Always carry your phone. Always always always.

[christopher575]

I'm always saying everyone needs to keep their phone on them or nearby. Not only because it's frustrating when you can't get a response to a text because the person keeps their phone halfway across the house, I'm mostly worried about seeing something cool and not getting a picture. I wanted to charge my phone yesterday while I went for a haircut, and thankfully I didn't see anything cool.

I was dumb to think I could take out the garbage and recycling this morning without my phone.



I SAW A DEER! I walked very slowly down the driveway and put the bins down as gently as possible. He flinched a little each time, but stayed put, munching away. I crept back inside, ran up the stairs, got my phone, and slowly approached.



I've been waiting a long time to see deer. Our neighbor said he saw a mama deer and two babies walk through his yard and ours (they're connected), and I know they're pretty common around here because whenever the trees have apples on them, the street's littered with half-eaten ones.

I managed to get six pictures total before he was off between a couple of other houses. What a fun start to the day.

Comments

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

This is the end of your driveway? How cool! I'm excited just to see a squirrel.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

He's eating from the landscaping of the neighbor across the street, yeah. I got pretty close!

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

And I agree, never walk outside without your phone.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Deer! I frequently see them near work, because work is right up against the foothills.

I think that one may be a female. (Maybe even the mama your neighbor saw, sans babies?)

[mika-says.livejournal.com]

Those roses are going to end up in a deer digestive tract. Deer love to eat your roses.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Nice to see your neighbourhood is obviously deer friendly (ie no-one scares them) otherwise they wouldn't come would they :)