Sitting in my friends’ living room in Quebec this evening, I glanced up to see two young deer in the yard, calmly eating the grass and flowers.
I watched for quite some time as they wandered around, quite at peace with their surroundings. They were there for about half an hour before darkness fell and we could no longer see them.
What a beautiful end to a lovely day!
As we were driving to Toronto Zoo, we saw a deer in the wild, eating flowers on the side of the road.
There were no antlers, so I assume it was a doe. She looked up from her feast, saw the car, and bolted into the grasslands further from the road. She moved with incredible speed, yet her movements were fluid and graceful.
There was no time to take a photo, but I was very excited to have seen this magnificent creature in her own environment. I like to think of her out there, in the wild, enjoying the delicious flowers that grow by country roadsides.
What an extraordinary, unforgettable moment.
An Aussie Maple Leaf, adrift on the wind... 