where the deer mineral block is.
The deer were still visibly active when my husband left the cabin to fill the teapot, but we heart the harsh cough that we have learned is the warning from the invisible buck.
Apparently, the return to the cabin, moving toward the direction of the deer was not OK, and so they bounded, with their usual incredible grace, back into the woods.
We started heating our tea, “Deer Theatre” being over for the morning, and eased into our reading and study, respectively.
© 2014 Kathryn Hardage
www.InspiredPractices.com
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