the deer in my mother's yard in Tacoma

Okay that photo of the deer in my mother's yard did not come thru on my blogger, so I'm trying again. This deer is without concern taking a wander in my mother's back yard..too awesome, isn't it? Not skittering around the outside of the fence but just as unabashed as it pleases, this deer along with some others have simply decided to make themselves at home in my mother's yard. Multiple deer are behaving like they created this wonderful garden/yard space especially for the displaced deer. I find it a wonderment. It's not the country that my folks live in, it's smack dab in the middle of suburbia.

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And here is the deer at the pond in my mother's front yard. The deer have taken up squatting rights in my folks yard. I know deer do wander in out of the woods here in Pacific Northwest, and we see them all the time out here in the rural country where we live. But I am truly awestruck by how the deer, with compelling reason as they have been displaced by housing construction in my mother's neighborhood, have taken up residence in her yard.

by Lietta Ruger