5 Deer Playing and More

On Sunday while making dinner I looked out the kitchen window and saw 5 young deer running through the trees along the back property line two houses down.  They were running toward our back yard.  When they got here they stopped, looked around and started chasing each other and playing.  For about 20 minutes they ran around in circles, chasing each other, jumping over bushes, over fireplace logs stacked in our neighbor’s yard and over imaginary stuff, just running and jumping for the sheer joy of it.  What a beautiful sight.

After they wore themselves out, they wandered off back in the direction they had come from.

Having deer wander through our yards is not unusual, but when they run in circles chasing each other and play in our yards, we have to stop and watch.

There is a planting area about 10 feet from the deck in the back of our house.  A lilac tree and big old pine tree grow in that area.  It is raised and covered with pine needles.  It is big enough for three deer to sleep there and on sunny winter days three will be there all day long.  I think because it is raised it is dry and that the pine needles absorb the heat from the sun. The deer seem to be very happy and cozy lying there.  When people visit us they are always surprised to see the deer so close to the house.

Three deer were lying there yesterday.  One of them got up and walked to the center of our back yard and just stared at me through the kitchen window.  I went about my business puttering in the kitchen and when I looked up again that deer’s head was right outside the kitchen window.

Now that was crazy.