Sow There!

My e-mail friend Perrin has been sharing photos with me for quite some time. Over the years she has had several generations of deer that visit her yard in the foothills.

Perrin must have some super-hero powers that allows her to receive trust from the deer. I'm thinking in a few more generations she'll have the deer eating only plants she wants thinned out, and donning aprons to help her with the housework.

This particular visitor, the adult deer, Perrin named Splitear. The little mama apparently has been busy because she's been showing up with her two fawns.

Having recently returned from a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, I'm reminded that we are lucky to live in a part of the world where urbanization has not completely obliterated our connection to the earth and the creatures with which we share it.

Perrin noted in her e-mail that the deer do not quite know what to make of Perrin's cat. Likely the cat and the new generation of deer in this family will come to an animal understanding.