"Our" Deer

This afternoon the family of deer that frequents the grazing grounds, that is our apartment's front lawn, came by again and Amy decided that it was time to go have a closer look. Somewhere around 6 to 10 feet seems to be the distance that the deer consider "close enough." (The first two were shot using around a 300mm focal length, so the distance appears much closer than it actually was.)

This morning right before our Sabbath School time, we were talking about the deer. Sheena, a young woman, who recently began attending commented that her response to tourists who exclaim, "Deer!" as they point them out is, "Tree!" because the deer in Petersburg are about as numerous as the trees (perhaps a bit exaggerated, but nonetheless apt). And after a few weeks of seeing so many deer, the response turns into, "Deer! Slow down!"

Deloris then added that when they had moved to the lower 48 and/or on visits there, their children's comments about cows were approximately the same as those made about the deer by those coming up here from the lower 48. It's all a matter of perspective, I suppose.

I hope that as time goes on, I don't lose the sense of wonder that I have about this place. Because if I did, that would be a real shame. So far, there has not been a day that goes by that I haven't been in awe or surprised by something from the book of nature.