the great outdoors

[unknownfate]

It was awesome out today.

I went for a walk through the field. It was so warm and green out in the open. There was purple clover and orange butterflies all over the place. When I got close to the woods, I thought I could hear water, but it was wind in the trees. Stepping into the woods comes with a whoosh of cool breeze. In there, it was cool and green.

I was on the lookout for snakes, but my usual method of making as much noise as possible in the underbrush is still working. I did however flush three deer. It's fawn season so I scouted around to see if there were any little Bambis hiding in the tall grass. If there were, they were hidden pretty well because I couldn't find any. Alas. I did see one from the car the other day and it was so cute. All legs and ears and a confused expression.

I took some pictures which I'll post later.

Comments

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

That sounds so pretty.

I saw a fawn and its mother once, near some houses in the hills. I felt a little bad for them; I'm not sure how much woods there was left for them because of the construction.

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

Deer are pretty hardy, despite the daintiness. I'm only sad when fawn season overlaps with hay-cutting season and the poor babies hiding in the hayfields get chopped up by the giant mower. Think 'Moving Day' from Secret of NIMH. Only instead of running for their little spotted lives, the only thing they know to do is hold real still. It doesn't work on mowers! *weep*

Thankfully, that hasn't happened in awhile around here. That I've seen.