Living surrounded by woods is such a nice way to share our home with the beauty and the beasts nature provides.
I think this girl is beautiful as she prances along the edge of the woods and our yard.
Our furry son, on the other hand, thinks these “beasts” need shooed away and makes it his mission to bark and chase and keep them out of “Mikey’s yard.”
So while Mikey was barking and acting tough and big and ferocious (to no avail!), I grabbed my camera and caught a shot of this girl in the shadows of the woods yesterday…..
and I told Mikey we are allowed to share our home with her… (I just wish she wouldn’t eat my hostas!)
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
Absolutely gorgeous, that pic would be wonderful on a wall. Hope Mikey listens 😉
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Thanks Jenny! Me too!!
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Wow! Great shot! How far away was she when you took the photo? She looks so close (but I know she probably wasn’t or she would have high-tailed it).
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I think she was about 50 feet away PJ, but I’m pretty bad at guessing distances. I used my telephoto lens though
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It was a great photo!
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Hostas and day lilies and roses and camellias…..oh deer is right. Nice shot, Jodi!
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And hemlocks and tulips and…. 😝
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Love it. Riley goes nuts at the deer in our woods too! Have a great weekend
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Oh Dear, this deer is lovely, a really cute girl!
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Thanks Elizabeth! I agree… Mikey not so much 🙂
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I’d rather see my hostas go to the deer than to the snails. Snails are kind of creepy. And slimy. Every hosta I ever tried to grow over here ended up looking like a spiderweb within the week. Snails are evil. Pure evil. No wonder the French eat them… 🙂 Having said that, I wouldn’t say no to a nice, venison ragout…
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Eeeewwww to snails MH! I agree! And eeewww to the venison too from me. We used to eat it when hubby hunted and it was some of our meat for the winter (back in the day when then was needed more so than now). Mikey, on the other hand, says YEHAW to venison! 🙂
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The deer around our cottage make short work of any flowers, so my father-in-law puts out plastic ones. i guess that’s a better solution than shooing the real deer away and replacing them with plastic lawn ornaments. Very nice photo. And not a plastic flower in sight.
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What an insightful funny comment Lin! And you are so right! Some people put fake plastic deer in their lawns around here too.
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Lovely shot! I love seeing wildlife. We don’t see much of it where we are, but there’s quite a few sandhill cranes. I always enjoy seeing those!
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sandhill crane…. I will have to google 🙂
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They’re beautiful! They look and sound like prehistoric birds. They’re large and gray with red plumage on their heads.. similar to herons, but larger!
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What a beautiful deer photo! I’ve copied it for my Picture File. The woods detail is awesome too! Thanks, Jodi! Christine
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Wow! Thanks Christine! I’m flattered… [blushing]
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Great capture!
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Thanks Jeanne! I’m never completely happy, but that keeps my trying 🙂
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Very pretty shot! I love the composition. Those deer are always after the Hostas aren’t they? 🙂
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Such a great capture!
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Now that’s a REAL deer. I miss seeing the beautiful northern deer. The deer here could pass as German Shepherds, they’re so pitifully small.
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