Under a heavy gray sky, the trees are so green they almost seem to throb. Two does chase through the deep grass, as playful as fawns.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: deer
Thin fog. A yearling fawn play-mounts...
Thin fog. A yearling fawn play-mounts his mother, and is mounted in turn by his twin. A robin tut-tut-tuts from the driveway.
Also tagged fog, robin
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Rain. Two deer in a high-speed chase...
Rain. Two deer in a high-speed chase crash through the laurel, the one in pursuit grunting like a buck gone into rut eight months early.
Also tagged mountain laurel, rain
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Dawn. Three deer become two, become...
Dawn. Three deer become two, become three again. The sound of squirrel teeth on black walnut shell—that harsh madman’s whisper.
Also tagged black walnut, dawn, gray squirrel
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Sleet rattles on the roof like a fast...
Sleet rattles on the roof like a fast typist. Two deer in the springhouse meadow: when they stop moving, they vanish into the brown weeds.
Also tagged sleet, springhouse
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The white flame of a deer’s tail...
The white flame of a deer’s tail bobs among the laurel. Another doe shakes her head, flinging rain water in all directions.
Also tagged mountain laurel, rain
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Deer have been eating the wild rosebush...
Deer have been eating the wild rosebush again, and the yard is a maze of rabbit tracks. The fog lifts for a minute, then returns.
Also tagged cottontail, fog, multiflora rose
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Dawn light turns everything briefly...
Dawn light turns everything briefly to gold: house, trees, the three deer that run a short way into the woods and stop, nostrils flaring.
Also tagged dawn
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A grown fawn nuzzles her mother’...
A grown fawn nuzzles her mother’s flank as if to nurse. The mother whirls around, head lowered, threatening with invisible antlers.
At 5:15, I’m startled by the...
At 5:15, I’m startled by the dark sky, the closeness of the stars. At daybreak, seven deer stand within a stone’s throw of the porch.
Also tagged stars
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