Two Bucks

Hello my 3 readers (thanks Jessi!). Well, alumni weekend has come and gone. I would say it was a success. I don't say this because I saw thousands of people flocking here but because the former students I did see were all smiles and hugs and full of fond memories of their time here. However, the weather did turn sour Friday night. I was going to attend the parade and the football game but the rain was falling pretty hard just before the parade was going to start. I went home instead and got in some quality Food Network viewing. As I was sitting on my couch looking out at my pond I saw a buck walking in my yard. He had antlers! He was walking very slowly and I was desperate to find my camera. Alas, it was in my dang car! I couldn't go out to get it, the last time I attempted to open a door when deer were in my yard they ran off faster than I could say, "Well, darn!" So, I just stood there watching as the buck walked a little, ate a little, and continued to look behind him. A few seconds later a second buck, much larger than the first, approached. Two bucks were walking gracefully in my yard. I followed them to the back of the house and took a picture with my camera phone. It didn't turn out very well.



You can clearly see the buck on the left but the smaller buck is already headed to the thick woods behind the house.

This is the same picture but with helpful indicators. I think the arrow to the far right is the first buck but he could be anywhere within the orange oval. Anyway, I really enjoyed their visit and I hope to see them again. I will be sure to have my camera in my purse at all times in the future. I went on another creek adventure yesterday. I found a penny!! I was so proud of myself--I found exactly what I set out to find. It wasn't an old one but we did find an old Coke bottle (without a scratch anywhere) dated December 25, 1923.

I'm reading a young adult book called Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley. I'm also reading another non-fiction book, Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend by James D. McLaird. Calamity Jane's life is a bit of a mystery and unfortunately this book has not cleared any of that up for me, yet. I'll be starting the fourth season of Northern Exposure this week and watching a Dane Cook stand-up DVD. I've been told he's so funny and I'll laugh so hard that I'll throw up. Here's hoping!!