It’s funny how things happen. I was talking to my grandson, Alexander and he mentioned how, during a previous visit some years ago he’d been impressed by the number of deer he’d seen in close proximity to the house. We were talking about my photography and I told him that I’d rather lost interest in deer as I see so many of them.

Fast forward to this evening. As is my habit I was sitting on the balcony outside my bedroom reading when I noticed some movement in the meadow. I took a quick look. Just another deer I thought and turned back to my book. However, this time was a little different. The deer was accompanied by two adorable little fawns.

Deer and one of the fawns

One of the fawns. Aren’t they cute? I could almost forgive the deer for eating all my plants.

I little later this one appeared. I don’t know if it’s the same one as before. It was alone (i.e. not accompanied by any fawns) so either it had left the fawns somewhere safe or it was a different deer entirely.

My dog, Harley is usually indifferent to other animals. Other dogs, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, skunks…he couldn’t care less. But the deer are his mortal enemies and he loves to bark at them, which he did a lot on this occasion. Can you tell from the glint in his eye that he’s having a great time barking at them?

This is of course the new look Harley. He finally had his grooming. He’s usually quite placid when he’s being groomed. However, this time the groomer said that it seemed that he really didn’t want to be there and was wriggling a lot. Of course this might have just been a ploy to suggest that he had to work harder and thus get a bigger tip. Who knows? He looks a lot better. He has nice eyes and before he was groomed I couldn’t even see them. This is how he looked towards the end of May.. It only got worse since then. I’m sure that he’ll do better now in the heat of a New York summer.

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports Lens