- Photo: Backyard Visitors. DK @ Daybreak. 7:35 a.m. this morning.
- Post Title & Inspiration:
The way a deer emerges from a thicket
is the opposite of a wound.Like the moon in the morning —
all firmament, beautiful, about to vanish.Each morning I walk out my apartment
& wonder what is going to become of me.— Devin Kelly, “Deer on the Side of an American Highway,” published in drDOCTOR (via bostonpoetryslam)
- And also inspired by:
We move within the snow-chromed world—: Like-animal. Like-deer. An alphabet. Along a street white as lamp light into the winter, walking—: like language, a new text. I touch her with the eyes of my skin.
~ Natalie Diaz, from ‘Between the Palm and the Ear” (Boston Review)
Live & Learn 
Despite the fact that I caught Lyme’s Disease from one of these creatures, I still love seeing them roadside or–better–when hiking. Those eyes are precious!
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Lyme disease. So sorry to hear that Daniel. And yes, its all about the eyes!
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Daniel, you mean you got ticks from deers? Otherwise you couldn‘t possibly catch Lyme disease… you touched them? Fed them? I‘m a bit worried.
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I was hiking in midstate New York (with shorts on, unfortunately) and noticed many deer that had scampered off the path. My thinking is that the tick was on the grass and attached to me as I passed by. Big bulls-eye on my leg one week later. Lots of sweat and then antibiotics. No long-term issues, thankfully!
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Love them. Their eyes like burnt umber, soulful and pensive….
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God, how you do it, capture it. YOU: ” Apply sentences like strokes of color” – Patricia Highsmith.
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{Blushing}…awww, thank you, DK.
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You too Dave – just said to HH about You always finding – at a spur‘s moment – the best quotes, citations, snippets of books…. and now this! Highsmith went deeper under your skin than I‘d like her to 😉
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Laughing. She’s still digging deeper. I’m 40% in 999 page book.
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She most certainly is not one to skim on the surface, whether we like her or not….
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No. That she didn’t.
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OMGosh, Lori, you did it again – where do you find those soulful words which describe it so totally ‚right‘?
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Exactly!
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A beautiful pairing. Two beautiful creatures, two beautiful snippets of prose..
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Thank you Dale.
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Dale, no need for me to comment – you and others said it all. This really is an extra special gift for this 2nd last day of the year 2021.
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🙂
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For those of us without guns especially, coming upon a deer is much more than coming upon a deer. How lovely.
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Me too! Thank you!
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
A sight to behold … Photo: Backyard Visitors. DK @ Daybreak. 7:35 a.m. this morning.
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Aren’t they though??!?!?
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Yup, they are beautiful…. Until you hit one at 70mph. Then, not so much.
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Yep!
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so beautiful and full of grace
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They really are…
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How amazing that no matter the many reasons to wish there were not so many of them eating our flowers, anything else we may plant, and causing death on country roads, we cannot HELP but love them and their soulful beauty!
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Yes!
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perhaps if you put a leash around them, they could join you for your daily walks… 🙂
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Ha! They’d be dragging me around.
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😊
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WES – what everyone says…
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Wes. Love that.
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Lovely lovely lovely. Spotting a deer, especially if you can catch them coming out of the woods, is enchanting.
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Agree. Enchanting is the word that captures it beautifully!
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This, honest to God, nearly made me kiss the iPad ….. it‘s everything I could wish for and more.
I have one couple of in-laws who also very frequently have deers standing at the brink of a wood, only some 25-30m from their balcony. I‘ve often taken snaps when I was there. It‘s a sight one never tires of….
Thank you for this wonder-full end-of-year pressie. Most appreciated.
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Thanks Kiki. I felt the same way…
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Incredibly beautiful!
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It was! Thanks Laila.
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